Work-related assault: impact of violence prevention policy.

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• Personal Author:
  Church, Timothy R. ; Geisser MS ; Gerberich, Susan G. ; Hansen HE ; McGovern, Patricia M. ; Nachreiner, Nancy M. ; Ryan, Andrew D. ; Watt GD
• Description:
  Violence prevention policies are often recommended as part of a comprehensive approach to deal with occupational violence; however, little empirical literature exists to support these recommendations. Phase-one of the Minnesota Nurses' Study, a population-based survey of 6,300 Minnesota nurses (response 79%), found that 14% experienced work-related physical assault in the past year. Phase-two, a case-control (3:1) study, surveyed 1,900 nurses (response 75%) about exposures relevant to violence, including work-related violence prevention policies. In preliminary analyses, nurse respondents reported institutional written policies that, among others, addressed: prohibited types of violent behaviors (cases: 37%, controls: 53%); and zero tolerance for violence (cases: 66%, controls: 73%). A comprehensive causal model, using a directed acyclic graph served as a basis for survey design, analyses, and interpretation. Results of preliminary multivariate logistic regression analyses, controlling for the type of facility, administration attitude toward violence, department/unit, and types of patients, indicated that the odds of physical assault decreased for: having a zero tolerance policy (OR=0.5, 95% C.I. 0.3, 0.8) and having policies regarding types of prohibited violent behaviors (OR=0.5, 95% CI: 0.3, 0.9). Thus, it appears that some work-related violence policies may be protective. This study is an important first step in determining the impact of violence prevention policies. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Violence Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Violence; Occupational Injury And Death Injuries; Injury-prevention; Medical-facilities; Medical-personnel; Medical-services; Occupational-safety-programs; Physiological-factors; Physiological-response; Physiological-stress; Safety-education; Safety-measures; Safety-practices; Safety-programs; Safety-research; Statistical-analysis; Workplace-studies;
• Publisher:
  American Public Health Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038115
• Citation:
  APHA 130th Annual Meeting and Exposition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 9-13, 2002. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, 2002 Nov; :49307
• Contact Point Address:
  Nancy M. Nachreiner, MPH, Division of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Mayo Mail Code 807, 420 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
• Email:
  nachr001@umn.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Performing Organization:
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  APHA 130th Annual Meeting and Exposition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 9-13, 2002
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/248106/cdc_248106_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]