Violence in the schools: teachers at risk.

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• Personal Author:
  Church, Timothy R. ; Feda DM ; Geisser MS ; Gerberich, Susan G. ; McGovern, Patricia M. ; Nachreiner, Nancy M. ; Pinder E ; Ryan, Andrew D. ; Sage SK ; Watt GD
• Description:
  While school violence has been identified as a problem among students, little is known about violence against teachers. A two-phase study was implemented to determine the magnitude and consequences of physical assault (PA) and non-physical violence (NPV) and risk factors for PA in randomly selected state-licensed, working kindergarten-grade 12 educators (n = 6,469). Phase 1 (mailed 12-month retrospective survey) collected information about demographics, personal characteristics, and violent occurrences and consequences; Phase 2 (mailed case-control survey) collected exposure data: activities, others in the environment, school infrastructure and administration, and community socioeconomic status. Cases (n=395) reporting at least one PA are questioned about exposures in the month before and during the incident; controls (n=1185), are questioned about exposures on a randomly selected working month from all months during the study period. Potentially confounding variables are selected for multiple logistic regression from directed acyclic graphs and re-weighted to adjust for potential non-response and unknown eligibility biases. From initial results (78% response), rates per 100 persons per year were: PA, 8; NPV, 35. Rates for the subcategories of NPV included: threat, 16; verbal abuse, 29; harassment, 3; bullying, 9. Perpetrators were primarily: students, colleagues, and parents. Consequences included treatment: PA, 21%, NPV, 9%-18%; restricted activity: PA, 12%, NPV, 12%-19%; and change in work status: PA, 11%, NPV, 15%-28%. Among the NPV events, the highest percentages were for bullying. This unique study provides new knowledge that identifies the magnitude and consequences of violence experienced by teachers; identifying associated risk factors is integral to intervention development. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Demography Education Epidemiology Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Violence Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Violence; Workplace Safety Demographic-characteristics; Education; Epidemiology; Injuries; Injury-prevention; Physical-reactions; Physical-stress; Physiological-response; Physiological-stress; Quantitative-analysis; Questionnaires; Risk-analysis; Risk-factors; Statistical-analysis; Work-environment; Worker-health; Worker-motivation; Work-organization; Workplace-studies;
• Publisher:
  American Public Health Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038175
• Citation:
  APHA 134th Annual Meeting and Exposition, Boston, Massachusetts, November 4-8, 2006. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, 2006 Nov; :132207
• Contact Point Address:
  Susan G. Gerberich, PhD, MPH, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, MMC 807, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
• Email:
  gerbe001@umn.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Performing Organization:
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  APHA 134th Annual Meeting and Exposition, Boston, Massachusetts, November 4-8, 2006
• 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/248107/cdc_248107_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]