Physical assaults among education workers : findings from a statewide study

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• Alternative Title:
  J Occup Environ Med
• Personal Author:
  Tiesman, Hope M. ; Hendricks, Scott ; Konda, Srinivas ; Hartley, Dan
• Description:
  Objective
  
  Enumerate and describe physical assaults occurring to Pennsylvania education workers.
  
  Methods
  
  A cross-sectional survey was mailed to a random sample of 6450 workers, stratified on gender, occupation, and region. Logistic regression was used to examine risk factors for physical assault.
  
  Results
  
  During the 2009–2010 school year, 309 of 2514 workers were assaulted 597 times. Special education teachers, urban workers, and those in their first 3 years of employment were at an increased risk. Most assaults did not lead to medical care or time away from work; however, those assaulted were significantly more likely to find work stressful, have low job satisfaction, and consider leaving the education field (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 2.5 [95% CI = 1.5 to 4.1]; AOR = 2.4 [95% CI = 1.5 to 3.9]; AOR = 10.7 [95% CI = 4.1 to 28.1]).
  
  Conclusions
  
  Although education workers experienced few serious physical assaults, the impact of this violence was considerable.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Cross-Sectional Studies Education, Special Faculty Female Humans Job Satisfaction Logistic Models Middle Aged Occupational Health Quality Of Life Risk Factors Teaching Violence Young Adult

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• Source:
  J Occup Environ Med. 56(6):621-627.
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4570474
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  56
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4a4e034d56a6257f715b3607dc0777de9fc50d2e04ad389ba566c320f1c6a3ee
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/34364/cdc_34364_DS1.pdf
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