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The Violence Prevention Community Meeting: A Multi-Site Study
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Jan 09 2016
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Source: Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 30(3):382-386.
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Alternative Title:Arch Psychiatr Nurs
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Description:Objective
The Violence Prevention Community Meeting (VPCM) is a specialized form of community meeting in which avoiding violence and promoting non-violent problem solving and interpersonal civility are focal points. A nationwide study to assess the VPCM as an effective intervention to reduce workplace violence was undertaken.
Participants
Seven acute locked psychiatric units of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) throughout the United States participated in the study.
Methods
All patients and all staff on the seven in-patient locked psychiatry units participated in the intervention (VPCM) or as a control (treatment as usual). The study was 21 weeks at each site. The three time periods were pre-treatment weeks 1 – 3, treatment weeks 4 – 18, and post-treatment weeks 19 – 21. The VPCM was conducted during the treatment weeks.
Results
Overall rates of aggression declined by 0.6% (95%CI: −5.6%, 6.5%; nonsignificant) per week in the intervention hospitals and by 5.1% (95%CI: 0.4%, 9.6%; significant) per week for the control hospitals.
Conclusions
Aggression decreased for both the intervention and control hospitals which could be due to enrollment in a research study and thus being more aware of their ability to address workplace violence at their site.
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Pubmed ID:27256945
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC4894320
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Volume:30
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Issue:3
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