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Violence against educators: a population-based study.

Gerberich SG; Nachreiner NM; Ryan AD; Church TR; McGovern PM; Geisser MS; Mongin SJ; Watt GD; Feda DM; Sage SK; Pinder ED

J Occup Environ Med 2011 Mar; 53(3):294-302

https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0b013e31820c3fa1

20042170

OBJECTIVE: Identify the magnitude and risk factors for occupational physical assault (PA) and nonphysical violence (NPV) against Minnesota educators. METHODS: Among 26,000 randomly selected licensed kindergarten to grade 12 educators, 6469 eligible educators reported whether they experienced PA or NPV during the prior year. Multiple logistic regression models were based on directed acyclic graphs. RESULTS: Respective PA and NPV annual rates per 100 educators were 8.3 and 38.4. Work changes resulted among PA (13% to 20%) and NPV (22%) victims. Risks increased for master's prepared or education specialists who worked in public alternative schools and special education. Risks decreased for those working for more than 20 years, part time, and in private schools. Physical assault risk decreased when teaching grades 3 to 12 (vs kindergarten to grade 2), but NPV risk increased. CONCLUSION: Targeted efforts on specific violence risk and protective factors are essential to improve educators' work environments.

Health-hazards; Occupational-hazards; Education; Teaching; Work-environment; Workplace-studies; Physical-reactions; Physiological-effects; Injuries; Behavioral-disorders; Risk-factors; Mathematical-models; Statistical-analysis; Safety-climate; Safety-monitoring; Sociological-factors; Humans; Men; Women; Age-factors

Susan G. Gerberich, PhD, MSPH, Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Mayo Mail Code 807, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455

JOEMFM

20110301

Journal Article

gerbe001@umn.edu

Grant

2011

Grant-Number-R01-OH-007816

3

1076-2752

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

MN; NY

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities