TY - JOUR
T1 - Risk of physical assault against school educators with histories of occupational and other violence
T2 - A case-control study
AU - Nachreiner, Nancy M.
AU - Gerberich, Susan G
AU - Ryan, Andrew
AU - Erkal, Sibel
AU - McGovern, Patricia M
AU - Church, Timothy R
AU - Mongin, Steven J
AU - Feda, Denise M.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - A case-control study design was used to investigate risks of work-related physical assault (PA) associated with a history of violent victimization among educators. A total of 6,469 state-licensed educators (Kindergarten - Grade 12) worked in the previous 12~months and were eligible to participate. Exposure data were collected from cases (reporting a PA event in previous 12 months, n=290) for the month before PA, and from controls (no work-related PA in previous 12 months; n=867) for a randomly selected working month. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals identified increased risks for educators with any prior history of work-related (17.3, 11.4-26.3) or non-work-related PA (2.0, 1.2-3.5). In addition, PA risk in the previous twelve months increased with the number of previous victimizations, and risk also increased for educators with histories of non-physical violence (work- and non work-related). The results present a compelling case for targeted interventions and further research.
AB - A case-control study design was used to investigate risks of work-related physical assault (PA) associated with a history of violent victimization among educators. A total of 6,469 state-licensed educators (Kindergarten - Grade 12) worked in the previous 12~months and were eligible to participate. Exposure data were collected from cases (reporting a PA event in previous 12 months, n=290) for the month before PA, and from controls (no work-related PA in previous 12 months; n=867) for a randomly selected working month. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals identified increased risks for educators with any prior history of work-related (17.3, 11.4-26.3) or non-work-related PA (2.0, 1.2-3.5). In addition, PA risk in the previous twelve months increased with the number of previous victimizations, and risk also increased for educators with histories of non-physical violence (work- and non work-related). The results present a compelling case for targeted interventions and further research.
KW - Teacher
KW - work-related assault
KW - workplace violence
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U2 - 10.3233/WOR-2012-1331
DO - 10.3233/WOR-2012-1331
M3 - Article
C2 - 22635148
AN - SCOPUS:84864586464
SN - 1051-9815
VL - 42
SP - 39
EP - 46
JO - Work
JF - Work
IS - 1
ER -
