Journal article
Characteristics of workplace violence prevention training and violent events among home health and hospice care providers
American journal of industrial medicine, Vol.59(1), pp.23-30
01/2016
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22543
PMID: 26524091
Abstract
In the rapidly growing home health and hospice industry, little is known about workplace violence prevention (WVP) training and violent events.
We examined the characteristics of WVP training and estimated violent event rates among 191 home health and hospice care providers from six agencies in California. Training characteristics were identified from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration guidelines. Rates were estimated as the number of violent events divided by the total number of home visit hours.
Between 2008 and 2009, 66.5% (n = 127) of providers reported receiving WVP training when newly hired or as recurrent training. On average, providers rated the quality of their training as 5.7 (1 = poor to 10 = excellent). Among all providers, there was an overall rate of 17.1 violent events per 1,000 visit-hours.
Efforts to increase the number of home health care workers who receive WVP training and to improve training quality are needed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Characteristics of workplace violence prevention training and violent events among home health and hospice care providers
- Creators
- Catherine J Vladutiu - Injury Prevention Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North CarolinaCarri Casteel - Injury Prevention Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North CarolinaMaryalice Nocera - Injury Prevention Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North CarolinaRobert Harrison - Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CaliforniaCorinne Peek-Asa - Injury Prevention Research Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of industrial medicine, Vol.59(1), pp.23-30
- DOI
- 10.1002/ajim.22543
- PMID
- 26524091
- NLM abbreviation
- Am J Ind Med
- ISSN
- 0271-3586
- eISSN
- 1097-0274
- Publisher
- United States
- Grant note
- R01-OH008688-01-03 / NIOSH CDC HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/2016
- Academic Unit
- Public Health Administration; Occupational and Environmental Health; Epidemiology; Nursing; Injury Prevention Research Center; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9983997447202771
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