WORK SITE INTERVENTION TO REDUCE WORK RELATED ASSAULT

描述(改编为调查人员摘要)：工作场所凶杀案 在过去的三年里上升了47%，而 导致非致命性医疗伤害的袭击事件甚至增加了 更多。某些职业一直被发现有更高的患病风险。 工作场所凶杀案，以及增加袭击风险的因素 已确认身份。工作场所凶杀率的急剧上升和 与攻击相关的非致命性伤害需要引入预防性 对策。 这项研究的主要目标是确定一项 基于社区、企业现场的教育干预，以减少 高危商业人群中与工伤有关的伤害。这个项目 将：(1)找出工作相关伤害的具体危险因素 风险业务，(2)建立持续的监测系统，以衡量 与工作有关的攻击发生率，(3)基于先前的风险知识 因素，设计并实施特定于业务的教育干预 计划，以及，(4)衡量过程和结果的有效性 减少工作场所暴力伤害的干预措施。 这项拟议的研究是一项基于社区的干预试验。使用两个 CalOSHA地区，高风险业务将随机分配到 干预组和对照组。干预企业将收到 旨在帮助门店老板/经理的个性化和集约化计划 识别工作场所的风险，并改变工作环境以减少 这些风险。全面评估，包括严格监督 将进行工作场所袭击事件，以确定该计划是否 是成功的，并确定了该计划的特定组成部分 是最有效的。 该项目是加州职业协会与 安全与健康管理局(CalOSHA)和南加州 伤害预防研究中心(SCIPRC)这两家机构都有广泛的 有工作相关暴力研究的经验。一位公认的专家 在行业和政府都在工作场所的情况下，暴力将有助于 设计和实施最先进的干预战略。 南加州伤害研究预防中心的研究人员 将设计这项研究，并负责综合评估 干预的结果。

DESCRIPTION (Adapted for the Investigator's Abstract): Workplace homicides in California have risen 47% in the last three years, and the number of assaults leading to non-fatal medically attended injury has increased even more. Certain occupations are consistently found to be at elevated risk of workplace homicide, and factors which increase the risk of assault have been identified. The dramatically increasing rates of workplace homicide and assault-related non-fatal injury necessitate the introduction of preventive countermeasures. The major objective of this study is to determine the effectiveness of a community based, business-site educational intervention to reduce work-related assault injury in high risk business populations. This project will: (1) identify specific risk factors for work-related assault in high risk businesses, (2) establish an ongoing surveillance system to measure work-related assault incidence, (3) based on previous knowledge of risk factors, design and implement a business-specific educational intervention program, and, (4) measure process and outcome effectiveness of the intervention in reducing workplace assault injuries. The proposed research is a community-based intervention trial. Using two CalOSHA Regions, high risk business will be randomly allocated into intervention and comparison groups. Intervention businesses will receive an individualized and intensive program designed to help store owners/managers identify risks in their workplace and alter their work environment to reduce these risks. A comprehensive evaluation including rigorous surveillance of workplace assault incidents will be conducted to determine if the program was successful, and to identify particular components of the program which were most effective. The project is a collaborative effort between the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (CalOSHA) and the Southern California Injury Prevention Research Center (SCIPRC). Both agencies have extensive experience in work-related violence research. A recognized expert who works with both industry and government in workplace violence will assist in the design and implementation of a state-of-the-art intervention strategy. Researchers from the Southern California Injury Research Prevention Center will design the study and will be responsible for a comprehensive evaluation of the intervention.