Evaluation of Policies and Procedures to Prevent Worker-on-Worker Violence

描述（由申请人提供）：由于工人对工人的暴力行为的经济和个人成本很高，企业需要积极预防和应对潜在的暴力威胁。为了做到这一点，企业必须制定关于工人对工人暴力的政策和程序。本R21探索性提案的目的是确定根据备灾研究改编的桌面情景演习是否可以作为评估和改进企业针对工人对工人暴力的政策和程序的有效工具。桌面情景演习是一个参与式的解决问题的会议，其中可以系统地评估沟通和决策过程，同时团队应对模拟的威胁情景。参与者可以获得应用政策和程序的经验，而评价可以衡量成功和失败的领域，并确定改进应对措施的方法。该研究的具体目标是：1）确定桌面练习是否可以成为培训员工应用书面政策和程序的有效工具，2）确定桌面练习是否可以成为衡量书面政策和程序如何实施的有效工具，以及3）确定桌面练习是否可以用于识别执行书面政策和程序的差距和障碍。我们将与美国最大的公司之一波音公司的十个威胁评估小组合作。在对波音公司现有的政策和程序进行批判性分析，并回顾对以前工人对工人暴力事件的反应之后，我们将设计新的桌面场景，以反映波音员工的经历。然后，我们将评估参与者在演习期间如何应用现有政策。我们的评估将包括过程，影响和结果的组成部分，以确定如何桌面练习可以作为一种工具，用于培训和研究。桌面情景开发和演习评估将来自联邦应急管理系统和国土安全部使用的方法。最终，我们计划利用这些信息提出一项关于在各种企业类型和规模中实施和评估工人对工人暴力预防政策和程序的随机研究。该研究小组汇集了工作场所暴力预防实践和研究方面的国家专家，并与美国一家大型公司合作。 公共卫生相关性：由于工人对工人的暴力行为会造成高昂的经济和个人成本，企业需要积极预防和应对潜在的暴力威胁。本R21探索性提案的目的是确定根据备灾研究改编的桌面情景演习是否可以作为评估和改进企业针对工人对工人暴力的政策和程序的有效工具。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Because of the high financial and personal costs of worker-on-worker violence, businesses need to proactively prevent and respond to potential threats of violence. In order to do so, businesses must have policies and procedures for worker-on-worker violence. The objective of this R21 exploratory proposal is to determine if tabletop scenario exercises adapted from disaster preparedness research can serve as an effective tool to evaluate and improve business's policies and procedures for worker-on-worker violence. A tabletop scenario exercise is a participatory problem-solving session where communication and decision-making processes can be systematically evaluated while a team responds to a simulated threat scenario. Participants can gain experience in applying policies and procedures while evaluation can measure areas of success and failure and identify methods to improve response. The study's specific aims are to: 1) determine if tabletop exercises can be effective tools to train employees in applying written policies and procedures, 2) determine if tabletop exercises can be effective tools to measure how written policies and procedures are implemented, and 3) determine if tabletop exercises can be used to identify gaps in and barriers to implementing written policies and procedures. We will work with the ten Threat Assessment Teams of one of the nation's largest companies, Boeing. Following a critical analysis of Boeing's existing policies and procedures and a review of responses to previous worker-on-worker violent events, we will design new tabletop scenarios that reflect the experiences of Boeing employees. We will then assess will how existing policies are applied by participants during the exercises. Our evaluation will include process, impact, and outcome components to identify how tabletop exercises can be used as a tool for both training and research. Tabletop scenario development and exercise evaluation will be derived from methods used by the Federal Emergency Management System and the Department of Homeland Security. Ultimately, we plan to use this information to propose a randomized study on the implementation and evaluation of worker-on-worker violence prevention policies and procedures in a variety of business types and sizes. The research team brings together national experts on workplace violence prevention practice and research, and collaboration with a major US company. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Because of the high financial and personal costs of worker-on-worker violence, businesses need to proactively prevent and respond to potential threats of violence. The objective of this R21 exploratory proposal is to determine if tabletop scenario exercises adapted from disaster preparedness research can serve as an effective tool to evaluate and improve business's policies and procedures for worker-on-worker violence.