Translational Research in Workplace Violence Prevention

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Translational Research in Workplace Violence
Prevention
Carri Casteel, MPH PhD Deans Luncheon
March 31, 2008
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Research Interests

• Injury and Violence Prevention
• Workplace Violence
• Home Safety
• Intervention Evaluation Research
• Translational Research

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Example Workplace Violence

• Workplace violence typology
• Types I-IV
• State of evidence for Type I violence
• Program effectiveness
• Program compliance
• Next stage in Type I violence prevention
• Translational research

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Example Workplace Violence

• Project partners
• Project objectives
• Increase program participation and compliance
• Community partners
• Problem-oriented police dept
• Local professional and trade organizations

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Example Workplace Violence

• Dissemination strategies
• Program components
• Phases Training, Site assessment, Follow-up
• Materials Manual, Action Plan, Safety decals,
  Brochures, Video
• Long-term goal
• Develop model program

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Research Fit

• High-risk workplace populations
• Small retail businesses (Type I)
• Hospital and home health / hospice workers
  (Type II)
• Primary- and secondary- level education (Type
  II)
• Intervention development
• Employee-on-employee violence (Type III) (UI
  prime)

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Research Fit

• Policy and intervention evaluation (UI prime)
• Hospital Security Act, CA (1993)
• Robbery and violence prevention program (WVPP)
• Translational research
• WVPP (project described today)
• Older adult falls prevention program