Occupational assault among community care workers.
The author presents the findings of a study that attempted to analyze the frequency, trend, and pattern of workplace assaults among community care workers who provide care for severely emotionally and behaviorally disturbed children in a state government agency in Australia between 1997 and 2000. He identifies the high risk groups and discusses activities for prevention opportunities.
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Timothy
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OBE Mercantile Mutual, Melbourne, Australia.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000150:complications; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000150:complications; D003150:Community Health Workers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016012:Poisson Distribution; D019962:Reactive Attachment Disorder / Q000150:complications; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012308:Risk Management; D012637:Security Measures; D014754:Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology