title: Characteristics of workplace violence prevention training and violent events among home health and hospice care providers.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In the rapidly growing home health and hospice industry, little is known about workplace violence prevention (WVP) training and violent events.
  
  
  METHODS
  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.
  
  
  RESULTS
  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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Efforts to increase the number of home health care workers who receive WVP training and to improve training quality are needed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.|Injury Prevention Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Catherine J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Vladutiu
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.|Injury Prevention Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Carri
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Casteel
authors.affiliation: Injury Prevention Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Maryalice
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nocera
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.|Injury Prevention Research Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
authors.forename: Corinne
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peek-Asa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002140:California; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006699:Home Care Services; D017051:Hospice Care; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000592:standards; D011446:Prospective Studies; D064450:Workplace Violence / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: health care provider; home health; hospice; training; violence; workplace violence prevention