Workplace and non-workplace homicides in the United States (U.S.) have declined for over 30 years until recently.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Home care workers (HCWs) are a critical resource contributing to the well-being of others. Presented are data on HCWs nonfatal emergency department (ED)-treated injuries.
Methods: Nonfatal injuries among HCWs were extracted from the NEISS-Work data between 2015 and 2020.
Tuberculosis (TB), the disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), remains a leading infectious disease-related cause of death worldwide, necessitating the development of new and improved treatment regimens. Nonclinical evaluation of candidate drug combinations via the relapsing mouse model (RMM) is an important step in regimen development, through which candidate regimens that provide the greatest decrease in the probability of relapse following treatment in mice may be identified for further development. Although RMM studies are a critical tool to evaluate regimen efficacy, making comprehensive "apples to apples" comparisons of regimen performance in the RMM has been a challenge in large part due to the need to evaluate and adjust for variability across studies arising from differences in design and execution.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: As primary targets of workplace violence in health care settings, nurses may suffer negative physical and psychological consequences. NIOSH created an online course to educate nurses about violence prevention techniques.
Method: A mixed-methods approach assessed workplace violence awareness and knowledge among nursing students.
J Occup Environ Med
June 2014
Objective: Enumerate and describe physical assaults occurring to Pennsylvania education workers.
Methods: A cross-sectional survey was mailed to a random sample of 6450 workers, stratified on gender, occupation, and region. Logistic regression was used to examine risk factors for physical assault.
Objective: Contribute to the prevention of workplace violence by providing information about the nature and circumstances of nonfatal assaults among U.S. workers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To examine employee's perception of safety and related workplace safety and prevention issues, including their use of self-protection measures and victimization experience.
Participants: The Workplace Risk Supplement (WRS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) was administered to 55,158 employed respondents who were 16 years or older.
Methods: Trained U.