Violence prevention in a small-scale psychiatric unit: Program planning and evaluation

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 336-344

  Magnavita, Nicola ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aggression; Health care workers; Intervention studies; Occupational health; Prevention; Psychiatric inpatients; Psychiatric nurses; Risk management; Violence; Workplace

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; ITALY; MENTAL HOSPITAL; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VIOLENCE;

AGGRESSION; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; ITALY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 80053577111     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2011.17.4.336     Document Type: Article

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