@article{ref1,
title="The violence prevention community meeting: a multi-site study",
journal="Archives of psychiatric nursing",
year="2016",
author="Lanza, Marilyn and Ridenour, Marilyn and Hendricks, Scott and Rierdan, Jill and Zeiss, Robert and Schmidt, Satu and Lovelace, Jeff and Amandus, Harlan",
volume="30",
number="3",
pages="382-386",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The Violence Prevention Community Meeting (VPCM) is a specialized form of community meeting in which avoiding violence and promoting non-violent problem solving and interpersonal civility are focal points. A nationwide study to assess the VPCM as an effective intervention to reduce workplace violence was undertaken. PARTICIPANTS: Seven acute locked psychiatric units of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) throughout the United States participated in the study. <br><br>METHODS: All patients and all staff on the seven in-patient locked psychiatry units participated in the intervention (VPCM) or as a control (treatment as usual). The study was 21weeks at each site. The three time periods were pre-treatment weeks 1-3, treatment weeks 4-18, and post-treatment weeks 19-21. The VPCM was conducted during the treatment weeks. <br><br>RESULTS: Overall rates of aggression declined by 0.6% (95% CI: -5.6%, 6.5%; nonsignificant) per week in the intervention hospitals and by 5.1% (95% CI: 0.4%, 9.6%; significant) per week for the control hospitals. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Aggression decreased for both the intervention and control hospitals which could be due to enrollment in a research study and thus being more aware of their ability to address workplace violence at their site.<br><br>Published by Elsevier Inc.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0883-9417",
doi="10.1016/j.apnu.2016.01.003",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apnu.2016.01.003"
}