Association of school neighbourhood socioeconomic disadvantage and teaching staff's risk of violence at work.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The aim of this study was to determine the association between neighbourhood socioeconomic disadvantage and teaching staff's risk of workplace violence and whether workplace psychosocial resources can act as effect modifiers.

Methods

Primary school teaching staff in the six largest cities in Finland responded to a survey in 2018 and were linked to information on school neighbourhood disadvantage obtained from the national grid database (n = 3984).

Results

After adjustment for confounders, staff working in schools located in the most disadvantaged neighbourhoods had a 1.2-fold (95% confidence interval 1.07-1.35) risk of encountering violence or threat of violence compared with staff working in the most advantaged neighbourhoods. The association was less mark

SUBMITTER: Ervasti J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12048727 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature