biostudies-literatureKnight LMedical Research CouncilWellcome Trust27-35https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4716800biostudies-literatureUnknown8(1)<h4>Background</h4>The nature and structure of the school environment has the potential to shape children's health and well being. Few studies have explored the importance of school-level factors in explaining a child's likelihood of experiencing violence from school staff, particularly in low-resource settings such as Uganda.<h4>Methods</h4>To quantify to what extent a student's risk of violence is determined by school-level factors we fitted multilevel logistic regression models to investigate associations and present between-school variance partition coefficients. School structural factors, academic and supportive environment are explored.<h4>Results</h4>53% of students reported physical violence from staff. Only 6% of variation in students' experience of violence was due to differencesInternational healthAre school-level factors associated with primary school students' experience of physical violence from school staff in Uganda?PMC4716800MR/L004321/1Gannett KRNaker DKnight LNakuti JDevries KMAllen EfalseAre school-level factors associated with primary school students' experience of physical violence from school staff in Uganda?<h4>Background</h4>The nature and structure of the school environment has the potential to shape children's health and well being. Few studies have explored the importance of school-level factors in explaining a child's likelihood of experiencing violence from school staff, particularly in low-resource settings such as Uganda.<h4>Methods</h4>To quantify to what extent a student's risk of violence is determined by school-level factors we fitted multilevel logistic regression models to investigate associations and present between-school variance partition coefficients. School structural factors, academic and supportive environment are explored.<h4>Results</h4>53% of students reported physical violence from staff. Only 6% of variation in students' experience of violence was due to differences2016-01-01T00:00:00Z2016 Jan2025-04-26T16:16:57.133Z2019-03-26T22:33:13ZS-EPMC47168002664739610.1093/inthealth/ihv069