Sharon Tucker, Lorraine Lanningham-Foster, Justyne Murphy, Gayle Olsen, Kathy Orth, Judy Voss, Marty Aleman, Christine Lohse
A school based community partnership for promoting healthy habits for life
Journal of community health
study aimed identify associations sociodemographic workplace school environmental factors occurrence physical violence teachers school crosssectional study teachers working least year elementary middle schools state school system londrina paran state brazil convenience sample taken 20 schools teachers city londrina data obtained interviews selfcompleted questionnaires 2012 2013 physical violence defined reports attempted actual physical aggression using cold steel weapons firearms 12 months prior study structural equation models used data analysis 937 teachers eligible study 789 842 interviewed physical violence victimization rate schoolteachers 84 work conditions number schools teachers worked type employment contract showed direct effect physical violence p 0032 experienced previous situations violence school p 0059 age 40 years indirectly related physical violence correlating worse work conditions results highlight importance improving teachers work conditions implementing measures prevent violence schools society whole