The domain under study is violence-prevention climate, violence-prevention strategies and actions performed by management and employees in psychiatric hospitals and the prison and probation service. The study also concerns contextual factors in these job-sectors, which may or may not influence the effect of the intervention. Mental and Behavioural Disorders Violence-prevention climate, violence-prevention strategies and actions
Conditions
Interventions
The intervention consists of:
Month 0: Mapping of the current violence prevention practices using interviews with managers and with employees and by questionnaires sent to all employees at the workpl
Sponsors
The National Research Centre for the Working Environment
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Workplace level: 1. Psychiatric hospital or prison and probation service 2. Main task of the workplace is to work with psychiatric patients/inmates Individual level: 1. Manager or employee at participating workplace 2. Employees are in direct contact with inmates/patients 3. Aged 18 to 67 years old
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Workplace level: 1. Workplaces with less than 10 employees Individual level: 1. Employees with no contact with inmates/patients 2. Individuals with a manager that is not employed at the workplace
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The degree to which managers and employees continuously work on violence prevention practices based on their registration and experiences is measured using a questionnaire at every three months. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Cooperation between managers and employees is measured using a questionnaire at every three months 2. Attention to violence prevention is measured using a questionnaire at every three months 3. Actions taken to prevent violence and threats measured using a questionnaire at every three months 4. Violence prevention climate is measured by a number of single items and the violence prevention climate scale from Kessler et al., 2008 at every three months5. Self-efficacy in violence prevention is measured using a questionnaire at every three months 6. Sense of safety at work is measured using a questionnaire at every three months 7. Implementation degree is measured using registration of reach, fidelity and dose received after the introduction of each core element of the intervention (mapping, leader seminar, employee seminar, monthly coachings during 3 months, and monthly steering group meetings during 3 months | — |
Countries
Denmark
Contacts
Public ContactLars Peter Sønderbo Andersen
Outcome results
None listed