Contact: Stacy M. Downey (304) 285-6076; Amy Johns (304) 293-1412 Researchers from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Injury Control Research Center at West Virginia University (WVU-ICRC) have found that intimate partner violence resulted in 142 homicides among women at work in the U.S. from 2003 to 2008, a figure …
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May 04 2012
Many Female Victims of Workplace Homicide Were Intimate with their Killers
By Sandy Smith Researchers from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Injury Control Research Center at West Virginia University (WVU-ICRC) have found that intimate partner violence resulted in 142 homicides among women at work in the United States from 2003 to 2008, a figure which represents 22 percent of the …
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Apr 18 2012
Employee assistance programs lack a comprehensive approach to addressing intimate partner violence
“Intimate partner violence has significant workplace impacts, and EAPs are therefore well-positioned to address this major public health problem,” explained study author Keshia Pollack, PhD, an assistant professor with the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy, part of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. “Unfortunately, the majority of programs we studied …
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Apr 16 2012
Partner violence is managers’ business
By Ann Belser There are already so many uncomfortable conversations that managers have with their employees. Broaching the subject of intimate partner violence could be one of the hardest, but one of the most important, since it could help save an employee’s life. Good intentions aside, paying attention to the issue goes beyond a manager …
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