CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN 57

Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Division of Safety Research

July 1996

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Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Abstract
• Acknowledgments
• Public Health Summary
  • Introduction
  • Purpose and Scope
  • Homicide in the Workplace
  • Nonfatal Assaults in the Workplace
  • Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies
  • Developing and Implementing a Workplace Violence Prevention Program and Policy
  • Current Efforts and Future Directions: Research and Prevention
• References Cited
• Related Reading