An article published in Security compares five studies about workplace violence prevention in the healthcare industry to determine whether the violence prevention climate affects a healthcare workplace violence program. The article, "Investigating Violence Prevention and Healthcare Workplace Violence Programs," analyzes U.S. studies that focus on whether healthcare employee perspectives impact the safety climate. The article reviews the results of each study and describes how the various approaches to workplace violence prevention resulted in differences in the perspectives of healthcare employees and their managers related to policies, training and staffing. The overall takeaway, according to the article, is that a positive violence prevention culture yields greater employee satisfaction, higher employee retention rates and better patient care. The article recommends that future research investigate the relationship between management safety climate and violence safety climate.
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