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“During the 2009–10 school year, 85 percent of public schools recorded that one or more crime incidents had taken place at school, amounting to an estimated 1.9 million crimes. This figure translates to a rate of 40 crimes per 1,000 public school students enrolled.”
Read more: Latest School Crime Report Deals With Greater Context…
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Can you recognize the warning signs of dating abuse?
February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. Observed by parents and communities as well as students and schools, this month recognizes the need to “educate young people about relationships, teach healthy relationship skills and prevent the devastating cycle of abuse,” according to TeenDVMonth.org.
Read more: Teens and Dating Violence…
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According to a recent investigative series by a Seattle radio station, health care positions, including nurses’ aides, are the most violent in Washington, more dangerous than steel tower worker, police officer, or security guard jobs.
Read more: Health Care Jobs Most Violent in Washington…
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The Massachusetts legislature has passed a law that will provide $10 million in violence-prevention grants for cities in the state.
The grants will be provided as part of a new program designed for communities that have the highest levels of youth homicides and assaults, and will be used to fill gaps in services ranging from trauma counseling to job training.
Read more: Massachusetts Approves $10 Million in Violence-Prevention Grants…
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In an effort to decrease the number of violent incidents on their school busses, school bus drivers in Springfield, MA recently held a meeting to address the issue of school bus violence.
Read more: School Bus Drivers Speak Out Against Violence…
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A recent study published in PloS One links several prescription medications to violent acts.
Data from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), used in the study, indicated that out of 780,169 adverse events reported for 484 different medications, 1,937 were acts of violence. Researchers then looked at which drugs reported a disproportionally higher link to these acts. Thirty-one of the drugs, including some for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, sedatives, and antidepressants, were linked to a larger number of incidents. One drug, varenicline, an antismoking medication, was related to the highest number of incidents.
Read more: Links Between Violence and Prescription Drugs…
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Two Colorado hospitals have taken preventive measures to avoid violence in their emergency rooms, according to an article in the Loveland Reporter-Herald.
The Medical Center of the Rockies and the McKee Medical Center have trained employees on how to prevent violence from occurring and escalating, and have implemented security protocols and designed special rooms and waiting areas for high-risk patients. Nurses at both hospitals are trained annually on how to recognize signs of agitation in patients and how to react.
Read more: Hospitals Take Measures to Avoid Emergency Room Crises…
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