176366 Association Between Per Student Expenditure, Resource Allocation, and Educators' Risk of Physical Assault

Monday, October 27, 2008: 10:45 AM

Starr K. Sage, MPH , Reg Inj Prev Res Center/Center Violence Prev and Control, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Susan G. Gerberich, PhD , MCOHS/RIRRC/CVPC, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Nancy M. Nachreiner, PhD, MPH , Reg Inj Prev Res Center/Center Violence Prev and Control, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Andrew D. Ryan, MS , Regional Injury Prevention Research Center, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Timothy R. Church, PhD , Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Patricia M. McGovern, PhD, MPH , Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Steven J. Mongin, MS , Regional Injury Prevention Research Center, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of the presentation, participants will be able to: 1) Understand the nature of school funding and school resource allocation in Minnesota schools. 2) Identify several school level expenditure factors that may contribute to or protect against physical assault against Minnesota’s educators. 3) Describe several possible school funding implications of study results.

Keywords: Violence Prevention, Occupational Health

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been a member of the Minnesota Educators' research team since its inception, four years ago, and I have researched and conducted the analyses to be presented.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.