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- Renck, B, et al.
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Sense of coherence in women with a history of sexual abuse
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In: Int J Soc Welfare 2005: 14: 127133. - : Blackwell Publishing.
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Women with a history of childhood sexual abuse experiencea range of difficulties. The aim of the present study is toexamine the personal resources of women with such a historymeasured using the SOC scale. The relationships of SOC to otherfactors were analysed. Eighty-one women who participated inself-help groups were questioned using the 29-item version ofthe SOC scale. The SOC mean score for the whole group was104.1 (range 58187). The women who had a more than tenyearduration of sexual abuse had a low SOC score (M = 96.8)but those who did not remember the number of years ofduration had an even lower score (M = 94.4). In a first stepof multiple regression analysis of childhood sexual abusecharacteristics and SOC total score, only duration of sexualabuse was entered and accounted for 10.3 per cent of thevariance. In a second step of multiple regression analysis,relationship to fellow workers was a significant predictor ofSOC and contributed to 31.7 per cent of the variance
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- Rådbo, Helena, et al.
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Railway suicide analysis and Prevention in a Swedish context
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Conference paper (pop. science, debate, etc.)abstract
- Suicide is a dominating, although hidden, safety problem on Swedish railroads. The aim of my first paper (Rådbo et al, 2005) is to describe the epidemiology of fatal train-person collisions as a basis for systems-oriented prevention. Data on collision circumstances were collected from narrative reports at the Swedish National Rail Administration. Results shows how the events were evenly distributed by months and weekdays, however most suicides occur in day-time while unintentional events usually occur at night. Most train-person collisions happened in densely populated areas, and 75 % of the suicide victims were waiting on or close to the track before the collision. Significance test between types of injury event (suicide, accident or unknown intent) showed small or no differences, and one conclusion is that traditional approaches to accident prevention by systems modification seem largely applicable to combat railroad suicide as well. Our findings show promising preventive potentials. The aim of my second paper (Rådbo et al, 2007) is to theoretically derive and categorise a set of railway suicide prevention strategies with special regard to measures under the potential control of the railway system-owners. The methodological approach departs from synthesizing generic accident and suicide prevention models. Secondly, potential barriers are identified by means of fault tree analysis (FTA), and thirdly results from this analysis are validated against Haddons ten energy-based injury prevention strategies.Our results include 20 separate preventive strategies, of which most are in reach of railway system-owners themselves. Four of them aim to reduce perceived attractiveness and availability, nine aim to influence accessibility to track areas and the potential of collision, five strategies aim to mitigate consequences of collision, and three encompass medical survival and recovery strategies.To evaluate the barriers practical feasibility, etc., is beyond the aim of this study. However, technological development and innovations may turn less realistic alternatives today into more realistic possibilities tomorrow, as has been proven in other fields.Further researchAt the ERA seminar I also will tell you about further research and my two not yet publicized studies that includes in my theses. The aim of my third paper Suicide and potentials for suicide prevention on the Swedish Rail Network; a qualitative multiple case study is to evaluate the content of existing reports on railway suicide incidents from a preventive perspective and to identify and categorise additional preventive-oriented information from independent site investigations. The overall goal of my fourth study Feasibility of railway suicide prevention strategies; a focus group study is to explore preferences for preventative strategies against railway suicide among relevant professional groups. More specifically, this study aims are to analyze the acceptance and understanding of theoretically and empirically derived preventative strategies among selected professional groups, and to validate and further develop these strategies.
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