FSD3939 Inappropriate and Violent Treatment in Emergency Services and First Responders 2024

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Inappropriate and Violent Treatment in Emergency Services and First Responders 2024

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FSD3939

Pysyvät tunnisteet

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3939
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3939

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

Sisällön kuvaus

The study examined the prevalence of inappropriate and violent treatment in Finland's rescue services and emergency medical care, as well as the impacts of these phenomena and potential preventive measures. The survey is part of the Zero Tolerance project (Pelastustoimen nollatoleranssi syrjinnälle ja häirinnälle - faktaa vai fiktiota?), which explores the prevalence, manifestation, measures, and effects of inappropriate and violent treatment experienced in the rescue and emergency medical services sectors.

At the beginning of the survey, respondents were asked whether they had experienced or observed inappropriate or violent treatment, either within their own organization or from external sources. The prevalence of such treatment was assessed by asking how often the respondents or their colleagues had encountered various forms of inappropriate or violent behavior (e.g., threats, sexual harassment, discrimination) during the past 12 months. After this, the respondents were asked to specify their personal experiences and observations related to the different forms of treatment

The effects of inappropriate or violent treatment (physical/psychological/professional) were assessed by asking about the type and duration of the impacts. Additionally, the survey explored how the respondents reacted to such situations. Next, the survey asked whether the respondent's organization has a reporting system in place for reporting inappropriate or violent treatment. The respondents were also asked for their views on the functionality and use of these reporting systems, as well as their level of work-related exhaustion. Finally, the survey gathered the respondents' opinions on the measures taken by their organization to prevent inappropriate or violent treatment and the perceived effectiveness of these measures.

The background variables in the data include the respondent's occupational group, organizational position, organizational affiliation, gender, work rhythm, length of career, contact method, and language version.

Asiasanat

ambulance services; assault; discrimination; fire-fighting services; first aid; job satisfaction; paramedical personnel; rescue services; working conditions; workplace bullying

Tieteenala/Aihealue

Sarja

Individual datasets

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

The dataset is (C) available only for research including master's theses.

Kerääjät

  • Emergency Services College

Rahoittajat

  • Finnish Fire Protection Fund (VN/2023/16355)

Ajallinen kattavuus

2024

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2024-08-15 – 2024-09-15

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

People aged 15 and over working in the rescue services and emergency medical care.

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Non-probability: Availability

The survey was distributed to all rescue and emergency medical service sectors within Finland's wellbeing services counties and autonomous regions, as well as to contract fire brigades and fire brigade associations, national rescue sector associations, and educational institutions. The survey was targeted at all individuals aged 15 and older operating under these entities, regardless of the nature of their employment or civil service position.

The data was collected in cooperation with several rescue service organizations. The invitation to participate and a link to the online form were sent out through a total of 23 different channels. The channels were classified into three groups: invitations sent to subordinates via the organization's management, invitations sent to staff and operators via the organization's communications or office, and invitations sent to operators in the field via rescue service media and newsletters. Information on the response channel has been included as a variable in the data. A total of 960 respondents from the rescue services and emergency medical services participated in the survey out of a target population of approximately 32,000 people.

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Vastausprosentti

3

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Datan versio

1.0

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

If the respondent answered "Not at all" to the selected prevalence indicator battery, their values for all prevalence indicator battery specific indicators k5_X-k11_X and k14_X-k20_X were changed by the researchers to -1 (did not see the question). If the respondent had not personally encountered any inappropriate or violent behavior k3_1-k4_7 and k12_1-k13_7, their values for all impact indicators k21_X-k23_X were changed by the researchers to -1 (did not see the question). If the respondent reported that a reporting system k24_X was not in use, their value on the corresponding education indicator k25_X was changed by the researchers to -1 (did not see the question).

Background questions were branched based on the respondent's reported organizational affiliation (k2). Rescue departments and emergency medical services saw questions k32, k39, and k40. Contract fire brigades and fire brigade associations saw questions k33, k34, k35, and k36. National organizations and educational institutions saw questions k37 and k38. If the respondent was operational personnel, they saw question k40. If the respondent was on call, they saw question k35. All respondents saw questions k31, k41, k42_x, and k43_x.

Organizational position was measured using several different variables (k36_x, k38, and k39) due to differences in the work cultures of the organizations. For the purposes of identification and comparison, these were combined by the researcher into a single variable, Organisaatioasema.

To prevent identification of respondents, the variables organizational affiliation k2, Organisaatioasema (organizational position), gender variable k31, rescue service and emergency care work rhythm k32, weekly workload estimate for contract fire brigades and fire brigade associations k33, monthly on-call workload estimate for contract fire brigades and fire brigade associations k35, length of career k41, and open-ended response variable k43 were reclassified by the researcher. Variables k7_10_1, k8_11_2, k9_5_1, k18_5_1, and k18_5_2 were removed from the data entirely. In addition, the researcher changed the background organizations of some respondents in order to ensure their anonymity.

Painokertoimet

There are no weight variables in the data.

Viittausvaatimus

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Malliviittaus

Emergency Services College: Inappropriate and Violent Treatment in Emergency Services and First Responders 2024 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2025-07-15). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3939; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3939

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

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Varaumat

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Julkaisut aineistosta Tooltip

Saal, Oliver, Iida Silfverhuth, Konsta Huovinen, Aino Harinen, Riikka Salmi, Janne Koivukoski, ja Mimmi Tolvanen. Tulta ilman savua: Epäasiallinen ja väkivaltainen kohtelu pelastusalalla ja ensihoidossa. Pelastusopiston julkaisu. B-sarja, Tutkimusraportit 6/2025. Kuopio: Pelastusopisto, 2025. Saatavilla: http://info.smedu.fi/kirjasto/sarja_B/B6_2025.pdf.

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