Health Disparities Among Health Care Workers

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• Personal Author:
  Devereaux-Melillo K ; Hoff LA ; Koren A ; Mawn B ; Pearce C ; Siqueira E ; Slatin C
• Description:
  In this article we describe the process of an interdisciplinary case study that examined the social contexts of occupational and general health disparities among health care workers in two sets of New England hospitals and nursing homes. A political economy of the work environment framework guided the study, which incorporated dimensions related to market dynamics, technology, and political and economic power. The purpose of this article is to relate the challenges encountered in occupational health care settings and how these could have impacted the study results. An innovative data collection matrix that guided small-group analysis provided a firm foundation from which to make design modifications to address these challenges. Implications for policy and research include the use of a political and economic framework from which to frame future studies, and the need to maintain rigor while allowing flexibility in design to adapt to challenges in the field. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Demography Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Mental Health Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Case Studies Demographic-characteristics Disparities Health-care Health-care-facilities Health-care-personnel Health-services Health Care Occupational-hazards Occupational-health Physiological-response Occupational Health Psychological-adaptation Psychological-effects Psychological-factors Psychological-reactions Sociological-factors Work-analysis Work-environment Work-operations Work-organization Work-performance Work-practices Worker-health Workplace Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  1049-7323
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  68-80
• Volume:
  20
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20036306
• Citation:
  Qual Health Res 2010 Jan; 20(1):68-80
• Contact Point Address:
  Barbara Mawn, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Nursing, 3 Solomont Way, Suite 2, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854
• Email:
  barbara_mawn@uml.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Performing Organization:
  University of Massachusetts - Lowell
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20000930
• Source Full Name:
  Qualitative Health Research
• End Date:
  20060929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f4fb228cae07cefa80888625283ddb1e4c90817fc39ccd0bafce72bf0a70321d93cc824266d84f4a354854389720e3866e011d37899a582c93cc997338ab7a3f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187781/cdc_187781_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 230.69 KB ]