Preventing Occupational Injuries: Women’s Perception of Risk from Musculoskeletal Exposures

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• Personal Author:
  Landry LG
• Description:
  Perception of injury risk is associated with an individual's propensity to act. This study examined the relationship between women's demographic, occupational, and risk characteristics, and health and occupational stressors as predictors of their perceptions of injury risk to self and other women from occupational musculoskeletal exposures. This cross-sectional study included a random sample of women who were employed in the 12 months prior to survey administration (N = 123, 27% response rate). A telephone survey consisting of 154 items was administered in English or Spanish. For the perception of injury risk to self, the final multiple regression equation explained approximately 66% of the variance with significant unique contributions identified for bodily pain, occupational exposure to repeated strenuous physical activity or repetitive hand motion, perceived seriousness and controllability of the risk, and perception of risk to other women. Similarly, for perception of injury risk to other women, the final multiple regression equation explained approximately 57% of the variance with significant unique contributions identified for household size, occupational exposure to repetitive hand motion, familiarity of the risk, and perception of injury risk to self. Exposure experiences and risk characteristics were found to increase women's perceptions of risk from occupational musculoskeletal exposures [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Demography Emergency Responders Environmental Monitoring Ergonomics Hazardous Substances Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Women Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Biological-effects Demographic-characteristics Emergency-responders Exposure-assessment Exposure-levels Exposure-methods Health-care-facilities Health-care-personnel Health-hazards Injury-prevention Medical-facilities Medical-personnel Medical-surveys Musculoskeletal-system Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Occupational-exposure Occupational-hazards Occupational-health-services Occupational-psychology Occupational-sociology Occupations Physiological-effects Physiological-response Questionnaires Risk-analysis Risk-factors Statistical-analysis Work-areas Work-environment Work-practices

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• ISSN:
  0891-0162
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  75-83
• Volume:
  54
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037251
• Citation:
  AAOHN J 2006 Feb; 54(2):75-83
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Performing Organization:
  University of California, Berkeley
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  AAOHN Journal - American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Journal
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:094fa82b722fef6576039a29c8a90247a70dc13a169e44d433687b6fe51d3235f8b182c6c679797c4524a8e02be5daef61b37ede688194cf336bbf015f7a7bd9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/188369/cdc_188369_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 9.41 MB ]