Exploring workplace violence among home care workers in a consumer-driven home health care program

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• Personal Author:
  Anger WK ; Christian M ; Glass N ; Hanson GC ; Moss H ; Nakaishi L ; Perrin N ; Rose L ; Weinstein M
• Description:
  Nominal research has examined sexual harassment and workplace violence against home care workers within consumer-driven home care models such as those offered in Oregon. This study examined home care workers' experiences of violence while providing care to consumer employers, the patients who hire and manage home care workers. Focus groups and interviews were conducted in Oregon with 83 home care workers, 99 Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS) employees, and 11 consumer employers. Home care workers reported incidents of workplace physical violence (44%), psychological abuse (65%), sexual harassment (41%), and sexual violence (14%). Further, three themes were identified that may increase the risk of workplace violence: (1) real and perceived barriers to reporting violence; (2) tolerance of violence; and (3) limited training to prevent violence. To ensure worker safety while maintaining quality care, safety policies and training for consumer employers, state DHS employees, and home care workers must be developed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Education Health Personnel Men Mental Health Occupational Health Preventive Medicine Safety Staff Development Stress, Psychological Women Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Force Health-care-personnel Humans Medical-personnel Physical-reactions Physiology Preventive-medicine Psychological-stress Psychology Training Work-environment Workers

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• ISSN:
  2165-0799
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Oregon ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  441-450
• Volume:
  61
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20043395
• Citation:
  Workplace Health Saf 2013 Oct; 61(10):441-450
• Contact Point Address:
  Nancy Glass, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, Professor, Department of Community Public Health, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, 525 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205
• Email:
  nglass1@son.jhmi.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  Johns Hopkins University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20080901
• Source Full Name:
  Workplace Health & Safety
• End Date:
  20140831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:757324aa45a2955d2612a25497646e5d933527dd750f3f40131df59bd0461e2421c7e194d6b605da7cdae2ea55fdc134f076eb2cbbb96b4b530cba5f365232c1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/195301/cdc_195301_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 276.75 KB ]