What factors are associated with occupational health office staffing, job stress, and job satisfaction

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• Personal Author:
  Fisher, Gwenith G. ; Moses XJE ; Walters KM
• Description:
  Objective: This study sought to identify factors associated with occupational health staffing in health care settings, provide benchmarking data, and investigate relationships between staffing and worker stress and satisfaction. Methods: Members of the Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare were sent an online survey. Data on facility served, staffing, job attitudes, and work stress were collected and analyzed. Results: Number and types of personnel served were the largest predictors of staffing, accounting for 38 and 41% of the variability seen, respectively. Number of personnel served was related to worker stress and lack of work/ life balance. Conclusion: Offices that required a provider presence had roughly one provider, seven nurses, and three clerical staff per 8000 personnel served. Occupational health workers are generally highly satisfied, and staffing has little relation to sources of job stress and satisfaction. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological Workplace
• Keywords:
  Health Care Health Care Facilities Health Care Workers Job Stress Office Environments Office Workers Stress Work-life Balance Work Environment Workers
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  58
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20048156
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2016 Jun; 58(6):567-574
• Contact Point Address:
  Kevin M. Walters, BS, Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, 1876 Campus Delivery, Ft. Collins, CO 80526
• Email:
  kevin.m.walters@colostate.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  University of Colorado, Denver
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20070701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/202979/cdc_202979_DS1.pdf
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