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A Pilot Study on Psychosocial Factors and Perceptions of Organizational Health Among a Sample of U.S. Waste Workers



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  • Description:
    Solid waste workers encounter a number of occupational hazards that are likely to induce stress. Thus, there are likely to be psychosocial factors that also contribute to their overall perceptions of organizational health. However, attitudes regarding the aforementioned among solid waste workers' have not been assessed. This descriptive, cross-sectional pilot study operationalized the INPUTS Survey to determine workers' perceptions of organizational health and other psychosocial factors of work. Percentage and mean responses to each INPUTS domain are presented in accordance with their survey manual. Pearson's chi-squared tests were run on count data; Fisher's exact tests were run for count data with fewer than five samples. ANOVAs were run on the continuous items. Due to a relatively low sample size (N = 68), two-sided p values < 0.1 were considered statistically significant. Most solid waste worker participants reported high decision authority, that they perceived their management to prioritize workplace health and safety, and had high job satisfaction. However, perceptions of support for health outside of the realm of occupational safety and health was lower. Addressing traditional occupational health hazards continues to take precedence in this industry, with less of a focus on how the social determinants of health may impact workplace health. [Description provided by NIOSH]
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  • ISSN:
    2045-2322
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    Grant
  • Genre:
    Journal Article
  • Place as Subject:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Volume:
    14
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20069588
  • Citation:
    Sci Rep 2024 Apr; 14:9185
  • Contact Point Address:
    Aurora B. Le, Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, 212 Adriance Lab Road (TAMU 1266), College Station, TX 77843
  • Email:
    able@tamu.edu
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2024
  • Performing Organization:
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • Peer Reviewed:
    True
  • Start Date:
    20050701
  • Source Full Name:
    Scientific Reports
  • End Date:
    20280630
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  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:a5a8c40ae40071309de352d1acca4be7e8a463abf89837083b0f85b1433fd4167d6986d71ff7437b1ef94e796c86f31b135d4a4949a6a950be5de6b0146cf8b4
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