Predicting COVID-19 Cases in Nursing Homes of California and Ohio: Does the Work Environment Matter?

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• Personal Author:
  Boden LI ; Collins JE ; Katz JN ; Roy S ; Sorensen, Glorian ; Wagner, Gregory R. ; Williams JAR
• Description:
  Objective: The cross-sectional study evaluates if the prepandemic work environments in nursing homes predict coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases among residents and staff, accounting for other factors. Method: Leveraging data from a survey of California and Ohio nursing homes (n = 340), we examined if Workplace Integrated Safety and Health domains - Leadership, Participation, and Comprehensive and Collaborative Strategies predicted cumulative COVID-19 cases among nursing home residents and staff. Results: In Ohio, a 1-unit increase in Leadership score was associated with 2 fewer staff cases and 4 fewer resident cases. A 1-unit increase in Comprehensive and Collaborative Strategies score in California showed an average marginal effect of approximately 1 less staff case and 2 fewer resident cases. Conclusions: These findings suggest that leadership commitment and interdepartment collaboration to prioritize worker safety may have protected against COVID-19 cases in nursing homes. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Communicable Diseases Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Nursing Homes COVID-19 Cross Sectional Studies Occupational Health Total Worker Health Total Worker Health® TWH Work Environment
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Boston Region [OSHA] ; California ; Chicago Region [OSHA] ; Massachusetts ; Ohio ; Pennsylvania ; Philadelphia Region [OSHA] ; San Francisco Region [OSHA]
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  66
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20069864
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2024 Oct; 66(10):e460-e466
• Contact Point Address:
  Soumyadipta Roy, 504A Ford Building, Department of Health Policy and Administration, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
• Email:
  sqr5764@psu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2025
• Performing Organization:
  Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20070901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20260831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2037499c2f43d5d7cde32cc199b08059ff5890878307fb254b8955b8623fff459ac183ad85d594231d5d6e6abebe1a406aa6970f4ffa34a2d72ca5afab49348a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/208204/cdc_208204_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 352.84 KB ]