Workplace Safety Policies in Mental Health Settings

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• Personal Author:
  Korr WS ; Lowe TB
• Description:
  Social workers have repeatedly called for increased safety practices as a means of preventing and reducing client-related violence in the field. The present article investigated mental health service agencies' adherence to the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (NIOSHA) administrative and work practice policy guidelines to prevent workplace violence for health care and social service workers. A random sample of National Association of Social Workers members (N = 181) who were current or former supervisors in mental health settings were surveyed. The findings suggest that there are variations in compliance with recommended policy/protocols for worker safety. Implications for practice, policy, and research are discussed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Health Safety Violence Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Workplace Violence Mental Health Mental Health And Policy Practices Safety Practices Social Workers Supervisors Violence Prevention Workplace Violence Work Practices
• ISSN:
  1555-5240
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  29-47
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20056353
• Citation:
  J Workplace Behav Health 2008 May; 22(4):29-47
• Contact Point Address:
  Tony B. Lowe, PhD, School Of Social Work, University Of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-7016
• Email:
  tblowe@uga.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• Performing Organization:
  University of Pittsburgh
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20020501
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health
• End Date:
  20030731
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8792643503372c3e8e524a7b9dd342ca1e8242d290518d823aa307850e52bb2c39a2bfc4ceeefc6ecba330792fe436dcf1fe3468ca7e2870e898a0ea9cc941c9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/213976/cdc_213976_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 144.04 KB ]