New Jersey Home Health Care Aides Survey Results

Details

• Personal Author:
  Blando JD ; Hartley D ; Hendricks S ; Ridenour ML
• Description:
  The objective of the study was to report on what violence-based training home health care aides received, their participation in health promotion classes, and home health care aides' experience with workplace violence. In 2013, a mail survey was completed by 513 home health care aides in the state of New Jersey. Ninety-four percent of the respondents were female. Respondents whose agency was part of a hospital were more likely to receive violence-based safety training than respondents whose agency was not part of a hospital (p = .0313). When the perpetrator of violence was a patient or family member, the respondents experienced verbal abuse the most (26%), then physical assault (16%) and exposure to bodily fluids (13%). Home health care aides whose agency was part of a hospital were more likely to receive violence-based safety training. Training is an important component of a workplace violence prevention program. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Promotion Home Care Services Occupational Health Safety Staff Development Violence Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Home Health Care Aides Health Promotion Home Health Care Safety Education Safety Measures Surveillance Training Violence Prevention Workplace Violence
• ISSN:
  1084-8223
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Virginia ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  172-178
• Volume:
  31
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054940
• Citation:
  Home Health Care Manag Pract 2019 Aug; 31(3):172-178
• Contact Point Address:
  Marilyn Lou Ridenour, Division of Safety Research, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505
• Email:
  dvn7@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Home Health Care Management and Practice
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8f0fec434ca9f5075461f6ec69a56e9689e4730839e3c234a25c0dd93da009cf447764a6bf127223ac46753f4b35b904b94dbcfa6e6b7f279913e99d28be5299
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217347/cdc_217347_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 84.69 KB ]