Workplace Violence Prevention Policies in Home Health and Hospice Care Agencies

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• Personal Author:
  Casteel C ; Gross N ; Nocera M ; Peek-Asa, Corinne
• Description:
  Workplace violence in the home health industry is a growing concern, but little is known about the content of existing workplace violence prevention programs. The authors present the methods for this study that examined workplace violence prevention programs in a sample of 40 California home health and hospice agencies. Data was collected through surveys that were completed by the branch managers of participating facilities. Programs were scored in six different areas, including general workplace violence prevention components; management commitment and employee involvement; worksite analysis; hazard prevention and control; safety and health training; and recordkeeping and program evaluation. The results and discussion sections consider these six areas and the important gaps that were found in existing programs. For example, although most agencies offered workplace violence training, not every worker performing patient care was required to receive the training. Similarly, not all programs were written or reviewed and updated regularly. Few program differences were observed between agency characteristics, but nonetheless several striking gaps were found. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Personnel Home Care Services Occupational Health Preventive Medicine Safety Violence Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Workplace Violence Health Care Health Care Personnel Health Care Workers Home Health Home Health Care Hospice Care Humans Injury Prevention Preventive Measures Safety Programs Violence Prevention Work Environment Worker Safety Workplace Violence Prevention Program

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• ISSN:
  1091-3734
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062279
• Citation:
  Online J Issues Nurs 2013 Jan; 18(1):1
• Contact Point Address:
  Nathan Gross, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, IA, USA
• Email:
  nathan-gross@uiowa.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Online Journal of Issues in Nursing
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f0002fce236a514a95422f48ec394bb109d5c763ebbd122e559882b8169e693abe154825cb90f9cf6cf4a7074d4593be85fa423b64a6dbe073eff2d407126153
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/225559/cdc_225559_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 415.29 KB ]