Construct validity and test-retest reliability of Questionnaires to Assess Workplace Violence Risk Factors (QAWRF): a tripartite perspective of worksite-specific determinants in healthcare settings - Mohd Hatta FH, Samsudin EZ, Aimran N, Ismail Z, Sapian NAM.
INTRODUCTION: Among available workplace violence (WPV) interventions, only data-driven, worksite-based, and risk-based approach WPV interventions had moderate evidence for effectiveness in decreasing the risk of WPV. The Questionnaires to Assess Workplace ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Safety: a collective and embedded competency. An ethnographic study of safety practices at an industrial workplace in the Netherlands - Biermann-Teuscher D, Thissen L, Horstman K, Meershoek A.
INTRODUCTION: Organizations place strong emphasis on the standardized occupational health and safety procedures to reduce work-related illnesses and workplace accidents. However, standardized procedures are not always followed up in daily work practices. O... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Safeguarding healthcare professionals from sexual harassment in the workplace: urgent need for effective training and education - Xiao Y, Liu L, Zhang Z.
Sexual harassment (SH) is a particularly harmful type of harassment that can inflict lasting psychological harm on victims. Within the healthcare sector, it negatively impacts teamwork, communication, and potentially compromises patient care. While concern... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Occupational health and safety in the era of gun violence [editorial] - Smith DJ.
As a college professor and occupational health nurse, the increasing number of shootings in educational settings deeply concerns me. I have received texts from colleagues at my alma matter, UNC Charlotte, telling me that they were on lockdown during the 20... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Violence against physicians working in public tertiary care hospital of Bangladesh: a facility-based cross-sectional study - Hasan MJ, Sarkar TY, Ahmed M, Banik A, Islam S, Zaman MS, Mahmud F, Paul A, Sakib MN, Dev A, Hossain MJ, Fardous J, Nishat NH, Rahman M.
This study aimed to comprehensiv... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
A qualitative systematic review of healthcare practitioners' experience of workplace violence - Emary EAM, Arifin SRM, Yusof MZ.
Healthcare practitioners face significant risks of workplace violence due to various reasons such as hospital congestion, miscommunication, and aggressive behaviours of patients and relatives. Exposure to workplace violence may disrupt the workflow process... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Shifting the safety culture: evaluation of a novel approach to understanding and responding to workplace harassment and violence experienced by homecare workers - King EC, Chan J, Benn A, Michener MB, Van Belle TA, McKay SM.
BACKGROUND: Workplace violence and harassment are commonplace for healthcare workers and most incidents are unreported. Normalization of these experiences, lack of confidence in reporting systems, and fear of the consequences of reporting contribute to the... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Which interventions are used in the rehabilitation, return, and stay at work process of aging workers having suffered an occupational injury? A scoping review - Audet J, Lecours A.
BACKGROUND: Considering current labour shortages, the recent increase in the number of aging workers in the labour market is deemed economically beneficial. However, due to specific characteristics (e.g. biological, generational), aging workers take longer... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
What is Twice-Exceptionality?
Discussion
“Gifted individuals are those who demonstrate outstanding levels of aptitude (defined as an exceptional ability to reason and learn) or competence (documented performance or achievement in top 10% or rarer) in one or more domains.” Domains for giftedness include:
Intellectual
Creative
Artistic
Leadership
Specific field – language arts, mathematics, science, etc.
Giftedness is usually not screened for in young children, but may be screened for in early elementary school for potential differentiated educational programs. A review of giftedness and how it can present can be found here Individual...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - March 11, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Prevalence of occupational injuries and associated factors among workers of textile and garment factories during the era of COVID-19 pandemic in mekelle city, Northern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study - Weldearegay E, Redae GH, Asgedom AA.
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Occupational injury is any personal injury that can lead to disease, disability, or death due to accidents sustained by workers while performing their work. The present study aimed to determine the prevalence of occupational injuries an... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Patient aggression experienced by professional nurses in acute psychiatric ward: South Africa - Thandavhathu TG, Maluleke M, Raliphaswa NS, Rangwaneni ME, Masutha TC, Lavhelani NR, Manyuma D, Makhado LC, Thabathe TE, Kharivhe LM, Letlalo VP, Mulaudzi MP.
This article presents the types of patient aggression experienced by professional nurses working in an ac... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Nurses in the eye of the storm: a study of violence against healthcare personnel working in the emergency department - Zaboli A, Sibilio S, Magnarelli G, Mian M, Brigo F, Turcato G.
Introduction
Episodes of physical and verbal violence, as well as psychological humiliation, are experienced daily by ED staff.1 These incidents are increasing exponentially and can cause workplace disaffection contributing to severe burnout of ED healt... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Occupational Therapy Providers in Buffalo 2024
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Services of (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - March 8, 2024 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: news
Occupational Health Providers in Buffalo 2024
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HealthWorks-WNY, 207 (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - March 8, 2024 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: news
Workplace violence in orthopaedic surgery: a survey of Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons membership - Ponce B, Gruenberger E, McGwin G, Samora J, Patt J.
This study aims to assess the scope of WPV in orthopaedics. METHODS: A 20-item survey adopted from the World... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 7, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
