Health care workers
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A significant proportion of patients and informal caregivers favor an active role in decisions concerning their health. Simultaneously, governments aim to shift treatment from a professional care setting to a community setting, in light of an ageing population, a decreasing number of health workers and allocation of scarce resources.
12p vishanshan 27-06-2024 1 1 Download
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Attracting and supporting a sustainable long-term care (LTC) workforce has been a persistent social policy challenge across the globe. To better attract and retain a sustainable LTC workforce, it is necessary to adopt a unified concept of worker well-being.
11p vishanshan 27-06-2024 1 1 Download
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Infection prevention and control (IPC) research has long neglected the home healthcare sector with its unique challenges. This study aimed to gain an understanding of the barriers to the implementation of infection prevention practices relevant to this setting, the related attitudes, perceived relevance and priorities from the home healthcare worker perspective in Switzerland.
10p vishanshan 27-06-2024 1 1 Download
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This study aims to inform the design of implementation strategies to mitigate these feasibility barriers by examining “assisting” health care workers’ experiences of how barriers manifest throughout the assisted ICT process, as well as their perceptions of potential opportunities to facilitate feasibility.
10p vishanshan 27-06-2024 1 1 Download
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Prolonged standing at work may contribute to increased risk of musculoskeletal pain in home care workers. Patients’ activities of daily living (ADL) score may be a proxy for home care workers’ standing time at work. The objective of the present study was to investigate the association between patients’ ADL self-care score, and workers standing time.
9p vishanshan 27-06-2024 1 1 Download
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The population aging trend and the shortage of elderly care workers require the long-term care profession to become more attractive. However, the professional attractiveness among long-term care workers has yet to be extensively studied. This study aims to identify the factors that influence the attractiveness of the long-term care profession for nursing home (NH) care workers.
10p vishanshan 27-06-2024 1 1 Download
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Access to culturally safe and responsive services can be improved by engaging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and similar roles in an online community of practice, supporting the integration of cultural and clinical knowledge and self-determination of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consumers in decisions affecting their health.
13p vishanshan 27-06-2024 2 1 Download
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Part 2 book "Stanfield's introduction to health professions" includes content: Social workers, genetic counselors, health education, health services administration, emergency medical technicians and paramedics, radiation technology, diagnostics and related technology, respiratory care practitioners, clinical laboratory personnel; massage therapists and recreational therapists; health information personnel; medical and nursing assistants; home, personal, and psychiatric aides,... and other contents.
238p muasambanhan03 05-01-2024 6 2 Download
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This study investigates the influence of age, gender, marital status, organizational climate and personality characteristics on work place bullying among health care workers in Nigeria. Using a survey design, 152 health workers were purposively selected from both private and public hospitals.
15p vikissinger 21-12-2023 2 1 Download
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Ebook "Organizational improvement and accountability: Lessons for education from other sectors" examines five accountability models--two from the manufacturing sector; a performance incentive model used in the evaluation of job training programs for the poor; accountability in the legal sector; and accountability in health care as shown by clinical practice guidelines, use of statistical risk-adjustment methods, and the public reporting of health performance measures.
154p tuongnhuoclan 28-11-2023 5 2 Download
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This study sought to evaluate the impact of health care strike action on patient mortality. Based on the data available, this review did not find any evidence that strike action has any significant impact on in-hospital patient mortality.
17p vigamora 25-05-2023 9 2 Download
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The study aimed to: (1) Describe the situation of damage caused by sharp waste in medical staffs and (2) Identify association factors at Duc Giang General Hospital in 2022. The study is a cross-sectional descriptive research on 121 health care workers.
5p vicaptainmarvel 21-04-2023 5 2 Download
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This explorative descriptive design study explores the engagement between General Practitioners (GPs) and community mental health staff working to care for mental health consumers. Mental health clinicians, community support workers and General Practitioners working closely with mental health clients were invited to complete a web-based survey using Survey Monkey. A total of 653 GPs and 850 mental health workers participated in the study. Consent to participate in the study was implied by the completion of the anonymous survey.
185p runthenight07 01-03-2023 6 2 Download
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Studying the relationship between work-related stress and sick leave is valuable in identifying and assessing employees at risk of sick leave, but also in developing interventions and taking actions for workers’ health.
12p viferrari 28-11-2022 4 2 Download
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Staf currently working in long-term care experience several difficulties. Shortage of staff and poor working conditions are amongst the most prominent, which pose a threat to staff’s sustainable employability.
9p viferrari 28-11-2022 7 2 Download
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ex workers are men, women or transgender people who have sex in exchange for money or goods. Self-employed sex workers solicit clients independently from a third-party. Self-employed sex workers are at risk of acquiring sexually transmitted infections (STIs) through their work.
10p viferrari 28-11-2022 10 2 Download
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The aim of this study was to 1) assess characteristics of the MSW-MSM population and 2) assess MSW-MSM’s perceived barriers and facilitators to utilise SHS provided free and anonymously by the public health STI clinic in The Netherlands.
15p viferrari 28-11-2022 11 2 Download
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Primary Health Care (PHC) gained considerable momentum in the past four decades and led to improved health outcomes across a wide variety of settings. In low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), national or large-scale Community Health Worker Programs (CHWPs) are considered as vehicles to incorporate PHC principles into healthcare provision and are an essential aspect of the PHC approach to achieve health for all and sustainable development goals.
15p viferrari 28-11-2022 10 2 Download
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Integrated social care may help to mitigate social risk factors in order to achieve more equitable health outcomes. In cancer centers certified according to the criteria set out by the German Cancer Society, every patient must be given low-threshold access to qualified social workers at the center for in-house social service counseling (SSC).
9p vimahuateng 26-11-2021 10 2 Download
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The prevalence and consequences of musculoskeletal pain is considerable among healthcare workers, allegedly due to high physical work demands of healthcare work. Previous investigations have shown promising results of physical exercise for relieving pain among different occupational groups, but the question remains whether such physical exercise should be performed at the workplace or conducted as home-based exercise.
9p viannito2711 20-04-2021 14 2 Download