Workplace violence prevention policies in home health and hospice care agencies

Nathan Gross; Corinne Peek-Asa; Maryalice Nocera; Carri Casteel

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Workplace violence prevention policies in home health and hospice care agencies

Journal article

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Workplace violence prevention policies in home health and hospice care agencies

Nathan Gross, Corinne Peek-Asa, Maryalice Nocera and Carri Casteel

Online journal of issues in nursing, Vol.18(1), pp.1-1

01/31/2013

PMID: 23452197

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Abstract

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.

Workplace Violence - prevention & control

Cross-Sectional Studies

Hospices - trends

Humans

Health Policy - trends

Home Care Agencies - organization & administration

California

Hospices - organization & administration

Program Evaluation

Health Care Surveys

Home Care Agencies - trends

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Title: Subtitle: Workplace violence prevention policies in home health and hospice care agencies
Creators: Nathan Gross - Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, IA, USA. nathan-gross@uiowa.edu
Corinne Peek-Asa
Maryalice Nocera
Carri Casteel
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Online journal of issues in nursing, Vol.18(1), pp.1-1
PMID: 23452197
NLM abbreviation: Online J Issues Nurs
eISSN: 1091-3734
Publisher: United States
Language: English
Date published: 01/31/2013
Academic Unit: Public Health Administration; Occupational and Environmental Health; Epidemiology; Nursing; Injury Prevention Research Center; Public Policy Center (Archive)
Record Identifier: 9983997334602771

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