Personal support workers’ perception of safety in a changing world of work

Denton, Margaret; Zeytinoglu, Işık U.; Brookman, Catherine; Davies, Sharon; Boucher, Patricia

doi:10.1186/s40886-018-0069-x

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“…According perception of printing workers towards predisposing factors for occupational hazard, the results stated that three quarter of printing workers mentioned that moderate level of predisposing factors to occupational hazards and rest of them mentioned there was high level of these factors, most of these factors were mentioned as lack of safety equipment, lack of heave machines lifting equipment, lack periodical checkup of workers and vaccine them, also lack information to use the new equipment. This result was consistent with Denton et al (2018) [11] stated it is needed special equipment at the workplace as mechanical lifting devices and transfer care to assist the workers and decrease the physical demands on workers and fewer work accidents, as well, the author added when adequate information is provided to workers, potential risks are assessed, and the organization allows the workers to take training about safety measurements, the perception of workers about workplace safety will be increased.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

“…This result consisted with finding of a study done in Taiwan among workers in the printing industry by Tsai et al (2016) [10] who reported that 59.9% of employers taken work place safety and health training. As well, a study was done in Candia by Denton, et al (2018) [11] who assess the perception of workers about safety at work, which reported that the studied group mentioned that they had appropriate and adequate training about the safety of the work environment. This was in line with Kelloway (2017) [12] who stated that effective training in workplace safety was very effective in preventing or decrease the work accident.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This was in an agreement with Goebel (2015) [16] who conducted that follows the rules and guidelines for safety using the photocopier machines, the health risks can be avoided. As well, Denton et al (2018) [11] mentioned that the workers should comply with or work within the regulation of safety measures of the workplace. Besides that, Prica et al (2016) [5] stated that the work printing environment affects the health of the workers, so to reduce these hazards it is important to change attitudes and practices of workers towards preventing and reducing occupational hazards.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Perception of printing workers regarding occupational health hazards and safety measures

El-Maksoud

Ali²

2020

JNEP

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Background and objective: Printing workers are frequently exposed to many forms of occupational hazards while doing their jobs. Little research was done in Egypt about printings occupational hazards, which constitute a huge burden on the affected workers and employment settings. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the perception of occupational hazards and safety measures among printing workers.Methods: Descriptive analytic design was carried out the current study at the Egyptian Book House Press in Cairo on a purposive sample of 200 workers using a structured questionnaire to collect data, which include demographic data, occupational hazards, predisposing factors and safety measures as perceived by workers.Results: The results revealed that the majority of workers exposed to moderate level of occupational health hazards and safety measures. The most hazards the printing workers are exposed to it, are health, chemical, injury and psychological hazards. Also, there is a highly statistically significant negative correlation with total occupational hazards and safety measures.Conclusions: The study can be concluded that the workers exposed to moderate occupational hazards. As well, the majority of workers stated that there is a moderate level of safety measures to occupational hazards in their workplace. Therefore, this study recommended that continuous training of the printing workers on safety guidelines and enforcement of standard safety practices to decrease the potential occupational hazards.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Perception of printing workers regarding occupational health hazards and safety measures

El-Maksoud

Ali²

2020

JNEP

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“…The perception of risk affects behaviour and possible adoption of specific risk-management strategy such as use of PPEs. Denton et al (2018) linked perception of safety to number of years spent on the job, and agreed with Cafarro et al (2018) where work experience was a mediating factor in decreasing work accidents among agricultural machinery operators, which is consistent with the findings of this study. However, Chaswa et al (2020) concluded from their study that the length of work experience had no effect on perception of risk among construction workers.…”

Section: Relationship Between Perception Constructs and Personal Charsupporting

confidence: 90%

Farm-Workers Perception of Personal Protective Equipment: Case Study in the Lower South Coast, South Africa

Nwafor¹,

Nwafor²

2020

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Safety and health issues are growing concerns in the agricultural sector among farm-workers in South Africa. The current health pandemic arising from the corona virus has thrown these issues into the spotlight, and this study explored the perceived usefulness and perceived ease of using personal protective materials among farm-workers in the banana sector. Using a case study of 10 large farms in the lower south coast of South Africa, we utilized descriptive and inferential analysis to identify the demographic composition of farm-workers in the study area, examine their perception of specific personal protective materials, and determine the relationship between demographic characteristics and perception of personal protective materials. Farm-workers in the study area were found to be predominantly single black males aged between 36-55years, with no more than a primary education, with work experience of between 6-10 years and employed as unskilled farm-labourers. Perceived usefulness (83%) and perceived ease of use (79%) for personal protective materials was high. Respondents gender (p=0.012), marital status (p=0.029), level of education (p=0.035) and farm-work experience (p=0.008) were significant, while their age (p=0.057), population group (p=0.160) and work classification (p=0.203) were not found significant in determining perceived usefulness or perceived ease of use. Our study makes valuable contribution to the existing body of knowledge regarding farm-worker safety issues by exploring perception of personal protective materials.

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“…Finally, although we included covariates in our analyses, the cross-sectional design of our study precludes any causal inferences to be made about the impact (or lack thereof) of aggressive challenging behaviors on psychological health. Similarly, we did not measure other forms of aggression that may be experienced by PSWs, including sexual harassment and violence, which occurs in caregiving occupations generally [57] as well as with HCWs [9] and PSWs [8,58] specifically. As such, it is unknown whether the prevalence of these other types of challenging aggressive behaviors are comparable across occupations.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Challenging Aggressive Behaviors Experienced by Personal Support Workers in Comparison to Home Care Workers: Relationships between Caregiver Experiences and Psychological Health

Womack

Alvord

Trullinger-Dwyer

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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Personal support workers (PSW) are caregivers for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) or adults experiencing mental illness or other behavioral health conditions. The work can be very meaningful, but many PSWs must prepare for, monitor, and manage challenging behaviors, including aggression. This study was designed to estimate the prevalence of aggression experienced by PSWs in Oregon, and compare it to a previous sample of Oregon home care workers (HCWs). This comparison included an analysis of relationships between exposures to aggression and psychological health factors. PSWs in Oregon (N = 240) were surveyed electronically at a single time point. PSWs generally reported higher rates of exposure to aggression compared to HCWs. Experiences with aggression were positively associated with fatigue and weakly associated with depression, but not stress. PSWs’ self-reported lost work time injury rate was elevated compared to the US average, but it was comparable to previous self-reported injury rates from HCWs. Physical demands of work were the most prevalent reported primary safety concern, followed by challenging behaviors (including aggression). Developing tailored training to help PSWs understand, plan for, minimize, and manage challenging behaviors is a social priority.

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Personal support workers’ perception of safety in a changing world of work

Cited by 18 publications

References 18 publications

Perception of printing workers regarding occupational health hazards and safety measures

Perception of printing workers regarding occupational health hazards and safety measures

Farm-Workers Perception of Personal Protective Equipment: Case Study in the Lower South Coast, South Africa

Challenging Aggressive Behaviors Experienced by Personal Support Workers in Comparison to Home Care Workers: Relationships between Caregiver Experiences and Psychological Health

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