Safety factors predictive of job satisfaction and job retention among home healthcare aides

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1430-1441

  Sherman, Martin F ^a   Gershon, Robyn R M ^b   Samar, Stephanie M ^b   Pearson, Julie M ^b   Canton, Allison N ^b   Damsky, Marc R ^c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c Mobile Health Management Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THREAT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; VERBAL HOSTILITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE; AGE; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TRADE UNION; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOME HEALTH AIDES; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LABOR UNIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 65849220238     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31818a388e     Document Type: Conference Paper

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