Workplace violence against homecare workers and its relationship with workers health outcomes: A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Hanson, Ginger C ^a   Perrin, Nancy A ^a   Moss, Helen ^b   Laharnar, Naima ^c   Glass, Nancy ^d  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Homecare; Sexual harassment; Workplace aggression; Workplace violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOME HEALTH AIDES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OREGON; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; WORKPLACE; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

EID: 84938835927     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-014-1340-7     Document Type: Article

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