Implementation Science, 2021 Background Healthcare workers perform clinical behaviours which impact on patient diagnoses, care, treatment and recovery. Some methods of supporting healthcare workers in changing their behaviour make use of social norms by exposing healthcare workers ...
Mei Yee Tang +6 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021 Background Hand transmission of harmful microorganisms may lead to infections and poses a major threat to patients and healthcare workers in healthcare settings.
J. M. van Niekerk +5 more
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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017 In December 2014, Ebola virus disease (EVD) was diagnosed in a healthcare worker in the United Kingdom after the worker returned from an Ebola treatment center in Sierra Leone. The worker flew on 2 flights during the early stages of disease. Follow-up of
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Anonymity or transparency in reporting of medial error: a community-based survey in South Australia [PDF]
, 2004 The document attached has been archived with permission from the editor of the Medical Journal of Australia. An external link to the publisher’s copy is included.Objectives: To seek public opinion on the reporting of medical errors and the anonymity of ...
Berry, J. +3 more
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Measles immunisation status of healthcare workers in smaller Victorian hospitals: can we do better?
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2020 Objective: To determine the proportion of healthcare workers (HCWs) in smaller Victorian public healthcare facilities with documented evidence of measles immunity.
Noleen Bennett +5 more
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Assessing the Impact of Community Engagement Interventions on Health Worker Motivation and Experiences with Clients in Primary Health Facilities in Ghana: A Randomized Cluster Trial. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Health worker density per 1000 population in Ghana is one of the lowest in the world estimated to be 2.3, below the global average of 9.3. Low health worker motivation induced by poor working conditions partly explain this challenge. Albeit the wage bill
Robert Kaba Alhassan +4 more
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The Affordable Care Act raises the stakes on worker classification; what does this mean for the Voluntary Classification Settlement Program [PDF]
, 2014 This research considers worker classification and the many implications an employer must consider when classifying a worker as employee or independent contractor. One implication relates to healthcare benefits and healthcare taxes. As such, this research
Parmar, Sagar
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Psychosocial Outcomes in Patients With Endocrine Tumor Syndromes: A Systematic Review
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction The combination of disease manifestations, the familial burden, and varying penetrance of endocrine tumor syndromes (ETSs) is unique. This review aimed to portray and summarize available data on psychosocial outcomes in patients with ETSs and explore gaps and opportunities for future research and care.
Daniël Zwerus +6 more
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Putting Women's Health Care Disparities on the Map: Examining Racial and Ethnic Disparities at the State Level [PDF]
, 2009 Assesses the racial/ethnic disparities in women's health status, access to and utilization of health care, and social factors such as poverty and gender wage gap by state.
Alina Salganicoff +5 more
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Occupational Deaths among Healthcare Workers [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005 Recent experiences with severe acute respiratory syndrome and the US smallpox vaccination program have demonstrated the vulnerability of healthcare workers to occupationally acquired infectious diseases. However, despite acknowledgment of risk, the occupational death rate for healthcare workers is unknown.
Sepkowitz, Kent A., Eisenberg, Leon
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