Psychosocial Risks
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Making an Evidence-Based Case for Urgent Action to Address Clinician Burnout
Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, APRN-CNP addresses how clinician burnout is currently a public health epidemic that is threatening the quality and safety of healthcare, as published in the June 2019 edition of the American Journal for Accountable Care. Solutions for action by healthcare systems are offered.
Source: AJMC
Calculating the cost of work-related stress and psychosocial risks
This report, issued by the EU-OSHA, summarises the studies focusing on calculating costs of work-related stress and psychosocial risks.
Expanding Our Understanding of the Psychosocial Work Environment
https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2008-104/
This document is targeted to occupational safety and health researchers interested in evaluating the role of discrimination, bias and work-family issues in occupational injuries and illness
Source: NIOSH
Depression's Impact on Safety
http://ohsonline.com/Articles/2006/10/Depressions-Impact-on-Safety.aspx
Employers assume it is a personal matter left to mental health professionals. But two-thirds of those suffering from the disease don't seek treatment.
Source: OH&S
The Mind-Body Connection: Workplace Conflict, Stress & the Risk of Injury
http://ehstoday.com/mag/ehs_imp_37127
ypically, workers are familiar with the dangers of heavy lifting, improper workstation set-up and unsafe working conditions. But workplace conflict, given its relationship to stress, can be equally dangerous to people's physical and emotional health. It can even increase an individual's risk of injury.
Source: EH&S Today