Home care workers' experiences of work conditions related to their occupational health: a qualitative study
SG Grasmo, IF Liaset, SE Redzovic - BMC health services research, 2021 - Springer
Background The need for home care workers (HCWs) is rapidly growing in Norway due to
the increasingly growing elderly population. HCWs are exposed to a number of occupational …
the increasingly growing elderly population. HCWs are exposed to a number of occupational …
Home healthcare workers' occupational exposures
Home healthcare workers (HHCWs) belong to one of the fastest growing industries and
have an unpredictable work environment, potentiating their risk of exposures to occupational …
have an unpredictable work environment, potentiating their risk of exposures to occupational …
Infection prevention and control practices in the home environment: Examining enablers and barriers to adherence among home health care nurses
Background Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) practices have been established in
home health care. Adherence to IPC practices has been suboptimal with limited available …
home health care. Adherence to IPC practices has been suboptimal with limited available …
Observation of hand hygiene practices in home health care
MV McDonald, C Brickner, D Russell… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective To describe nurse hand hygiene practices in the home health care (HHC) setting,
nurse adherence to hand hygiene guidelines, and factors associated with hand hygiene …
nurse adherence to hand hygiene guidelines, and factors associated with hand hygiene …
Home health aides' experiences of their occupational health: a qualitative meta-synthesis
S Grønoset Grasmo, I Frostad Liaset… - Home Health Care …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Home health aides (HHA) have high sickness absence while the need for home care
services is rapidly growing. The aim of this study was to derive new conceptual …
services is rapidly growing. The aim of this study was to derive new conceptual …
Social risk factors are associated with risk for hospitalization in home health care: a natural language processing study
M Hobensack, J Song, S Oh, L Evans… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective This study aimed to develop a natural language processing (NLP) system that
identified social risk factors in home health care (HHC) clinical notes and to examine the …
identified social risk factors in home health care (HHC) clinical notes and to examine the …
Student nurses' experience using a serious game to learn environmental hazard and safety assessment
Abstract Knowledge acquisition facilitated by computer games, also referred to as digital
game-based learning, is growing in popularity as an educational modality for healthcare …
game-based learning, is growing in popularity as an educational modality for healthcare …
Reducing lumbar spine flexion using real-time biofeedback during patient handling tasks
BACKGROUND: Patient handling activities require caregivers to adopt postures that
increase the risk of back injury. Training programs relying primarily on didactic methods …
increase the risk of back injury. Training programs relying primarily on didactic methods …
Efficacy and usability of a virtual simulation training system for health and safety hazards encountered by healthcare workers
Objective: This study evaluated the efficacy, usability, usefulness, and desirability (UUD) of a
Home Healthcare Interactive Virtual Simulation Training System (HH-VSTS) designed to …
Home Healthcare Interactive Virtual Simulation Training System (HH-VSTS) designed to …
Challenges facing home-based caregivers in the management of health care risk waste
T Zikhathile, H Atagana - … journal of environmental research and public …, 2018 - mdpi.com
The quadruple burden of diseases, early discharge from hospital and hospital at home have
resulted in home-based care services becoming a requirement in South Africa. These home …
resulted in home-based care services becoming a requirement in South Africa. These home …