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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
5188.0: Wednesday, November 13, 2002: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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| This panel concludes the research session and discusses the challenges faced by workers in the traditional unionized hospital environment as well as those facing recently organized home care workers in California. While hospital workers face issues of management indifference and must identify mechanisms to develop effective ongoing health and safety committees, California home care workers are employed under an independent provider model, whereby each worker is employed by individual senior or disabled care recipients dispersed in homes throughout the state. Presenters will describe and analyze the history and significance of the independent provider model, including the possibilities and limitations to implementation of effective health and safety programs under this model. They will also present an overview of home care worker hazards and results of a recent NIOSH funded study of home care workers health and safety. In contrast, a hospital worker health and safety committee member will discuss the hazards of the hospital environment and the criteria important to development of a union health and safety committee. | |||
| Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Jane Lipscomb, RN, PhD Jamie Tessler, MPH | |||
| Work schedules and depression among nurses aides working in nursing homes Jeanne Geiger-Brown, PhD RN, Carles Muntaner, MD PhD | |||
| History of Home Care Organizing in California: Possibilities and Challenges for Worker Health and Safety Linda L. Delp, MPH | |||
| Hospital-Based Health & Safety Committees: Experiences of 1199/SEIU Cheryl Thomas, Radiologic Tech | |||
| Challenges to Worker Health and Safety in Traditional and Non-Traditional Unionized Health Care Settings Linda L. Delp, MPH, Cheryl Thomas, Radiologic Tech, Laura H. Stock, MPH, Sherry Baron | |||
| Addressing Health and Safety Risks Among Home Care Workers: A Collaborative Action Research Project for Low-wage and Immigrant Workers Laura H. Stock, MPH, Sherry Baron | |||
| Organized by: | Occupational Health and Safety | ||
| Endorsed by: | Health Equity and Public Hospitals Caucus; School Health Education and Services | ||
| CE Credits: | Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work | ||