Booster doses of anti COVID-19 vaccines: an overview of implementation policies among OECD and EU countries

F Bert, G Scaioli, L Vola, D Accortanzo… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The need for an anti-COVID-19 booster dose posed an organizational challenge for health
policy makers worldwide. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the health policies …

Patient safety culture: the impact on workplace violence and health worker burnout

S Kim, R Kitzmiller, M Baernholdt… - … health & safety, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Patient and health care worker safety is an interconnected phenomenon. To
date, few studies have examined the relationship between patient and worker safety …

Cross-sectional survey of sexual health professionals' experiences and perceptions of the 2022 mpox outbreak in the UK

R Hayes, F Dakin, M Smuk, S Paparini, V Apea… - BMJ open, 2024 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To understand the experiences and perceptions of sexual health professionals
responding to the May 2022 mpox outbreak in the UK. Design Cross-sectional, anonymous …

The health workforce: Central to an effective response to the COVID‐19 pandemic in the European Region

T Zapata, J Buchan… - … International Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
COVID‐19 has reinforced the centrality of health workers at the core of a well performing
and resilient health system. It has concomitantly exposed the risks of staffing and skills …

On-demand and marketplace platforms: gig care work conditions on two digital labour platform care Models

P Hopwood, E MacEachen, I Bourgeault… - Critical …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
With worker shortages and the need for care workers projected to grow, personal care work
through digital labour platforms (DLPs) is important to understand. This paper considers …

Preparing the health workforce for future public health emergencies in Africa

SC Okoroafor, JA Asamani, L Kabego, A Ahmat… - BMJ global …, 2022 - gh.bmj.com
INTRODUCTION Public health emergencies due to natural disasters, emerging and re-
emerging infectious diseases remain a big challenge in the African Region. The health …

Aide and client safety “should go hand-in-hand”: qualitative findings from home care aides, clients, and agency leaders

NM Brouillette, PK Markkanen… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Retention of the home care (HC) aide workforce is essential to meet the needs of our aging
population. Some studies suggest that improving HC safety could increase job retention …

[HTML][HTML] Temporal trend in the compensation claim applications for work-related COVID-19 in Italy

A Marinaccio, A Brusco, A Bucciarelli… - La Medicina del …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: To analyse the compensation claim applications collected by the Italian Workers'
Compensation Authority (INAIL) for identifying the occupational patterns and the temporal …

Effect of interventions to improve safety culture on healthcare workers in hospital settings: a systematic review of the international literature

M Finn, A Walsh, N Rafter, L Mellon… - BMJ Open …, 2024 - bmjopenquality.bmj.com
Background In an era of safety systems, hospital interventions to build a culture of safety
deliver organisational learning methodologies for staff. Their benefits to hospital staff are …

Development of a simple and effective online training for health workers: results from a pilot in Nigeria

MP Thomas, S Kozikott, M Kamateeka, R Abdu-Aguye… - BMC public health, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Health workers (HWs) in Africa face challenges accessing and
learning from existing online training opportunities. To address these challenges, we …