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Health and safety practitioners' health and wellbeing - The link with safety climate and job demand-control-support.
Leitão, Sara; Mc Carthy, Vera J C; Greiner, Birgit A.
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  • Leitão S; School of Public Health, Western Gateway Building, University College Cork, College Road, Cork, Ireland. Electronic address: s.leitao@ucc.ie.
  • Mc Carthy VJC; School of Nursing and Midwifery, Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, University College Cork, College Road, Cork, Ireland. Electronic address: v.mccarthy@ucc.ie.
  • Greiner BA; School of Public Health, Western Gateway Building, University College Cork, College Road, Cork, Ireland. Electronic address: b.greiner@ucc.ie.
Accid Anal Prev ; 119: 131-137, 2018 Oct.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30025354
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Health and Safety Practitioners (HSPs), as frontline professionals advocating for health and safety (HS) working conditions, have crucial roles for the wellbeing of employees. However, research studying HSPs psychosocial working conditions - i.e. job demands, control and support (JDCS) -, safety climate (SC) and their impact on HSPs health and wellbeing is scarce. This novel study aims to examine the link of JDCS and SC with HSPs' health, wellbeing and efficacy. METHODS: A web-survey was completed by 879 HSPs, members of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) in Ireland and the UK. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to determine the association between JDCS, SC and general health (GHQ12), mental wellbeing (WEMWBS) and efficacy. RESULTS: After adjusting for age, gender and years of experience, job demands were significantly associated with HSPs health (ß = 0.40; p = 0.00) and mental wellbeing (ß=-0.29; p = 0.00). Positive significant independent associations were also found between job control, support, SC and HSPs health, mental-wellbeing as well as efficacy. In a final model, all psychosocial working conditions and SC were significantly associated with health and mental-wellbeing of HSPs. CONCLUSION: This study showed that psychosocial working conditions and SC can affect HSPs health and wellbeing - associations rarely previously recorded. The link of safety climate with HSPs efficacy, with contribution of job control and support, reveals possible further impacts of SC on safety performance. The findings highlight the importance of HSPs working conditions while reflecting on the wider impact on OHS in organisations, its workforce and stakeholders.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Cultura Organizacional / Administración de la Seguridad / Servicios de Salud del Trabajador Tipo de estudio: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: Accid Anal Prev Año: 2018 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Cultura Organizacional / Administración de la Seguridad / Servicios de Salud del Trabajador Tipo de estudio: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: Accid Anal Prev Año: 2018 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Reino Unido