Characterization of perceived biohazard exposures, personal protective equipment, and training resources among a sample of formal U.S. solid waste workers: A pilot study

Levy, Deborah A.; Shkembi, Abas; Tadee, Anupon; Sturgis, Anna C.; Gibbs, Shawn G.; Neitzel, Richard

doi:10.1080/15459624.2023.2179060

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“…This cross-sectional pilot study explored perceptions of psychosocial factors of work and organizational health among a sample of U.S. solid waste workers. Findings regarding perceptions of biological work hazards 25 as well as work stress and mental workload for this pilot study sample are detailed elsewhere. 22,26 While most workers reported not recommending their line of work to others, more than 80% of workers reported job satisfaction.…”

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Perceptions of work and organizational health among a sample of U.S. solid waste workers: A pilot study

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Background: Solid waste workers encounter a number of occupational hazards that are likely to induce stress. Thus, there are likely to be psychosocial factors that also contribute to their overall perceptions of health. However, attitudes regarding solid waste workers’ psychosocial environment and perceptions of organizational health have not been assessed. Methods: This cross-sectional pilot study operationalized the INPUTS™ Survey was to determine workers’ perceptions of organizational health and other psychosocial factors of work. Percentage and mean responses to each INPUTS™ domain are presented in accordance with their survey manual. Pearson’s chi-squared tests were run on count data; Fisher’s exact tests were run for count data with less than five samples. ANOVAs were run on the continuous items. Due to a relatively low sample size (N = 68), two-sided p-values <0.1 were considered statistically significant. Results: Most solid waste worker participants reported high decision authority, that they perceived their management to prioritize workplace health and safety and had high job satisfaction. However, perceptions of support for health outside of the realm of occupational safety and health was lower. Conclusions: Addressing traditional occupational health hazards continues to take precedence in this industry, with less of a focus on how the social determinants of health may impact workplace health.

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Perceptions of work and organizational health among a sample of U.S. solid waste workers: A pilot study

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“…Each participant was administered a survey at the beginning or end of their shift, which took approximately 20 min to complete. The 74 questions in the instrument included demographics, perceived biohazard exposure and training resources 23 , effort-reward imbalance 24 , and assessed worker attitudes and factors related to the psychosocial work environment that contribute to organizational health. This article focuses on the findings from the last portion of the survey.…”

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A pilot study on psychosocial factors and perceptions of organizational health among a sample of U.S. waste workers

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Shkembi,

Gibbs

et al. 2024

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Solid waste workers encounter a number of occupational hazards that are likely to induce stress. Thus, there are likely to be psychosocial factors that also contribute to their overall perceptions of organizational health. However, attitudes regarding the aforementioned among solid waste workers’ have not been assessed. This descriptive, cross-sectional pilot study operationalized the INPUTS Survey to determine workers’ perceptions of organizational health and other psychosocial factors of work. Percentage and mean responses to each INPUTS domain are presented in accordance with their survey manual. Pearson’s chi-squared tests were run on count data; Fisher’s exact tests were run for count data with fewer than five samples. ANOVAs were run on the continuous items. Due to a relatively low sample size (N = 68), two-sided p values < 0.1 were considered statistically significant. Most solid waste worker participants reported high decision authority, that they perceived their management to prioritize workplace health and safety, and had high job satisfaction. However, perceptions of support for health outside of the realm of occupational safety and health was lower. Addressing traditional occupational health hazards continues to take precedence in this industry, with less of a focus on how the social determinants of health may impact workplace health.

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Characterization of perceived biohazard exposures, personal protective equipment, and training resources among a sample of formal U.S. solid waste workers: A pilot study

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Perceptions of work and organizational health among a sample of U.S. solid waste workers: A pilot study

Perceptions of work and organizational health among a sample of U.S. solid waste workers: A pilot study

A pilot study on psychosocial factors and perceptions of organizational health among a sample of U.S. waste workers

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