Workplace Discrimination Is Associated With Alcohol Abuse Among Ethnically Diverse Hospital Staff

Thrasher, Angela D.; Wells, Anita M.; Spencer, S. Melinda; Cofie, Leslie E.; Yen, Irene H.

doi:10.1177/2165079916628878

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“…Health outcomes stemming from workplace discrimination are similar to those stemming from non‐work discrimination. Workplace discrimination is linked to worse physical (De Castro et al, ; Okechukwu et al, ) and psychological (Benoit, McCarthy, & Jansson, ; Hammond et al, ; Wadsworth et al, ) health and poorer health behaviors (Thrasher, Wells, Spencer, Cofie, & Yen, ). Occupational context also matters for health: Some male‐dominated occupations or jobs may generate more role overload and work stress (Jackson, Thoits, & Taylor, ) and produce negative work climates towards women that lead to higher stress response (Pudrovska et al, ).…”

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Perceived discrimination and health: Paradigms and prospects

Allen

2019

Sociology Compass

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This article reviews recent research on the effects of perceived discrimination on subsequent mental and physical health. I argue that despite legal reforms banning discrimination since the civil rights era, discrimination persists, posing an ongoing health risk and maintaining social health inequalities. Couched within broader health trends, this covers ongoing challenges and new developments, particularly related to measurement, and promising directions. As the most commonly reported location of individual discrimination is at work, this review concludes by arguing for the significance of the workplace as a unique context ripe for further inquiry for scholars interested in health inequality.

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Section: The Workplace As a Unique Context For Future Researchmentioning

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Perceived discrimination and health: Paradigms and prospects

Allen

2019

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“…Discrimination and unfair treatment at the workplace is usually less prominent and prevalent than workplace violence and aggression but nevertheless present and quite common in health care settings and among hospital staffs and particularly physicians [ 7 , 10 , 11 , 23 ]. However, strongly varying proportions up to 70% of the examined physicians in specific subgroups or specialties had experienced (or witnessed) and reported age, gender or racial discrimination during their medical careers depending very much on the age, gender, ethnic origin or country and study [ 7 , 9 – 11 ].…”

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Prevalence and health correlates of workplace violence and discrimination against hospital employees – a cross-sectional study in German-speaking Switzerland

Stahl-Gugger¹,

Hämmig

2022

BMC Health Serv Res

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Background Violence and discrimination are common events at work, especially in health care. Moreover, such workplace experiences are considered to have negative impacts and particularly adverse health consequences on health care workers. Nevertheless, the problem is still highly underreported and thus largely ignored and unexplored in Switzerland as comprehensive data and studies on their prevalence and health correlates among hospital staffs and health professionals are widely missing. Methods This cross-sectional study was based on secondary data from a company survey among several public hospitals and rehabilitation clinics in German-speaking Switzerland conducted in 2015/16. The study population was limited to a subsample of 1567 health professionals among the surveyed staffs of five participating hospitals and clinics. Relative frequencies of different forms of violence and discrimination at work and the total number of such experiences were calculated for the entire study population and for occupational subgroups. These data were compared with a nationally representative subsample of the Swiss Health Survey 2017 as a reference population. Multiple logistic regression analyses were further computed to investigate the association between the number of different experienced forms of violence and/or discrimination at work and several poor general and mental health outcomes. Results 23% of the inverviewed hospital employees experienced at least one form of discrimination or violence at work in the past year, compared to 18% of the general working population. Nurses were by far the most affected occupational group regarding all forms of violence. More and particularly the most exposed and affected hospital employees with regard to experiences of violence and/or discrimination at work showed almost consistently increased frequencies and relative risks for the studied poor mental and general health outcomes. Prevalence rates and odds ratios for strong sleep disorders, strong stress feelings and increased burnout symptoms were between 3 and 4 times higher among the most exposed compared to the non-exposed group of hospital employees. Conclusions Study findings underline the importance of an active combat against violent and discriminatory behaviors in health care. Prevention strategies should particularly focus on nurses and midwives, which turned out to be the most affected and exposed group of all health professions.

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“…1,2 Workplace discrimination and harassment is illegal and has been shown to have detrimental, sometimes devastating, effects on employees. 3,4 Although there are ongoing efforts within the NHS to monitor workplace inequality, there is a lack of data and research on the impact of workplace harassment and discrimination from colleagues on their health and job satisfaction. Such data are necessary to inform the development of effective workplace interventions to mitigate the growing problem of discrimination and BHA in the NHS.…”

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Impact of workplace discrimination and harassment among National Health Service staff working in London trusts: results from the TIDES study

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Background Harassment and discrimination in the National Health Service (NHS) has steadily increased over the past 5 years with London being the worst performing region. There is a lack of data and research on the impact this is having on staff health and job satisfaction. Such data are necessary to inform the development of effective workplace interventions to mitigate the effects these experiences have on staff. Aims Examine the impact of harassment and discrimination on NHS staff working in London trusts, utilising data from the 2019 TIDES cross-sectional survey. Method In total, 931 London-based healthcare practitioners participated in the TIDES survey. Regression analysis was used to examine associations between the sociodemographic characteristics of participants, exposure to discrimination and harassment, and how such exposures are associated with physical and mental health, job satisfaction and sickness absence. Results Women, Black ethnic minority staff, migrants, nurses and healthcare assistants were most at risk of discrimination and/or harassment. Experiencing either of the main exposures was associated with probable anxiety or depression. Experiencing harassment was also associated with moderate-to-severe somatic symptoms. Finally, both witnessing and experiencing the main exposures were associated with low job satisfaction and long periods of sickness absence. Conclusions NHS staff, particularly those working in London trusts, are exposed to unprecedented levels of discrimination and harassment from their colleagues. Within the context of an already stretched and under-resourced NHS, in order to combat poor job satisfaction and high turnover rates, the value of all healthcare practitioners must be visibly and continuously reinforced by all management and senior leaders.

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Workplace Discrimination Is Associated With Alcohol Abuse Among Ethnically Diverse Hospital Staff

Cited by 14 publications

References 30 publications

Perceived discrimination and health: Paradigms and prospects

Perceived discrimination and health: Paradigms and prospects

Prevalence and health correlates of workplace violence and discrimination against hospital employees – a cross-sectional study in German-speaking Switzerland

Impact of workplace discrimination and harassment among National Health Service staff working in London trusts: results from the TIDES study

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