Does living closer to a major road make you sicker? It turns out that the closer you live to busy roads, the worse are your health prospects for cardiovascular disease, respiratory, disease, birth defects and more.
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The effects of different types of organisational workplace mental health interventions on mental health and wellbeing in healthcare workers: a systematic review
This systematic review unpacked 22 studies to understand the effects of organisational mental health interventions on healthcare workers’ mental health and wellbeing. Shared under an Open Access licence. PS. Check out my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@safe_as_pod Extracts: · Interventions included flexible and better designed schedules, redesigned work processes and competency training, team-building and civility initiatives, participatory workplace-change… Continue reading The effects of different types of organisational workplace mental health interventions on mental health and wellbeing in healthcare workers: a systematic review
Role overload and safety incidents: An examination of the individual-and team-level buffering effects of psychological safety
This study explored the buffering effects of psychological safety on role overload and safety incidents. Data from online survey of 841 employees. Shared under an open access licence. PS. Check out my YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@safe_as_pod Extracts: · “Role overload is a form of work-related stress … Qualitative role overload occurs when an individual lacks the skills required… Continue reading Role overload and safety incidents: An examination of the individual-and team-level buffering effects of psychological safety
Safety signals and near misses: exposing the design failures we can prevent
A brief discussion paper on safety signals and moving away from reactive harm-based safety. Full article provided under open access licence (see end of post). PS. Check out my YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@safe_as_pod Extracts: · “Healthcare continues to rely primarily on reactive safety—responding after harm occurs—rather than proactively identifying and addressing system weaknesses upstream” · “‘safety signal’ … refer[s]… Continue reading Safety signals and near misses: exposing the design failures we can prevent
Is your workplace making you sick? Impact of psychosocial risks on health
Is your work making you physically or mentally sick? This video unpacks a meta-analysis which analysed 72 studies on the links between psychosocial risks on health. Among other findings – established links were found between job strain and cardiovascular diseases and mental ill health. #psychosocial #risk #health #safety #hse #mentalhealth
The Critical Role of Psychological Risk and Safety in Eliciting Worker Well-Being
This explored the links between psychosocial risk and psychological safety on worker well-being. Survey responses from >800 workers in Malaysian were obtained. Usefully, it’s another study that slightly challenges the claim that you ‘can’t have too much psychological safety’. We need far more targeted evidence to make that claim. Extracts: · “our results revealed a significant… Continue reading The Critical Role of Psychological Risk and Safety in Eliciting Worker Well-Being
Large Language Models in Lung Cancer: Systematic Review
This systematic review of 28 studies explored the application of LLMs for lung cancer care and management. Probably few surprises here. And it’s focused mostly on LLMs, rather than specialised AI models. Extracts: · The review identified 7 primary application domains of LLMs in LC: auxiliary diagnosis, information extraction, question answering, scientific research, medical education, nursing… Continue reading Large Language Models in Lung Cancer: Systematic Review
Safe As 25: Do workers in high-risk industries use and value procedures?
Are your safety procedures effective aids to help navigate safe and reliable work? Do you know? And, do your workers use and value those procedures? Today we’re uncovering the painful realisation of how a compliance culture can erode trust, disengage workers and leave you dangerously exposed when things go wrong. Today’s study is Peres, S.… Continue reading Safe As 25: Do workers in high-risk industries use and value procedures?
Sleep Problems and Workplace Violence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Are sleep problems (SP) and workplace violence (WV) related? Quite possibly. This meta-analysis and systematic review unpacked 34 studies exploring the links. Extracts: VW can be classified into four types: · “Type 1, Criminal Intent, when no legitimate relationship exists between the perpetrator and the business or its employees and the perpetrator commits a crime (robbery,… Continue reading Sleep Problems and Workplace Violence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
The day-to-day stability of safety climate in the offshore oil and gas industry
Is safety climate stable day-to-day or more dynamic and variable? A really interesting study which explored the stability of safety climate over a 28 day offshore work period (hitch). Background: · “Safety climate is a domain-specific form of organizational climate (Schneider, 1975). It is defined as ‘shared perceptions with regard to the priority of safety policies,… Continue reading The day-to-day stability of safety climate in the offshore oil and gas industry
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