Workplace sexual harassment (SH) has been highlighted as a key issue for female agricultural workers in the United States. This study investigated how workers' descriptive data (age, job experience, attitudes) and specific organizational variables (how work crews are structured) potentially facilitate SH an setting. Harassment was reported by 30% of surveyed viticulture their current jobs. Hara...

A major source of oppression in industrial and post-industrial society is the restrictive and highly authoritarian nature of the workplace. One response is to democratize the workplace by increasing the participation of workers in making decisions and in choosing and evaluating managers as well as sharing in the ownership of the firm. These are not new ideas, and there are many examples of orga...

BACKGROUND Workplace accommodations for breastfeeding mothers are an important step towards achieving United States Healthy People 2010 goals for continued breastfeeding. However, evidence suggests that some employers wishing to accommodate lactating mothers fear negative reactions from other workers. METHODS This study conducted in February 2007, used descriptive statistics and linear regres...

OBJECTIVES Community mental health clinics are increasingly utilizing independent contractors to provide clinical services. At the same time, many organizations are participating in initiatives intended to increase implementation of evidence-based practices (EBPs). The primary aim of this study was to understand the associations of utilizing independent contractors with clinician knowledge and ...

BACKGROUND Interprofessional Education (IPE) implies how to achieve successful teamwork, and is based on collaborative practice which enhance occasions for relationships between two or more healthcare professions. This study evaluates the effectiveness of IPE in changing attitudes after a training recently introduced to medical education for second-year students at the University of Padova, Ita...

The present paper examines the attitudes of young physicians, medical students as well as social worker students in Romania towards euthanasia. After establishing the concept of euthanasia, the author continues by describing the situation of euthanasia in Romania. They shall present the present legislation (the new Criminal Code introduced in February 2014) and, in light of the results of a stu...

BACKGROUND Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) populations are more likely to misuse alcohol and other drugs (AOD), compared to the general population. However, LGBT engagement with AOD treatment is often precluded by insensitivity and misunderstanding of LGBT issues. These treatment barriers may be a consequence of either worker attitudes, organizational factors or a combination of ...

This study presents a qualitative analysis of social workers’ and their customers’ attitudes concerning control of alcohol use. Social workers and their customers were asked to comment on the following statements: Alcohol use is a private affair and I believe that social worker can influence customers’ alcohol use. The analytical focus is on how the two parties commented on the statements and d...

background :work ability assessment and its affecting factors are important in the field of occupational health. one of the factors affecting work ability is sleep disorder, which is very common among workers. therefore, the present study aimed to assess work ability and its relationship with sleep disorder in workers of a manufacturing plant.   methods : this cross- sectional study was conduct...