Graduate Academic Programs

Urinary Bisphenol Concentrations among Bottled Water Consumers

Sandra Domeracki, RN, MSN, FNP-BC, COHN-S, FAAOHN
O’Floinn J
2023

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Injuries That Can be Overlooked as Being Work-Related: Tennis Leg to Arterial Dissection

Sandra Domeracki, RN, MSN, FNP-BC, COHN-S, FAAOHN
2023

The 2023 AAOHN Virtual Education Symposium

Join our expert presenter for a session on the concept of nosology, and the constructs of disease impact. She’ll review literature and provide case study example of the injuries related to the work setting as possible missed diagnoses and/or ineffective treatment plans as well as delayed recoveries.

Assessing the prevalence of meeting physical activity recommendations among U.S. healthcare workers: Data from the 2015 National Health Interview Survey

MinKyoung Song
Soohyun Nam
Julia Buss
Soo-Jeong Lee, RN, PhD, ANP
2020

We examined the prevalence of U.S. healthcare workers who met the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans (2008 Guidelines), and the relationships among meeting the 2008 Guidelines and health behaviors, musculoskeletal symptoms, and occupational- and workplace- factors. We estimated prevalence of meeting the 2008 Guidelines for aerobic and muscle-strengthening activity using data from the 2015 National Health Interview Survey. Among 1,502 U.S. healthcare workers, 56.2% met the recommended guideline for aerobic activity; 30.1% met the recommended guideline for...

Development of an online curriculum for California early care and education providers on healthy beverages

Kimberly Hazard
Danielle Lee
Lorrene Ritchie
Roberta Rose
L Karina Díaz Rios
Kaela Plank
Abbey Alkon
2021

Background: Children's consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages is associated with obesity, diabetes, and dental decay. California's Healthy Beverages in Child Care Act (AB 2084) requires all licensed child care centers and family child care homes to comply with healthy beverages standards, however many licensed providers in California are unaware of the law and few are fully compliant with the law's requirements. The aim of the current project is to describe the development of a self-paced online training on best practices and implementation of AB 2084 in English and...

Frequency of violence towards healthcare workers in the United States’ inpatient psychiatric hospitals: A systematic review of literature

Odes, Rachel
Susan Chapman
Robert Harrison
Sara Ackerman
Oisaeng Hong, RN, PhD, FAAN
2020

The purpose of this systematic review is to determine the frequency of violent or aggressive behaviour towards healthcare workers in inpatient psychiatric settings in the United States. To achieve this aim, five databases were searched to find English-language quantitative studies reporting prevalence or incidence data of violence or aggression directed towards staff members in inpatient psychiatric settings. No limitations were set based on publication date, and intervention studies were included only if baseline data were provided. Of 335 total studies found, 38 full-text articles...

Differences in Hospitals' Workplace Violence Incident Reporting Practices: A Mixed Methods Study

Rachel Odes
Susan Chapman
Sara Ackerman
Robert Harrison, MD, MPH
Oisaeng Hong, RN, PhD, FAAN
2022

Workplace violence (WV) is a significant and growing problem for health care workers. Increased recognition of the need for improved protections has led to policy initiatives at the state and federal levels, including national Joint Commission requirements that went into effect January 2022. California's WV prevention legislation was phased in during 2017-2018 and requires hospitals to use a new incident reporting system, the Workplace Violent Incident Reporting System (WVIRS) for Hospitals. We analyzed WVIRS data collected during the first three years of its implementation, July 1,...

Systematic Review of the Influence of Physical Work Environment on Office Workers' Physical Activity Behavior

Victoria F Michalchuk
Soo-Jeong Lee, RN, PhD, ANP
Catherine M Waters
Oisaeng Hong, RN, PhD, FAAN
2022

Background: Many American workers spend over 7 hours a day at work in primarily sedentary office work. Physical activity is a key aspect of optimizing health and preventing disease; yet, 80% of American adults do not meet the recommended guidelines for physical activity. In this systematic review, the relationship between physical work environment and physical activity among office workers was explored.

Methods: Of the 321 studies screened, 26 studies met the eligibility criteria and were included for evaluation in this systematic review.

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Impact of California Safe Patient Handling Legislation: Health Care Workers' Perspectives

Soo-Jeong Lee, RN, PhD, ANP
Laura Stock, MPH
Victoria Michalchuk
Kelsie Adesoye
Kathleen Mullen
2021

Background: Musculoskeletal injuries from patient handling are significant problems among health care workers. In California, legislation requiring hospitals to implement safe patient handling (SPH) programs was enacted in 2011. This qualitative study explored workers' experiences and perceptions about the law, their hospital's SPH policies and programs, patient handling practices, and work environment.

Methods: Three focus groups were conducted with 21 participants (19 nurses and 2 patient handling specialists) recruited from 12 hospitals located...

The short form effort−reward imbalance: Measure of occupational stress for firefighters

Dal Lae Chin
Minjung Kyung
Jian Li
Stephanie Phelps
Oisaeng Hong, RN, PhD, FAAN
2022

Purpose: The original effort-reward imbalance (ERI) questionnaire has been widely used as a measure of occupational stress. The need for brief measurement of psychosocial stress at work has risen. This study examined the psychometric properties of a 16-item short form ERI (S-ERI) questionnaire.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with a convenience sample of 247 career firefighters in the United States. An internet-based survey contained the S-ERI questionnaire, and assessed perceived health, demographics, and work characteristics....

Dampened Autonomic Nervous System Responses to Stress and Substance Use in Adolescence

Danny Rahal
Abbey Alkon
Elizabeth Shirtcliff
Nancy Gonzales
Andrew Fuligni
Brenda Eskenazi
Julianna Deardorff
2022

We investigated whether parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system responses to social-evaluative threat at age 14 were related to the number of substances used between ages 14 and 16 among Mexican-origin adolescents (N=243; 70.4% had never used substances by 14). Participants completed the Trier Social Stress Test, while cardiac measures of parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system activity were measured continuously using respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) and pre-ejection period (PEP), respectively. Participants reported whether they had ever used...