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Personal support workers’ perception of safety in a changing world of work

Abstract

BackgroundMost studies on occupational health and safety in home and community care focus on the health and safety of professional health care workers such as nurses and therapists and very few address the occupational health and safety of personal support workers (PSWs) who provide 70–80% of community care in the home. The PSW Health and Safety Matters! project provides evidence on the health and safety of PSWs working in the home and …

Authors

Denton M; Zeytinoglu IU; Brookman C; Davies S; Boucher P

Journal

Safety in Health, Vol. 4, No. 1,

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

December 2018

DOI

10.1186/s40886-018-0069-x

ISSN

2056-5917