Trial reportAmerican journal of public health2016
Safety and Health Support for Home Care Workers: The COMPASS Randomized Controlled Trial.
Trial report in American journal of public health, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Total Worker Health® (TWH) approach: a systematic review of its application in different occupational settings.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- The effects of different types of organisational workplace mental health interventions on mental health and wellbeing in healthcare workers: a systematic review.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2024Pooled it
- How to Address the Health of Home Care Workers: A Systematic Review of the Last Two Decades.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2023Pooled it
- Strategies to improve the implementation of workplace-based policies or practices targeting tobacco, alcohol, diet, physical activity and obesity.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Salutogenic Principles in Workplace Health Promotion Interventions: A Scoping Review.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2026Article
- Understanding workplace peer support among healthcare assistants providing palliative and end-of-life care at home: A realist review.Palliative medicine · 2026Review
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- Work-related factors and mental health among home care nurses identified by two-step cluster analysis.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- "I Don't Know What I'm Going to Meet Today": Home Care Workers' Decision-Making About Safety During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2025Article
- Addressing Dementia Care Needs During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives From Home Care Workers.Journal of gerontological nursing · 2025Article
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- Translating an Intervention to Address Chronic Pain among Home Care Workers: The COMPASS-NP Pilot.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2024Article
- The Social Ecology of Caregiving: Applying the Social-Ecological Model across the Life Course.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of peer support among disadvantaged groups: A rapid scoping review.International journal of nursing sciences · 2023Article
- Technology-Enabled Intervention to Enhance Mindfulness, Safety, and Health Promotion Among Corrections Professionals: Protocol for a Prospective Quasi-Experimental Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on domiciliary care workers in Wales, UK: a data linkage cohort study using the SAIL Databank.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Patient safety in home health care: a grounded theory study.BMC health services research · 2023Article
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- A framework for participatory work environment interventions in home care - success factors and some challenges.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Healthy Aging Requires a Healthy Home Care Workforce: the Occupational Safety and Health of Home Care Aides.Current environmental health reports · 2021Review
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11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectivesTo determine the effectiveness of the COMmunity of Practice And Safety Support (COMPASS) Total Worker Health intervention for home care workers.
methodsWe randomized 16 clusters of workers (n = 149) to intervention or usual-practice control conditions. The 12-month intervention was scripted and peer-led, and involved education on safety, health, and well-being; goal setting and self-monitoring; and structured social support. We collected measures at baseline, 6 months, and 12 months, which included workers' experienced community of practice (i.e., people engaged in a common activity who interact regularly for shared learning and improvement). Implementation occurred during 2013 and 2014 in Oregon.
resultsIn an intent-to-treat analysis, relative to control, the intervention produced significant and sustained improvements in workers' experienced community of practice. Additional significant improvements included the use of ergonomic tools or techniques for physical work, safety communication with consumer-employers, hazard correction in homes, fruit and vegetable consumption, lost work days because of injury, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and grip strength. Consumer-employers' reports of caregiver safety behaviors also significantly improved.
conclusionsCOMPASS was effective for improving home care workers' social resources and simultaneously impacted both safety and health factors.
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