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ArticleJournal of occupational and environmental medicine2021

The Importance of Small Business Safety and Health Climates During COVID-19.

Carol E Brown, Natalie Schwatka, Lynn Dexter, Miranda Dally, Erin Shore, Liliana Tenney, Lee S Newman

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Article in Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Safety Management and Wellbeing during COVID-19: A Pilot Study in the Manufactory Sector.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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7 authors.

Carol E BrownCenter for Health, Work & Environment, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado (Dr Brown, Dr Schwatka, Ms Dexter, Ms Dally, Ms Shore, Dr Tenney, Dr Newman); Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado (Dr Schwatka, Dally, Tenney, Newman); Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (Shore); Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health and Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado (Dr Newman), Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado (Dr Newman).
Natalie Schwatka
Lynn Dexter
Miranda Dally
Erin Shore
Liliana Tenney
Lee S Newman

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NIOSH CDC HHS U19 OH011227
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis study examines employee perceptions of safety and health climates for well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic in a sample of small businesses.

methodsWe evaluated changes to employees' work and home life resulting from COVID-19 and perceptions of safety and health climates. Cross-sectional relationships were assessed using multivariable linear regression models for a sample of 491 employees from 30 small businesses in Colorado in May 2020.

resultsEmployee perceptions of safety and health climates were significantly related to their self-reported well-being during the first wave of COVID-19, even when there were changes to childcare, the ability to work, and limited social contacts.

conclusionSafety and health climates may influence employee well-being even when other disruptions occur, suggesting that during emergencies, small businesses with strong climates may be better prepared to maintain employee well-being.

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Occupational HealthSmall BusinessAdultCOVID-19Cross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMalePandemicsSafety ManagementSARS-CoV-2Workplace

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PMID33177474
PMCPMC7864611

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