Darin Jan Tindowen, Madeilyn Estacio, Melanie Gurat, Jonalyn Santos, Benjamin Jularbal, Pilar Acorda, Rhean Joy Acupido, Mark Kevin Astrero, Ma Leodevina Batugal, Djovi Durante, Ruel Flores
{"title":"Beyond Healthcare Facilities: Strengthening Preventive Care Equity Among Healthcare Educators and Academic Health Workers in the Philippines.","authors":"Darin Jan Tindowen, Madeilyn Estacio, Melanie Gurat, Jonalyn Santos, Benjamin Jularbal, Pilar Acorda, Rhean Joy Acupido, Mark Kevin Astrero, Ma Leodevina Batugal, Djovi Durante, Ruel Flores","doi":"10.1177/21650799261488833","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/21650799261488833","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48968,"journal":{"name":"Workplace Health & Safety","volume":" ","pages":"21650799261488833"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149031476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Darius King A Galo, Aileen Melody De Vera-Galo, Mark Kevin Astrero
{"title":"Psychosocial Factors and Occupational Stress in Operating Room Nurses: Implications for Perioperative Nursing Practice in the Philippines.","authors":"Darius King A Galo, Aileen Melody De Vera-Galo, Mark Kevin Astrero","doi":"10.1177/21650799261490088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/21650799261490088","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48968,"journal":{"name":"Workplace Health & Safety","volume":" ","pages":"21650799261490088"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149031664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Queenne Kimverlee C Landingin, Jang Roy Son, Atty Prince Florenz Philip C Claro
{"title":"Framework Proliferation to Standardized Surveillance: A Safety Climate Lens for Trauma-Informed Care.","authors":"Queenne Kimverlee C Landingin, Jang Roy Son, Atty Prince Florenz Philip C Claro","doi":"10.1177/21650799261490078","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/21650799261490078","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48968,"journal":{"name":"Workplace Health & Safety","volume":" ","pages":"21650799261490078"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149026561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bridging the Digital Safety Divide: A Call for Context-Sensitive Innovations in Developing Countries.","authors":"Bienvenido Bartido Abad","doi":"10.1177/21650799261484654","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/21650799261484654","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48968,"journal":{"name":"Workplace Health & Safety","volume":" ","pages":"21650799261484654"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148901321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hand Sanitizer Use as an Occupational Exposure: Advancing Hand Hygiene Stewardship in the Philippines.","authors":"Leanette B Agustin, John Noel E Fermin","doi":"10.1177/21650799261485473","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/21650799261485473","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48968,"journal":{"name":"Workplace Health & Safety","volume":" ","pages":"21650799261485473"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148889104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beyond Trauma-Informed Care: Addressing Moral Injury as the Missing Organizational Imperative.","authors":"Jose Eric M Lacsa","doi":"10.1177/21650799261486440","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/21650799261486440","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48968,"journal":{"name":"Workplace Health & Safety","volume":" ","pages":"21650799261486440"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148889083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Princess C Babaran, Emily T Mabborang, Darwin F Dumlao, Jomel M Mabborang
{"title":"Beyond Safe Use Education: Strengthening the Evidence on Long-Term Occupational Surveillance of Hand Hygiene Practices.","authors":"Princess C Babaran, Emily T Mabborang, Darwin F Dumlao, Jomel M Mabborang","doi":"10.1177/21650799261486441","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/21650799261486441","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48968,"journal":{"name":"Workplace Health & Safety","volume":" ","pages":"21650799261486441"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148889098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Valentina Antonipillai, Edward Ng, Andrea Baumann, Rochelle Garner, Mary Crea-Arsenio, Dafna Kohen
{"title":"Associations of Job Strain and Health: Differences Among Nurses and Personal Support Workers in Residential Care Homes During the COVID-19 Pandemic.","authors":"Valentina Antonipillai, Edward Ng, Andrea Baumann, Rochelle Garner, Mary Crea-Arsenio, Dafna Kohen","doi":"10.1177/21650799261440222","DOIUrl":"10.1177/21650799261440222","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The COVID-19 pandemic revealed stressful working conditions experienced by health care workers in long-term care and seniors' (LTCS) homes worldwide. However, differences in job strain among regulated and unregulated health care workers and its relationship to their health are understudied. This study examined associations between job strain-related working conditions and health changes, exploring differences between nurses and personal support workers (PSWs).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study used the Survey of Health Care Workers' Experiences During the Pandemic (2021). Job strain-related working conditions included workload increases, working overtime, and beyond-role work. Outcomes were workers' perceived changes in general health and mental health during the pandemic. Descriptive statistics and multivariable logistic regression models were employed, stratified by occupation, and controlled for covariates.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Job strain prevalence during the pandemic was high, with more nurses reporting job strain-related working conditions (increased workloads, overtime, or beyond-role work) than PSWs. Associations between job strain working conditions and worsened health varied by occupation. Beyond-role work was associated with worsened mental health for both workers, but only worsened general health for nurses, not PSWs.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Differences among nurses and PSWs demonstrate the importance of understanding variations in roles, occupational experiences and policies regulating health care workers.</p><p><strong>Application to practice: </strong>These findings support the need for targeted monitoring of mental and general health among nurses and PSWs in LTCS settings. Occupational health practitioners can identify experiences of job strain among staff and provide counsel for solutions, collaborating with management to ensure the LTCS workforce's health and safety.</p>","PeriodicalId":48968,"journal":{"name":"Workplace Health & Safety","volume":" ","pages":"491-504"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13401626/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147950009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Communication Perspective on Psychosocial Stress in Operating Room Nurses.","authors":"Reymark Padla Malinda","doi":"10.1177/21650799261436053","DOIUrl":"10.1177/21650799261436053","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48968,"journal":{"name":"Workplace Health & Safety","volume":" ","pages":"454-455"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147482118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}