학술논문

Organizational safety culture perceptions of healthcare workers in Ghana: A cross-sectional interview study
Document Type
article
Source
International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances, Vol 3, Iss , Pp 100020- (2021)
Subject
Organizational culture
Safety culture
Occupational health
Healthcare workers
Healthcare sector
Nursing
RT1-120
Language
English
ISSN
2666-142X
Abstract
Background: Evidence shows that routine occupational safety and health (OSH) training is critical for maintaining good safety culture at healthcare facilities. However, our understanding of how healthcare facility type and routine OSH training interactively influence the number of reported organizational safety culture perceptions is limited. Objectives: This study assesses the interactive effect of healthcare facility type and OSH training on the number of reported organizational safety culture perceptions of healthcare workers in Ghana, secondly it evaluates how the relationship was attenuated when theoretically relevant factors (compositional and contextual) were considered, and lastly examines the magnitude and order of association between the predictors and the number of reported organizational safety culture perceptions. Design: Cross-sectional interview study. Setting and participants: The researchers interviewed 500 healthcare workers in seventeen healthcare facilities in the Central region of Ghana. Methods: Negative binomial regression models were fitted to cross-sectional survey data on 500 healthcare workers in Ghana. Results: Healthcare workers who work in healthcare centers (24%, P