scholarly journals Risk perception in health care—A study of differences across organizational interfaces

2011 ◽  
pp. 1808-1816
Author(s):  
S Wiig
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Risk Perception

Selecting an Abortion Clinic: The Role of Social Myths and Risk Perception in Seeking Abortion Care

2021 ◽  
pp. 002214652110444
Author(s):  
Orlaith Heymann ◽  
Tamika Odum ◽  
Alison H. Norris ◽  
Danielle Bessett
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Risk Perception ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Previous Experience ◽  
Care Seeking ◽  
Abortion Care ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Abortion Clinic

Recent shifts in the abortion provision landscape have generated increased concern about how people find abortion care as regulations make abortion less accessible and clinics close. Few studies examine the reasons that people select particular facilities in such constrained contexts. Drawing from interviews with 41 Ohio residents, we find that people’s clinic selections are influenced by the risks they associate with abortion care. Participants’ strategies for selecting an abortion clinic included: drawing on previous experience with clinics, consulting others online, discerning reputation through name recognition and clinic type, and considering location, especially perceptions about place (privacy, legality, safety). We argue that social myths inform the risks people anticipate when seeking health care facilities, shaping care seeking in ways that are both abortion-specific and more general. These findings can also inform research in other health care contexts where patients increasingly find their options constrained by rising costs, consolidation, and facility closure.

scholarly journals Risk Perception and Worries among Health Care Workers in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from an Italian Survey

Healthcare ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 535
Author(s):  
Mariangela Valentina Puci ◽  
Guido Nosari ◽  
Federica Loi ◽  
Giulia Virginia Puci ◽  
Cristina Montomoli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Risk Perception ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Sleep Disturbances ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Care Workers

The ongoing pandemic scenario, due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has had a considerable impact on public health all over the world. Italy was one of the most affected countries, as the first European full-blown outbreak occurred there. The exposure of the Italian health care workers to COVID-19 may be an important risk factor for psychological distress. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to describe worries and risk perception of being infected among Italian Health Care Workers (HCWs) during the first wave of the pandemic. In total, 2078 HCWs participated in a web survey (78.8% were females). The highest percentage of respondents were physicians (40.75%) and nurses (32.15%), followed by medical (18.00%), health care support (4.50%) and administrative (4.60%) staff. In a score range between 0 (not worried) and 4 (very worried), our results showed that participants declared that they were worried about the Coronavirus infection with a median score of 3 (IQR 2-3) and for 59.19% the risk perception of being infected was very high. In addition, HCWs reported they suffered from sleep disturbances (63.43%). From the analysis of the psychological aspect, a possible divergence emerged between the perceived need for psychological support (83.85%) and the relative lack of this service among health care providers emerged (9.38%). Our findings highlight the importance of psychological and psychiatric support services not only during the COVID-19 pandemic, but also in other emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) scenarios. These services may be useful for health authorities and policymakers to ensure the psychological well-being of health care professionals and to promote precautionary behaviors among them.

Risk Perception during Information System Development in Non-Profit Health Care Organizations

1998 ◽  
Vol 37 (03) ◽  
pp. 302-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Timpka ◽  
M. Ljunggren ◽  
V. Vimarlund
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information System ◽  
Risk Perception ◽  
System Development ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Design Team ◽  
Information System Development ◽  
Team Members

AbstractThe perception of risk exposure among design team members during the early phases of information system development projects can provide valuable strategic information for clinical organizations. To develop a typology of perceived risks during information system development projects in health care, interviews were performed with key team members from a specialist clinic, primary health care, and an informatics research group, during the requirements specification. Phenomenological data analysis and secondary integration of the results in available theories were performed. System objectives, the user requirements definition procedure, the communication pattern between design team members and project management were found to be perceived as the main risk areas. In the secondary analysis, the technical factors, identified as preventing a maximization of the use of the resources, were lack of informatics knowledge among economic decision makers and differences between customers and suppliers regarding their views on the nature of system design. During the implementation of a given strategy, decision makers may consider the requests of their own sponsors in the first place and maximize the use ofthe project resources in the second place. Informatics knowledge plays a key role in risk perception during the development of an information system in health care. Political considerations by team members are important to take into regard, since these may influence technical and economic decisions.

scholarly journals Knowledge, risk perception and attitudes toward vaccination among Austrian health care workers: A cross-sectional study

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 2459-2463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Harrison ◽  
Alexandra Brand ◽  
Christina Forstner ◽  
Selma Tobudic ◽  
Karin Burgmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Risk Perception ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Care Workers

scholarly journals Attitude toward immunization and risk perception of measles, rubella, mumps, varicella, and pertussis in health care workers working in 6 hospitals of Florence, Italy 2011

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 2612-2622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Taddei ◽  
Vega Ceccherini ◽  
Giuditta Niccolai ◽  
Barbara Rita Porchia ◽  
Sara Boccalini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Risk Perception ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Care Workers

scholarly journals Risk perception of occupational hazards among dental health care workers in a dental hospital in Turkey

2008 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 199-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zeliha Ocek ◽  
Meral Turk Soyer ◽  
Asli Devas Aksan ◽  
Hür Hassoy ◽  
Selcen Sakaoğlu Manavgat
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Risk Perception ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
Occupational Hazards ◽  
Dental Health Care ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Dental Hospital
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