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PubMed2003

Validation of a French Canadian version of the Organizational Policies and Practices (OPP) questionnaire.

Organizational factors are potentially powerful in accounting for work-related chronic disability following a musculoskeletal disorder. This study documents the psychometric qualities of the French Canadian version of the Organizational Policies and Practices questionnaire (OPP) [1] on a population of nurses (N=124). By excluding the two items composing the ergonomic practices factor, a factorial structure identical to that obtained by the OPP's authors is obtained for the disability management policies and practices factor, the people-oriented culture factor and the safety climate factor. The internal consistency coefficients (Cronbach's alpha) are satisfactory while the coefficients intraclass are less than those obtained by the authors in the test-retest. However, the test-retest interval is greater in this study. Consistent relationships are observed between the dimensions of the OPP and three job-related psychosocial indicators: perceived stress, social support and satisfaction. This suggests a good construct validity for the OPP. Although additional validation efforts are recommended, all of the results obtained support the validity and reliability of the French Canadian version of the OPP. This version can be used to examine the importance of organizational aspects in studies on the prevention of chronic disability.

Adult↗
PubMed2005

Workplace organizational policies and practices in Ontario educational facilities.

BACKGROUND: Workplace organizational policies and practices (OPPs) play a pivotal role in managing injury and disability. This study identifies the workplace OPPs in Ontario's education sector. METHODS: OPPs were examined using a cross-sectional survey with 157 participants. The relationship among the type of school, workplace OPPs and injury and disability outcomes were investigated. RESULTS: Mean subscale scores (potential range 1-5) varied from 3.1 (SD, 1.0) to 4.2 (SD, 0.6) for all schools. Private schools scored lowest on measures of disability prevention, disability management, and corporate culture. Ergonomic practices and return to work initiatives were achieved less frequently than other OPPs for all schools. Higher scores on safety diligence were associated with lower injury and disability incidence (proportion of variance explained ranged from 10 to 23%). Higher scores on people-oriented culture were associated with lower disability incidence and duration (proportion of variance explained ranged from 7 to 20%). CONCLUSIONS: Public schools engage more often in workplace OPPs than private schools. Improved achievements on safety diligence and people-oriented culture practices predict reduced injury and disability outcomes.

Accidents, Occupational↗
PubMed2005

Management and employee agreement on reports of organizational policies and practices important in return to work following carpal tunnel surgery.

This study's purpose was to assess the agreement between management and employee ratings of organizational policies and practices (OPP) involved in the return to work process following carpal tunnel surgery. As a part of the prospective community-based Maine Carpal Tunnel II Study, 65 manager and employee pairs completed a questionnaire tapping four OPP dimensions. people oriented culture, safety climate, ergonomic practices, and disability management. It was hypothesized that managers and employees would agree on their assessment of the four OPPs and a composite organizational support index. Agreement was assessed using Lin's concordance correlation coefficient. Employee and manager ratings were similar for the organizational support index (rho(c) = 0.14, p = 0.08), and people oriented culture (rho(c) = 0.25, p = 0.01) but not the other three OPPs. In larger companies (>450 employees), ratings were also similar for safety climate (rho(c) = 0.24, p = 0.09), disability management (rho(c) = 0.22, p = 0.07) and ergonomic practices (rho(c) = 0.35, p = 0.02). In unionized companies there was agreement for safety climate (rho = 0.44, p = 0.02), disability management (rho(c) = 0.41, p = 0.01) and ergonomic practices (rho(c) = 0.40, p = 0.06). These preliminary results suggest employees can report on certain OPPs and that an employee questionnaire can be used to assess organizational support. Given recent evidence that employee ratings of OPPs are predictive of injury/illness incidence, work disability and return-to-work outcomes, further research is needed to confirm these findings.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome↗
PubMed2004

Ethical issues in tissue banking for research: a brief review of existing organizational policies.

Based on a general review of international, representative tissue banking policies that were described in the medical, ethics, and legal literature, this paper reviews the range of standards, both conceptually and in existing regulations, relevant to four main factors: (1) commercialization, (2) confidentiality, (3) informed consent, and (4) quality of research. These four factors were selected as reflective of some of the major ethical considerations that arise in the conduct of tissue banking research. The authors emphasize that any policy or ethical guidelines designed to regulate tissue bank research should address all four factors. Whenever this sort of research is conducted between several institutions or several countries, the paper suggests that the relevant entities work collaboratively to harmonize their standards.

Biomedical Research↗
PubMed2003

Hormesis: public health policy, organizational safety and risk communication.

Thirty years of research suggests low doses of toxic substances may have positive health effects. If confirmed, hormesis will imply radical changes in risk assessment and management of existing industrial toxic sources (chemical and nuclear). Renn analyses risk communication issues and positions hormesis--largely unknown to the public today--as a hypothetical risk object in society. Our comments stress the necessity to consider hormesis first as a public health issue (versus an industrial regulatory issue), to consider the impact of managerial changes upon organizational safety culture, and to assess effects on public health from the 'bad news' of toxic exposure.

Animals↗
PubMed1999

Vision therapy. Information for health care and other allied professionals. A Joint Organizational Policy Statement of the American Academy of Optometry and the American Optometric Association.

Vision therapy is prescribed to treat diagnosed conditions of the visual system. Effective therapy requires visual skills to be developed until they are integrated with other systems and become automatic, enabling individuals to achieve their full potential. The goals of a prescribed vision therapy treatment regimen are to achieve desired visual outcomes, alleviate the signs and symptoms, meet the patient's needs, and improve the patient's quality of life.

Humans↗
PubMed1997

Vision, learning and dyslexia. A joint organizational policy statement of the American Academy of Optometry and the American Optometric Association.

1. Vision problems can and often do interfere with learning. 2. People at risk for learning-related vision problems should be evaluated by an optometrist who provides diagnostic and management services in this area. 3. The goal of optometric intervention is to improve visual function and alleviate associated signs and symptoms. 4. Prompt remediation of learning-related vision problems enhances the ability of children and adults to perform to their full potential. 5. People with learning problems require help from many disciplines to meet the learning challenges they face. Optometric involvement constitutes one aspect of the multidisciplinary management approach required to prepare the individual for lifelong learning.

Academies and Institutes↗
PubMed1997

Vision, learning, and dyslexia. A joint organizational policy statement. American Academy of Optometry. American Optometric Association.

1. Vision problems can and often do interfere with learning. 2. People at risk for learning-related vision problems should be evaluated by an optometrist who provides diagnostic and management services in this area. 3. The goal of optometric intervention is to improve visual function and alleviate associated signs and symptoms. 4. Prompt remediation of learning-related vision problems enhances the ability of children and adults to perform to their full potential. 5. People with learning problems require help from many disciplines to meet the learning challenges they face. Optometric involvement constitutes one aspect of the multi-disciplinary management approach required to prepare the individual for lifelong learning.

Academies and Institutes↗
PubMed1993

[Emergency heart surgery in the practice of the flight surgeon].

The authors analyze the materials from departments of emergency and advisory aid (sanitary aviation) over the past 20 years. Emergency care was rendered to cardiosurgical patients with cardiac and pericardial traumatic injuries in the surgical department of central district hospitals. They consider the reasons for a consultant's call, diagnostic aspects and board surgeon's organizational policy. The organizational policy in rendering cardiovascular patients an emergency surgical care consists in compulsory surgical interventions at the site of an accident. Patients with early postoperative complications should be evacuated to specialized departments. When the complications can occur in the absence of adequate management in the postoperative period in the central district hospitals the patients should be also evacuated to the specialized departments. Improving the qualification of a general surgeon is a basis for successful surgical aid rendered to patients with cardiac injuries.

Aerospace Medicine↗
PubMed2002

Policy and organizational issues in agromedicine: a survey of 2001 NAAC meeting attendees.

The field of agromedicine faces numerous policy and organizational development challenges as it enters the 21st Century. To gauge these, the authors surveyed attendees of the 14th Annual Meeting of the North American Agromedicine Consortium (NAAC) in Charleston, South Carolina, in November 2001. Survey questions dealt with agromedicine policy issues, organizational/programmatic issues, the agromedicine core areas, the usefulness of state reports at the meeting, and important policy, organizational and programmatic issues that were missing from, or insufficiently covered at the meeting. While respondents clearly saw serious obstacles facing agromedicine as it continues to develop, they also felt that the NAAC and the profession served important roles in furthering education, research and client service.

Journal Article↗