title: Child care work. Organizational culture and health and safety.
abstract: A nonrandom sample of child care workers was surveyed to assess whether child care work represented an "at risk" health and safety culture and to measure the organizational dimensions contributing to the health and safety culture. The child care workers in Houston, Texas, were surveyed by mail, using an instrument developed by the research team. The sample population represented 34 child care centers (n = 240 respondents). The analysis yielded five factors related to determinants of health and safety culture. The participants had a favorable perception of the five health and safety determinants. The participants also reported high levels of injury and illness in their environments, suggesting a less than favorable situation. A culture, work, and health model was useful in examining the relationship between health and safety and organizational culture.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Calabro
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Bright
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Cole
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mackey
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lindenberg
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grimm
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002656:Child Day Care Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016272:Occupational Health; D009785:Occupational Health Nursing; D015279:Organizational Culture; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013781:Texas; D016526:Workload; D017132:Workplace / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology*