Best practices for preventing psychological injury to front-line community support workers
WorkSafeBC Evidence-Based Practice Group, Martin CW
Record ID 32018014513
English
Authors' objectives:
To determine whether there is any evidence related to best practices in preventing psychological injuries among front line community support workers.
Authors' results and conclusions:
Of the 25 documents retrieved in full, no relevant studies, information, or data were available. Therefore, none of these documents provided any information on the prevention methods implemented in preventing psychological injuries in these occupations nor any of these studies provided information on the typical psychological diagnosis occurred in these occupations. At present, there is no published study reporting on the efficacy/effectiveness of certain program to prevent psychological injury in the listed occupations above.
Authors' methods:
A comprehensive and systematic literature search was conducted. The first, more specific, search was conducted on October 29, 2024; the second, broader, search was conducted on November 12, 2024, and the third search, on non-commercial occupational health and safety websites and database, was conducted on November 14, 2024. A combination of keywords were implemented in these searches. Due to the limitations on the search function available on the non-commercial websites/database, we simplified the third search by employing the keywords “psychological injury”. No limitation, such as on the language and year of publication, was implemented in any of these searches. A manual search was also conducted on the references of the articles that were retrieved in full.
Details
Project Status:
Completed
URL for project:
https://www.worksafebc.com/en/about-us/research-services/evidence-based-medicine-and-systematic-reviews
Year Published:
2024
URL for published report:
https://www.worksafebc.com/en/resources/health-care-providers/guides/best-practices-preventing-psychological-injury-front-line-community-support-workers?lang=en
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Mini HTA
Country:
Canada
MeSH Terms
- Social Support
- Psychological Well-Being
- Psychological Distress
- Stress, Psychological
- Community Health Services
- Community Health Workers
Keywords
- front line
- community support worker
- peer
- outreach
- psychological injury
- distress
Contact
Organisation Name:
WorkSafeBC
Contact Address:
6591 Westminster Highway, Richmond, BC, V7C 1C6 Canada. Tel: 604-231-8417; Fax: 604-279-7698
Contact Name:
ebpg@worksafebc.com
Contact Email:
ebpg@worksafebc.com
Copyright:
WorkSafe BC
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