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- Title
Assessing quality of life when planning and evaluating worker notification programs: Two case examples.
- Authors
Meyerowitz, Beth E.
- Abstract
Notifying workers that they have been placed at risk for serious medical problems may affect their lives in unexpected ways. Although very little evidence supports the fear of notification causing grave psychological problems, more subtle disruptions in quality of life may result. In addition, psychological reactions to notification, such as anxiety or denial, may impede or enhance workers' abilities to process, remember, or act upon the information presented. Measuring how different notification strategies affect quality of life is crucial; this process can enable us to design and select effective strategies that improve, rather than disrupt, the lives of workers and their families. Two preliminary efforts to include consideration of quality of life in planning and evaluating notification programs are described. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
- Publication
American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 1993, Vol 23, Issue 1, p221
- ISSN
0271-3586
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ajim.4700230130