- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Work-Family Balance Challenges
- Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Ethics in medical practice
- Workplace Violence and Bullying
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Disaster Response and Management
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Retirement, Disability, and Employment
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Elder Abuse and Neglect
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Workaholism, burnout, and well-being
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Physical Activity and Health
- Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Sex work and related issues
Johns Hopkins University
2008-2025
Blakelands Hospital
2024
Johns Hopkins Medicine
2020-2024
Oregon Health & Science University
2005-2023
Portland State University
2006-2023
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2023
RTI International
2023
Centre for Nursing Innovation
2022
Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
2021
University of Baltimore
2020
Due to growing work-family demands, supervisors need effectively exhibit family supportive supervisor behaviors (FSSB). Drawing on social support theory and using data from two samples of lower wage workers, the authors develop validate a measure FSSB, defined as exhibited by that are families. FSSB is conceptualized multidimensional superordinate construct with four subordinate dimensions: emotional support, instrumental role modeling behaviors, creative management. Results multilevel...
Although the benefits of participating in both work and family have been recognized for more than 30 years (Sieber, 1974), limited empirical research exists. One reason this oversight is absence a well-established scale to measure these benefits. We present new multidimensional perceived work-family positive spillover. conducted two studies that aided development validation scale. Our measures three types spillover: behavior-based instrumental spillover, value-based affective Each spillover...
Schedule control and supervisor support for family personal life may help employees manage the work-family interface. Existing data research designs, however, have made it difficult to conclusively identify effects of these work resources. This analysis utilizes a group-randomized trial in which some units an information technology workplace were randomly assigned participate initiative, called STAR, that targeted practices, interactions, expectations by (1) training supervisors on value...
Chronic pain is common in primary care patients and associated with distress, disability, increased health use.To assess whether a collaborative intervention can improve chronic pain-related outcomes, including comorbid depression severity, Department of Veterans Affairs setting.Cluster randomized controlled trial assistance treatment vs as usual at 5 clinics 1 Medical Center. Forty-two clinicians were to the group or group. The 401 had musculoskeletal diagnoses, moderate greater intensity,...
Background: The 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic placed unprecedented strains on the U.S. health care system, putting workers (HCWs) at increased risk for experiencing moral injury (MI). Moral resilience (MR), ability to preserve or restore integrity, has been proposed as a resource mitigate detrimental effects of MI among HCWs. Objectives: objectives this study were investigate prevalence HCWs, identify relationship factors that predict MI, and determine whether MR can act buffer...
Consumer-driven homecare models support aging and disabled individuals to live independently through the services of workers. Although these have benefits, including autonomy control over services, little evidence exists about challenges workers may face when providing workplace violence negative outcomes associated with violence. This study investigates prevalence among examines relationship between experiences worker stress, burnout, depression, sleep.
Advocates, clinicians, policy makers, and survivors frequently cite intimate partner violence (IPV) as an immediate cause of or precursor to housing problems. Research has indicated association between homelessness IPV, yet few studies examine IPV instability. Housing instability differs from homelessness, in that someone experiencing may currently have a place live but faces difficulties with maintaining the residence. We present baseline findings longitudinal cohort study 278 female...
Background Ethical challenges in clinical practice significantly affect frontline nurses, leading to moral distress, burnout, and job dissatisfaction, which can undermine safety, quality, compassionate care. Objectives To examine the impact of a longitudinal, experiential educational curriculum enhance nurses’ skills mindfulness, resilience, confidence, competence confront ethical practice. Methods A prospective repeated-measures study was conducted before after curricular intervention at 2...
Background: Health care interprofessionals face competing obligations to their patients, employers, and themselves. When ethical conflicts ensue cannot be resolved, health have reported experiencing symptoms of burnout, moral distress, other types suffering. Recently, resilience or "the capacity an individual sustain restore integrity in response adversity," has been proposed as a resource address suffering while contributing well-being. Objectives: Develop validate instrument measure...
To examine demographic and work characteristics of interdisciplinary healthcare professionals associated with higher burnout to whether the four domains moral resilience contribute over above variables.Healthcare experience complex ethical challenges on a daily basis leading distress. Measurement is new vital step in creating tailored interventions that will foster at bedside.Cross-sectional descriptive design.Healthcare eastern USA were recruited weekly via email for 3 weeks this...
Research demonstrates high rates of physical and sexual victimization women by intimate partners on college campuses (Black et al. 2001). College in abusive relationships must weigh complex factors (health, academics, economics, social stigma) during critical decision-making regarding the relationship. Rather than access formal support systems (e.g., campus security, administrators, counselors), research indicates abused most often turn to informal networks; specifically friends (Perspect...
The aim of this study was to explore relationships between organizational factors and moral injury among healthcare workers the impact perceptions their leaders organizations during COVID-19.COVID-19 placed at risk for injury, which often involves feeling betrayed by people with authority can workplace culture.Secondary data from a Web-based survey mid-Atlantic were analyzed using mixed methods. Data synthesized Reina Trust & Betrayal Model.Fifty-five percent (n = 328/595) respondents wrote...
The objective of this study was to examine differences in change over time health and safety outcomes among female college students randomized myPlan, a tailored planning app, or usual web-based resources. Three hundred forty-six women (175 intervention, 171 control) from 41 colleges/universities Oregon Maryland completed surveys at baseline, 6- 12-months July 2015 October 2017. Generalized estimating equations were used test group across time. Both groups improved on four measure intimate...
Nurses face many ethical challenges, placing them at risk for moral distress and burnout challenging their ability to provide safe, high-quality patient care. Little is known about the sustainability of interventions address this problem.To determine long-term impact on acute care nurses a 6-session experiential educational program called Mindful Ethical Practice Resilience Academy (MEPRA).MEPRA includes facilitated discussion, role play, guided mindfulness reflective practices, case...
We revised the Danger Assessment to predict reassault in abusive female same-sex relationships.We used focus groups and interviews evaluate assessment tool identify new risk factors telephone at baseline 1-month follow-up assessment.The comprised 8 original 10 items. Predictors included increase physical violence (relative ratio [RRR]=1.95; 95% confidence interval [CI]=0.84, 4.54), constant jealousy or possessiveness of abuser (RRR = 4.07; CI 0.61, 27.00), cohabitation 1.96; 0.54, 7.12),...
Abstract Aim To refine the Rushton Moral Resilience Scale (RMRS) by creating a more concise scale, improving reliability, particularly of personal integrity subscale and providing further evidence validity. Background Healthcare workers are exposed to moral adversity in practice. When unable preserve/restore their integrity, suffering ensues. resilience is resource that may mitigate negative consequences. better understand mechanisms for doing so, valid reliable measurement tool necessary....
Abstract Objective A subset of fibromyalgia (FM) patients have a dysfunctional hypothalamic–pituitary–insulin‐like growth factor 1 (IGF‐1) axis, as evidenced by low serum levels IGF‐1 and reduced hormone (GH) response to physiologic stimuli. There is evidence that pyridostigmine (PYD) improves the acute GH exercise in FM patients. The purpose this study was evaluate clinical effectiveness 6 months PYD group on symptoms. Methods were randomized following 4 groups: plus exercise, diet recall...
OBJECTIVES: In the context of a group randomized field trial, we evaluated whether parents who participated in workplace intervention, designed to increase supervisor support for personal and family life schedule control, reported significantly more daily time with their children at 12-month follow-up compared assigned Usual Practice group. We also tested intervention effect was moderated by parent gender, child or age. METHODS: The Support-Transform-Achieve-Results Intervention delivered an...
In Brief It's crucial to understand the perspective of nurses during pandemic determine actionable steps for moving forward. This analysis looks at nurses' perceptions their organizations' effectiveness first surge COVID-19 and its impact on moral injury resilience.