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    Workplace Disruption following Psychological Trauma: Influence of Incident Severity Level on Organizations' Post-Incident Response Planning and Execution

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    Author
    DeFraia, Gary S.
    Date
    2016-04
    Publisher
    NIOC Health Organization
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    Blind peer review. Reviewers unknown to author
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    Background: Psychologically traumatic workplace events (known as critical incidents), which occur globally, are increasing in prevalence within the USA. Assisting employers in their response is a growing practice area for occupational medicine, occupational social work, industrial psychology and other occupational health professions. Traumatic workplace events vary greatly in their level of organizational disruption. Objective: To explore whether extent of workplace disruption influences organizations' decisions for post-incident response planning and plan execution. Methods: Administrative data mining was employed to examine practice data from a workplace trauma response unit in the USA. Bivariate analyses were conducted to test whether scores from an instrument measuring extent of workplace disruption associated with organizational decisions regarding post-incident response. Results: The more severe and disruptive the incident, the more likely organizations planned for and followed through to deliver on-site interventions. Following more severe incidents, organizations were also more likely to deliver group sessions and to complete follow-up consultations to ensure ongoing worker recovery. Conclusion: Increasing occupational health practitioners' knowledge of varying levels of organizational disruption and familiarity with a range of organizational response strategies improves incident assessment, consultation and planning, and ensures interventions delivered are consistent with the level of assistance needed on both worker and organizational levels.
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    DeFraia, G.S. (2016). Workplace Disruption Following Psychological Trauma: Influence of Incident Severity Level on Organizations' Post-Incident Response Planning and Execution. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 7(2), 75-86.
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    critical incidents
    workplace trauma
    incident response planning
    Psychological Trauma--complications
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10713/5329
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