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Ecological model of occupational stress. Application to urban firefighters.

Salazar MK; Beaton R

AAOHN J 2000 Oct; 48(10):470-479

http://journals.sagepub.com/loi/whs

20024340

1. Multiple individual and organizational barriers make it difficult for occupational health nurses and other providers to understand and handle stress in the workplace. 2. Recent research suggests adverse health effects resulting from occupational stress are more related to the context or conditions of work than workers' characteristics. 3. The ecological approach described in this article provides a means to examine the context in which stress occurs through an analysis of four levels of influence. The levels of influence include the microsystem, the organizational system, the peri-organizational system, and the extra-organizational system. 4. Through a careful analysis using this approach, an identification of the entire spectrum of factors contributing to the occurrence of workplace stressors can be identified, and more effective interventions addressing existing and potential problems related to occupational stress can be developed.

Ecological-systems; Occupational-health; Stress; Job-stress; Job-analysis; Nurses; Nursing; Health-care-personnel; Worker-health; Work-environment

AAJOEP

20001001

Journal Article

327060

Grant

2001

Grant-Number-R18-OH-003559

10

0891-0162

AAOHN Journal - American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Journal

WA

Washington University, Seattle, Washington