Document 0367
 DOCN  M9650367
 TI    Occupational stress among AIDS social service providers.
 DT    9605
 AU    Cushman LF; Evans P; Namerow PB; Center for Population and Family
       Health, Columbia University; School of Public Health, USA.
 SO    Soc Work Health Care. 1995;21(3):115-31. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96131848
 AB    This survey reveals high levels of job-related stress among social
       workers, counselors and health educators working with HIV/AIDS patients
       in five large, urban medical centers. Stress is associated not only with
       the severity of AIDS as a disease, but also with several organizational
       characteristics of respondents' job sites. The availability and
       usefulness of several on-site, stress-reduction strategies are explored.
       Overall, where services such as stress-reduction workshops, support
       groups, and rotations away from direct patient care are offered, workers
       participate in them and perceive them as useful in reducing job-related
       stress. Interest in these and other stress-reduction services is high
       among those who do not currently have them available.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PSYCHOLOGY/REHABILITATION
       Adaptation, Psychological  Adolescence  Adult  Burnout,
       Professional/PREVENTION & CONTROL/*PSYCHOLOGY  Child  Female  Human  Job
       Satisfaction  Male  Middle Age  Occupational Health Services  *Patient
       Care Team  Social Support  *Social Work  Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
       JOURNAL ARTICLE

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