New hope for correctional officers: an innovative program for reducing stress and health risks.

Impact of the Power to Change Performance Program on Stress and Health Risks in Correctional Officers

Impact of a mental health training course for correctional officers on a special housing unit.

OBJECTIVE This study determined the impact of a ten-hour mental health training program developed by the Indiana chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI-Indiana) for correctional officers on a prison special housing ("supermax") unit. METHODS The training was delivered to all of the correctional officers on the unit in five weekly sessions and was repeated 15 months later for...

Managing occupational stress in a high-risk industry: Measuring the job demands of correctional officers

Occupational stress is an increasing health problem for the high-risk industries. The occupation of correctional officers has received relatively scant attention, contributing to a recent increase in formal occupational stress claims. This research evaluated the ability of the Job Demand-ControlSupport (JDCS) model to predict strain in 132 Australian correctional officers. A specific measure of...

Occupational stress and mental health among correctional officers: a cross-sectional study.

A harsh psychosocial environment in the workplace might cause adverse health events, but the association has not been well demonstrated in the penitentiary environment. This cross-sectional study was designed to explore the association between workplace psychosocial risks and the mental health of correctional officers in a Spanish penitentiary center. A self-administered questionnaire was distr...

An innovative algorithm for planning and scheduling healthcare units with the aim of reducing the length of stay for patients (Case study: Cardiac SurgeryWard of Razavi Hospital of Mashhad)

One of the key applications of operational research in health systems management is to improve the mechanism of resource allocation and program planning in order to increase the system efficiency. This study seeks to offer an innovative method for the planning and scheduling of health service units with the aim of reducing the patients' Length of Stay (LOS) in the Cardiac Surgery Ward of Razavi...