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Workplace Discrimination and Short Sleep Among Healthcare Workers: The Buffering Effect of People-Oriented Culture
Dale Dagar Maglalang1, Carina Katigbak, María Andrée López Gómez
1Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford, California (Dr Maglalang); Connell School of Nursing, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (Dr Katigbak); Department of Sociology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (Dr Gómez); Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts (Dr Sorensen); Workplace Health and Wellbeing, Partners HealthCare System, Boston, Massachusetts (Dr Hopcia and Dr Hashimoto); Boston College Law School, Newton Centre, Massachusetts (Dr Hashimoto); School of Social Work, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (Dr Pandey and Dr Sabbath); School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (Dr Takeuchi).
Objective:
Examine the association of discrimination and short sleep and the buffering effect of people-oriented culture in the workplace among nurses and patient care associates.
Methods:
Used a mixed-methods design from the 2018 Boston Hospital Workers Health Study (N = 845) and semi-structured interviews among nurse directors (N = 16).
Results:
We found that people-oriented culture reduced the odds of short sleep and slightly attenuated the association of discrimination and short sleep. People-oriented culture did not buffer the effects of discrimination on short sleep. Qualitative findings showed that discrimination occurred between co-workers in relation to their job titles and existing support in the workplace does not address discrimination.
Conclusions:
Healthcare industries need to implement specific programs and services aimed at addressing discrimination which can potentially improve health outcomes among workers.
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