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The Community Of Practice And Safety Support (Compass) Total Worker Health™ Study Among Home Care Workers: Study Protocol For A Randomized Controlled Trial, Ryan Olson, Diane Elliot, Jennifer Hess, Sharon Thompson, Kristy Luther, Brad Wipfli, Robert R. Wright, Annie Mancini Buckmaster
The Community Of Practice And Safety Support (Compass) Total Worker Health™ Study Among Home Care Workers: Study Protocol For A Randomized Controlled Trial, Ryan Olson, Diane Elliot, Jennifer Hess, Sharon Thompson, Kristy Luther, Brad Wipfli, Robert R. Wright, Annie Mancini Buckmaster
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Background: Home care workers are a high-risk group for injury and illness. Their unique work structure presents challenges to delivering a program to enhance their health and safety. No randomized controlled trials have assessed the impact of a Total Worker Health™ program designed for their needs.
Methods/design: The COMPASS (COMmunity of Practice And Safety Support) study is a cluster randomized trial being implemented among Oregon’s unionized home care workers. Partnering with the Oregon Home Care Commission allowed recruiting 10 pairs of home care worker groups with 8 participants per group (n = 160) for balanced randomization of groups to intervention …