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| Pat McGovernSummaryAffiliation: University of Minnesota Country: USA Publications
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A longitudinal analysis of total workload and women's health after childbirthPatricia McGovern
Division of Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
J Occup Environ Med 53:497-505. 2011..To examine the association of women's postpartum health with total workload (TWL), work and personal factors in the year after childbirth...
Postpartum health of employed mothers 5 weeks after childbirthPat McGovern
School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn, USA
Ann Fam Med 4:159-67. 2006..A need exists to reexamine the definition of postpartum health and evaluate employed women's recovery from childbirth in association with such factors as delivery type and breastfeeding...- Mothers' health and work-related factors at 11 weeks postpartumPat McGovern
School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn, USA
Ann Fam Med 5:519-27. 2007..Many new mothers return to work soon after childbirth. This study examines personal and work-related factors associated with the postpartum health of employed women 11 weeks after childbirth... 
False-positive cancer screens and health-related quality of lifePatricia M McGovern
Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Mayo Del Code 807, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Cancer Nurs 27:347-52. 2004..Implications for oncology nurses include the need to consider the emotional consequences of screening in association with screen reliability and validity...- Impact of training on work-related assaultNancy M Nachreiner
Center for Violence Prevention and Control, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Res Nurs Health 28:67-78. 2005..Additional research is necessary to obtain more specific details on occupational violence training, including training content and methods, to understand more thoroughly the impact of training on occupational violence... - Successful return to work for cancer survivorsNancy M Nachreiner
Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
AAOHN J 55:290-5. 2007..Physicians and health care provider teams may play a critical role in the employees' positive evaluation of their recovery process. This pilot study serves as a basis for a larger, population-based study... - Minnesota nurses' study: perceptions of violence and the work environmentNancy M Nachreiner
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Ind Health 45:672-8. 2007.... - Reporting violence to a health care employer: a cross-sectional studyMary J Findorff
Fall Evaluation and Prevention Program, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
AAOHN J 53:399-406. 2005..Reporting work-related violence among health care workers was low and most reports were oral. Reporting varied by gender of the victim, the perpetrator, and the level of violence experienced... - Independent and interactive associations of prenatal mood and substance use with infant birth outcomesMarilyn Elizabeth Gyllstrom
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Matern Child Health J 15:198-204. 2011..Low maternal mood was associated with increased risks for PTB, and LBW births among MN PRAMS respondents. Substance use and low prenatal mood co-occur and the combined effect on PTB and LBW birth outcomes warrants further investigation... - Difference in work-related violence by nurse license typeNancy M Nachreiner
Center for Violence Prevention and Control, Regional Injury Prevention Research Center, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
J Prof Nurs 23:290-300. 2007..A better understanding of how this problem varies by license type and work setting will assist in designing efficacious interventions... - The future of health promotion/disease prevention programs: the incentives and barriers faced by stakeholdersTamara M K Schult
Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
J Occup Environ Med 48:541-8. 2006..We argue for the integration of hp/dp programs into the traditional health protection mission of occupational health and safety professionals... - Risk factors for work-related assaults on nursesSusan Goodwin Gerberich
Regional Injury Prevention Research Center and Center for Violence Prevention and Control, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Epidemiology 16:704-9. 2005..Work-related homicides have been the subject of considerable study, but little is known about nonfatal violence and relevant risk factors... - Crosscutting competencies for occupational health and safety professionalsDebra K Olson
Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis 55455, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 11:235-43. 2005..With further testing, we propose this set of crosscutting competencies be considered for adoption as a set of interdisciplinary core competencies for Occupational Health and Safety professionals... - Work-related violence policy: a process evaluationMary J Findorff
Fall Evaluation and Prevention Program, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
AAOHN J 53:360-9; quiz 370-1. 2005..Process evaluations are an effective means of evaluating whether violence policies are used as intended and can provide organizations with considerable information to make effective programmatic changes... - Prenatal environmental exposures and child health: Minnesota's role in the National Children's StudyWendy L Hellerstedt
School of Public Health, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, USA
Minn Med 91:40-3. 2008..The purpose of this article is to describe some of what is known about teratogenesis, how child and adult health can be affected by in utero exposures, and Minnesota's role in the NCS... - Providing notice to employees on leave: Implications of Ragsdale versus Wolverine Worldwide, IncDavid A Cossi
The General Cousel, Ltd, Golden Valley, MN, USA
AAOHN J 51:482-9; quiz 490-1. 2003..These issues are important for regulatory compliance, and also for communication with and fair treatment of employees...
Research Grants
- IMPACT TOTAL WORKLOAD--MATERNAL POSTPARTUM HEALTH/QOLPatricia McGovern; Fiscal Year: 2003..Knowledge of these factors will facilitate the design and testing of policy and programmatic interventions relevant to employers, policy makers and occupational health providers. ..