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Gray, Whitney Austin.

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Green buildings, health, and safety: An investigation of the physical work environment and occupant health and safety in healthcare settings.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Green buildings, health, and safety: An investigation of the physical work environment and occupant health and safety in healthcare settings./
Author:	Gray, Whitney Austin.
Description:	435 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 73-01, Section: B, page: 0264.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International73-01B.
Subject:	Health Sciences, Occupational Health and Safety. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3483280
ISBN:	9781124993034

Green buildings, health, and safety: An investigation of the physical work environment and occupant health and safety in healthcare settings.
Gray, Whitney Austin.

Green buildings, health, and safety: An investigation of the physical work environment and occupant health and safety in healthcare settings. - 435 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 73-01, Section: B, page: 0264.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Johns Hopkins University, 2011.

In November 2010, LEED for Healthcare became the latest green building rating system approved by the United States Green Building Council (LEED stands for "Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design"). Of the 110 credits available in LEED for Healthcare, 16 credits aim to positively impact the health and well-being of building occupants. These credits mainly focus on five features in the physical work environment (PWE): lighting, access to nature, indoor air quality, thermal quality, and acoustics. However, there is currently no structure to evaluate the effectiveness of these design credits on health outcomes. This dissertation investigates health care workers perceptions and reports of the effects of specific LEED design features. It is organized into six chapters, with three manuscripts submitted based on the PhD requirements.

ISBN: 9781124993034Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017799
Health Sciences, Occupational Health and Safety.

Green buildings, health, and safety: An investigation of the physical work environment and occupant health and safety in healthcare settings.
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520 $a The first manuscript is a literature review exploring the effects of the PWE on healthcare workers. The majority of the 27 studies reviewed focused on stress either as an outcome or confounder of poor health conditions. Manuscript 2 presents findings from an exploratory case study of a community healthcare center. Results showed that workers' dissatisfaction with the PWE (i.e. environmental stress) acts in concert with non-environmental stress factors to contribute to poor perceptions of health and safety.
520 $a In the third manuscript, a survey was administered to 49 workers before and 56 workers after their move into a LEED Platinum healthcare center. From the sample, responses from 25 people were linked, and compared across settings. Results showed those surveyed pre- and post-occupancy reported significant improvements in their satisfaction with PWE post-move, alongside improved perceptions of worker safety, t (24) = 1.16, p <.001 and patient safety, t (24) = 2.69, p =.04. Analysis of the full sample of workers showed that satisfaction with views, space, and building layout strongly predicted high scores of safety, security, and patient safety post-move with p-value <.10, after adjusting for non-environmental stress factors, coping strategies, and individual characteristics. Additional research is needed to replicate these findings in healthcare settings with larger worker populations. Results have a far-reaching impact to influence policy on green building design, inform business case models, and position research and evaluation of building design.
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