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Catherine Galligan
Researcher at University of Massachusetts Lowell
Publications - 25
Citations - 563
Catherine Galligan is an academic researcher from University of Massachusetts Lowell. The author has contributed to research in topics: Occupational safety and health & Population. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 23 publications receiving 436 citations.
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There’s No Place Like Home: A Qualitative Study of the Working Conditions of Home Health Care Providers
Pia Markkanen,Margaret M. Quinn,Catherine Galligan,Stephanie Chalupka,Letitia Davis,Angela K. Laramie +5 more
TL;DR: The social context of the home-work environment challenges the implementation of preventive interventions to reduce occupational hazards in HHC, and risk factors for bloodborne pathogen exposures are focused on.
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Occupational health of home care aides: results of the safe home care survey
Margaret M. Quinn,Pia Markkanen,Catherine Galligan,Susan R. Sama,David Kriebel,Rebecca Gore,Natalie Brouillette,Daniel Okyere,Chuan Sun,Laura Punnett,Angela K. Laramie,Letitia Davis +11 more
TL;DR: The OSH experience of HC aides is similar to that of aides in institutional healthcare settings, and despite OSH challenges, HC aides enjoy caring for others and the benefits of HC work should be enhanced.
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Sharps Injuries and Other Blood and Body Fluid Exposures Among Home Health Care Nurses and Aides
Margaret M. Quinn,Pia Markkanen,Catherine Galligan,David Kriebel,Stephanie Chalupka,Hansung Kim,Rebecca Gore,Susan R. Sama,Angela K. Laramie,Lindsay Davis +9 more
TL;DR: Sharps injuries and other blood and body fluid exposures are serious hazards for home health care nurses and aides and improvements in hazard intervention are needed.
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Characterizing the nature of home care work and occupational hazards: A Developmental intervention study
Pia Markkanen,Margaret M. Quinn,Catherine Galligan,Susan R. Sama,Natalie Brouillette,Daniel Okyere +5 more
TL;DR: The context of HC aide work is documents the context of OSH work, characterizes occupational safety and health hazards, and identifies preventive interventions using qualitative methods.
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Safety Risks Among Home Infusion Nurses and Other Home Health Care Providers.
TL;DR: Major OSH risks relevant to home infusion therapy are summarized by illustrating them through real-life scenarios collected systematically using qualitative research methods by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health-funded research projects at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.