Rebecca J Gore

Biographic Data

ID6080124
NAMERebecca J Gore
GIVEN NAMESRebecca J
FAMILY NAMEGore
SIGNATUREGORE R J
AFFILIATIONSAt the time of the study, Margaret M. Quinn, Pia K. Markkanen, Catherine J. Galligan, David Kriebel, Hyun Kim, Rebecca J. Gore, and Susan R. Sama were with the Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Stephanie M. Chalupka was with the Department of Nursing, University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Angela K. Laramie and Letitia Davis are with the Occupational Health Surveillance Program, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston.
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT2
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • Coaching Home Care Clients to Prepare Their Homes for Safe Care Visits

    Open AccessPia Markkanen, Rebecca Gore et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2024

    Assuring home care (HC) workers' safety is challenging because the work environment is a private home. This paper presents the process evaluation for a proof-of-concept safety intervention study to assess whether nurse-led safety coaching, using motivational interviewing and a safety handbook, could enable HC clients to improve safety in their homes. The process evaluation objectives were to (i) document the intervention's implementation progress…

  • Sharps Injuries and Other Blood and Body Fluid Exposures Among Home Health Care Nurses and Aides

    Margaret M Quinn, Margaret Quinn et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2009References: 24

    Objectives. We quantified risks of sharp medical device (sharps) injuries and other blood and body fluid exposures among home health care nurses and aides, identified risk factors, assessed the use of sharps with safety features, and evaluated underreporting in workplace-based surveillance. Methods. We conducted a questionnaire survey and workplace-based surveillance, collaborating with 9 home health care agencies and 2 labor unions from 2006 to …