Workplace Safety Concerns among Co-workers of Responder Returning from Ebola-Affected Country

Authors

Benjamin P. Chan, New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
Elizabeth R. Daly, New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
Elizabeth A. Talbot, Dartmouth College

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-19-2015

Publication Title

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Department

Geisel School of Medicine

Abstract

We surveyed public health co-workers regarding attitudes toward a physician who returned to New Hampshire after volunteering in the West African Ebola outbreak. An unexpectedly large (18.0%) proportion of staff expressed discomfort with the Ebola responder returning to work. Employers should take proactive steps to address employee fears and concerns.

DOI

10.3201/eid2111.150780

Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation

Chan, Benjamin P.; Daly, Elizabeth R.; and Talbot, Elizabeth A., "Workplace Safety Concerns among Co-workers of Responder Returning from Ebola-Affected Country" (2015). Dartmouth Scholarship. 3879.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/3879