Health Care Support Worker Status, Health Behaviors, Mental Health, and Preventive Health Care Use

Jin Jun; Heather L Tubbs-Cooley; Matthew A Davis

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.48578

Health Care Support Worker Status, Health Behaviors, Mental Health, and Preventive Health Care Use

JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Dec 1;6(12):e2348578. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.48578.

Authors

Jin Jun¹, Heather L Tubbs-Cooley², Matthew A Davis^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ The Center for Healthy Aging, Self-Management and Complex Care, The Ohio State University College of Nursing, Columbus.
² The Martha S. Pitzer Center for Women, Children and Youth, The Ohio State University College of Nursing, Columbus.
³ Department of Systems, Populations and Leadership, University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor.
⁴ Department of Learning Health Sciences, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study compares the health behaviors, mental health status, and preventive health care usage of health care support workers (HSWs) with clinicians and the general population.

MeSH terms

Delivery of Health Care
Health Behavior*
Humans
Mental Health*