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Author: Michael Robert Frone
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781433812446
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis authoritative book examines what we know and don't know about workforce and workplace substance involvement, including popular myths about the prevalence, causes, and productivity outcomes of employee substance use.
Author: Sharon L. Larson
Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents findings on substance use among workers & on workplace drug policy & programs from the 2002, 2003, & 2004 Nat. Surveys on Drug Use & Health (NSDUHs). NSDUH is an annual survey of the civilian, non-institutionalized population of the U.S. aged 12 years or older. The survey provides data on substance use & related issues among the U.S. population. NSDUH collects info. on employment status, type of business, specific occupations & industries, & info. on drug-testing policies & programs from U.S. workers. This report analyzes the worker info. in conjunction with the substance use data collected in the survey to investigate substance use among full-time employed workers aged 18-64 during the period 2002-04. Over 100 tables.
Author: Walter F. Scanlon
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 1991-06-30
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 0313389667
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDeteriorating job performance resulting from alcohol and drug dependency requires special handling and specific skills. Developing these skills and learning what to do with them are not difficult tasks. Employee assistance program professionals provide such training for key personnel. Focusing on strategic intervention designed to help employees with personal problems that interfere with job performance, Walter Scanlon describes the functions and benefits of employee assistance programs (EAPs), discusses their training and consultation objectives, and shows how EAPs effectively identify and address such problems. An important EAP goal is to reduce both the incidence of alcohol- and drug-related problems and the costs associated with them. EAPs target employees whose work performance has deteriorated because of chemical dependency or other personal problems. Scanlon has divided his discussion of EAPs into seven workable segments: the concept of EAP; EAP history; the history of drug and alcohol use; current drug and alcohol use in the United States; the legal, corporate, societal, and individual influences on rehabilitation and EAP; governmental influences including the Drug Free Workplace Act and mandatory drug screening; and cost considerations, including the trend toward managed health care.
Author: DIANE Publishing Company
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 1997-02
Total Pages: 71
ISBN-13: 0788138871
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAbuse of drugs and alcohol may cause serious difficulties at work including deterioration in job performance. Abuse is caused by a range of personal, family, social or work situations or a combination of such factors. This report presents a variety of multidisciplinary approaches to the prevention, assistance, treatment and rehabilitation of alcohol- and drug-related problems in the workplace. Although experience has shown the difficulty of eliminating substance abuse, the policies presented are likely to yield constructive results for workers and employers alike.
Author: Reginald L. Campbell
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2020-06-30
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780367449094
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSubstance Abuse in the Workplace is a timely and important book that makes a valuable contribution to the national movement to help stem the tide of drug abuse. The book begins with the history of substance abuse, continues with a discussion of how the human body functions normally or under the influence of chemicals, and follows with a toxicological description of the more common chemicals abused today in America. It discusses ways to help the abuser through identification and assistance programs and also covers the laws involved. This book helps employers and employees comply with the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988. Book jacket.
Author: Jeremy W. Bray
Publisher: RTI Press
Published: 2011-02-28
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13: 1934831034
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration funded the multisite Young Adults in the Workplace (YIW) initiative to study the effectiveness of diverse approaches to workplace-based prevention of substance abuse. Six teams adapted evidence-based programs to target young employees and then implemented the programs in retail, restaurant, health care, construction, skilled trade, and transportation industry workplaces. This book describes the programs, the adaptation and implementation processes, and the YIW cross-site evaluation.
Author: Michael Newcomb
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 1988-05-30
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUsing data from an ongoing longitudinal study of adolescents and young adults, this provocative volume examines the frequency, prevalence, and types of disruptive drug use in the workplace and in schools. The findings provide essential information for developing effective long-term prevention and education programs which focus on creating a drug-free work environment that is responsive to the needs of both employers and employees.
Author: James W. Price (Occupational medicine specialist)
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781631177613
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSubstance abusers exert a significant cost burden for employers. Evidence is mounting that worker substance abuse may have its greatest impact on productivity losses including increased absenteeism and short-term disability, higher turnover, and suboptimal performance at work. Full-time workers that reported using illicit drugs or abusing prescribed drugs were more likely to report missing two or more workdays in the past month due to illness or injury and were more likely to have skipped one or more days of work in the past month. But what does one do to address this situation? The response is simple if a worker presents himself acutely intoxicated, but how does one handle off duty or chronic use of potentially impairing substances that may or may not affect job performance and safety? This work reviews the regulatory issues surrounding substance use in the workplace as well as drug and alcohol testing. The text examines the main substances of concern and discusses the literature related to disease based and patient based research considering workplace safety. The monograph ends by describing the evaluation of potentially impaired employees and how to gain objective evidence of their ability to function safely and also how to direct troubled employees toward helpful programs.
Author: Richard O. Lempert
Publisher:
Published: 1994
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Alain G. Verstraete
Publisher: Pharmaceutical Press
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 461
ISBN-13: 0853696942
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis comprehensive text provides clear explanations of the effects of drugs on human performance and the need for workplace drug testing. It provides essential information on the regulatory and legal frameworks around the world, how to set policies and coverage of all aspects of drug analysis and the associated interpretation of results.Contents include:* epidemiology of drug use in the working population* the evidence base and guidelines for workplace drug testing* legal, regulatory aspects and policies for drugs and alcohol* urine and alternative sample collection process* analytical techniques and specimen adulteration.Case studies of successful programmes are also included to illustrate the principles discussed.Written by internationally acknowledged experts this informative book will be essential reading for anyone interested in workplace drug testing or setting up such a system including clinical and forensic toxicologists, occupational health physicians, nurses, human resources, drug counselling and treatment providers, analytical chemists and lawyers.Alain Verstraete is Professor at the Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium and Department Head of the Toxicology Laboratory of the Laboratory of Clinical Biology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
