Decker P J
School of Business & Public Administration, University of Houston Clear Lake, TX, USA.
Health Care Superv. 1997 Sep;16(1):1-14.
Sexual harassment in health care is a problem because of exorbitant legal costs, lost productivity, poor morale, and nonproductive absenteeism or turnover. Sexual harassment is more prevalent in health care. Health care organizations often do little to prevent it and do not respond properly when it occurs. In this article, legal precedents are reviewed, and a model of sexual harassment is developed to illustrate the phenomenon and identify interventions. Harassing and stereotyping behavior can be changed. Victims' responses and willingness to report incidents can be changed. Policies, sanctions, accountability, training, the type of investigations, and changed organizational culture help reduce sexual harassment. It is argued that reduction of sexual harassment in health care is important because it is a major productivity issue.
医疗保健领域的性骚扰是个问题，原因在于高昂的法律成本、生产力损失、士气低落以及无效率的旷工或人员流动。性骚扰在医疗保健领域更为普遍。医疗保健机构往往在预防方面做得很少，而且事件发生时也没有妥善应对。本文回顾了法律先例，并构建了一个性骚扰模型以阐释这一现象并确定干预措施。骚扰和刻板行为是可以改变的。受害者的反应以及举报事件的意愿也是可以改变的。政策、制裁、问责、培训、调查类型以及改变组织文化有助于减少性骚扰。有人认为，减少医疗保健领域的性骚扰很重要，因为这是一个重大的生产力问题。
