An Assessment of Levels of Safety in Psychiatric Units
2016
HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 10
Pages 66-80
Author(s): Bayramzadeh, S.
As mental treatment facilities see increases in the number of patients seeking care, facilities face mounting pressure in their attempts to promote patient well-being and safety. The author suggests that there is a lack of systematic empirical studies that examine how the design of mental healthcare facilities contributes to patient care and safety.
Added September 2016
Design in mind: eliciting service user and frontline staff perspectives on psychiatric ward design through participatory methods
2016
Journal of Mental Health
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 25
Pages 114-121
Author(s): Csipke, E., Papoulias, C., Vitoratou, S., Williams, P., Rose, D., Wykes, T.
Previous studies have shown repeatedly that the physical design of psychiatric wards has a significant impact on patient recovery and well-being. It has also been found that staff and patients often express conflicting expectations regarding the design of psychiatric wards. Therefore, it is important to better understand different stakeholder perceptions of the same environment so that the most effective design decisions can be made. One possible way of doing this would be using the “SURE model,” which is a participatory method involving collaborations with service users during all stages of the study.
Added June 2016
Understanding Green Building Design and Healthcare Outcomes: Evidence-Based Design Analysis of an Oncology Unit
2016
Journal of Architectural Engineering
Journal Article
Author(s): Campion, N., Thiel, C. L., Focareta, J., Bilec, M. M.
The United States healthcare industry is a major part of the economy as well as a significant contributor to carbon dioxide emissions and other environmental issues. Green building design (GBD) attempts to offset environmental impacts of buildings, and recently designers have been combining GBD with evidence-based design (EBD) in order to create facilities that positively impact both the external and internal environment.
Added June 2016
Conveniently located “napping rooms” provide opportunity for night- and extended-shift providers to rest, leading to less fatigue and better performance.
2008, last updated October 23, 2013
US Department of Health and Human Services; AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) website
Journal Article
Author(s):
Healthcare providers are known for working unacceptably long hours and being chronically sleep deprived. Often, physicians and nurses work 24+ hour shifts, leading to fatigue and avoidable errors that put both caregivers and patients at risk of serious injury or death. Acute and chronic sleep deprivation can mimic the effects of drunkenness.
Added November 2014
Designing for Patient Safety: Developing Methods to Integrate Patient Safety Concerns in the Design Process
Author(s): Joseph, A., Taylor, E. M. , Quan, X., Jelen, M.
Added October 2012
Health Promotion by Design in Long-Term Care Settings
Author(s): Joseph, A.
Added October 2012
Nursing and the arts. Nature and well-being
2005
Clinical Nurse Specialist: The Journal for Advanced Nursing Practice
Journal Article
Issue 4
Volume 19
Pages 218-219
Author(s): Young-Mason, J.
Added October 2012
The healing environment in our communities and healthcare settings: research excellence into practice
2005
Clinical Medicine
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 5
Pages 296-8
Author(s): Craft, N.
Added October 2012
Healing havens: two hospital gardens in Portland, Oregon, win awards for therapeutic values
2003
Landscape architecture
Journal Article
Issue 8
Volume 93
Pages [84]-91,107-109
Author(s): Cooper Marcus, C.
Added October 2012
The boom goes on
2006
Hospital & Health Networks
Journal Article
Issue March
Volume 80
Pages 48-54
Author(s): Carpenter, D.
Added October 2012
Wandering: safe walking for a challenging purposeful behavior
2004
Perspectives
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 28
Pages 16-22
Author(s): Buchanan, D., Minor, P.
Added October 2012
Symposium looks into healthy designs
2008
Pebble Project-Published Articles
Journal Article
Issue August 2008
Volume Daily Journal of Commerce
Pages 1
Author(s): Bennett, S.
Added October 2012
AORN Guidance Statement: Environmental Responsibility
2006
Association of Operating Room Nurses Journal
Journal Article
Issue 4
Volume 84
Pages 675
Author(s): Anonymous
Added October 2012
Effects of Hospital Care Environment on Patient Mortality and Nurse Outcomes
2008
Journal of Nursing Administration
Journal Article
Issue 5
Volume 38
Pages 223-9
Author(s): Aiken, L.H., Clarke, S.P., Sloane, D.M., Lake, E.T., Cheney, T.
Added October 2012
Universal symbols in healthcare workbook
Author(s): Hablamos Juntas
Added October 2012
Postoccupancy evaluation: Issues and implementation
2002
Handbook of environmental psychology
Edited Book
Author(s): Zimring, C.
Added October 2012
Cannon Design: Integrating Evidence Based Design in Architectural Practice: Issues and Challenges
2007
EDRA
Conference Proceedings
Author(s): Watkins, N.
Added October 2012
Sarah Kubitschek Hospital-Salvador, Brazil: principles for a healing architecture at latitude 13°
2006
The 23rd Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture
Conference Proceedings
Author(s): Tenorio, R.
Added October 2012
Physical Comfort, Social Contact, Wayfinding and Meaning as Indicators of Stress in a Hospital Enironment
1991
EDRA: People's Needs/ Planet Management: Paths to Coexistence
Conference Proceedings
Author(s): Ortega-Andeane, P.
Added October 2012
The Road Ahead: The Need to Clarify and Re-Conceptualize Healing Environments
2007
Environmental Design Research Association
Conference Proceedings
Author(s): Kuo, N., Hui, C.
Added October 2012