An Investigation of factors affecting the adoption of Green hospitals among healthcare professionals
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.48165/acspublisher.tjmitm.2022.07Keywords:
Green Hospitals, Usefulness, Ease of use, Ratings and Rankings, Environment Friendly, Healthcare professionalsAbstract
The green color represents the environmentally friendly aspects that have become one of the most common and latest emerging trends. The individuals in the society have been founding different ways of adopting the green concept and contributing to creating a green environment. The significant aspect behind the green concept involves the reduction of waste materials from the environment and the conservation of energy and resources. On the same lines, green hospitals are becoming the need of the hour. The present study investigates factors affecting the adoption of Green hospitals among healthcare professionals. The study used a purposive sampling technique, and a sample of 300 healthcare professionals was taken from the National Capital Region (NCR) of India. Exploratory factor analysis explored four factors, namely, Usefulness, Ease of use, Ratings and Rankings, and Environment Friendly, that act as motivators for adopting green hospitals among healthcare professionals. Out of these factors, Environment friendly was the most contributing factor. The study has both managerial as well as social implications.
References
Wood, L. C., Wang, C., Abdul-Rahman, H., & Abdul-Nasir, N. S. J. (2016). Green hospital design: integrating quality function deployment and end-user demands. Journal of Cleaner Production, 112, 903-913. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.08.101
Akhil, A. (2017). Going Green in Business-A Study on the Eco-friendly Initiatives towards Sustainable Development in India. International Journal of Applied Engineering and Management Letters (IJAEM), 1(2), 40-50. DOI: https://doi.org/10.47992/IJAEML.2581.7000.0011
Becker, J., Méndez-Quigley, T., & Phillips, M. (2010). Nursing role in the pharmaceutical life cycle. Nursing Administration Quarterly, 34(4), 297-305. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/NAQ.0b013e3181f5640a
Rusuli, C. (2016). The Effectiveness of Go Green Implementation among Society in Kota Bharu, Kelantan. European Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, 1(1), 10-14. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26417/ejms.v1i1.p10-14
Smith, E. E., & Perks, S. (2010). A perceptual study of the impact of green practice implementation on the business functions. Southern African Business Review, 14(3).
Khan, M. J., Hamza, M. A., Zafar, B., Mehmod, R., & Mushtaq, S. (2017). Knowledge, attitude and practices of health care staff regarding hospital waste handling in tertiary care hospitals of Muzaffarabad, AJK, Pakistan. Int J Sci Reports, 3(7), 220. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18203/issn.2454-2156.IntJSciRep20173094
Suki, N. M. (2013). GREEN AWARENESS EFFECTS ON CONSUMERS PURCHASING DECISION: SOME INSIGHTS FROM MALAYSIA. International Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies, 9(2).
Kamath, S., Kamath, R., Kamath, L., Salins, P., Soman, B., Raj, A. L., & D'Souza, R. (2019). Engineering green hospitals: an Imperative for a sustainable future. International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology, 10(2), 538-544.
Kumari, S., & Kumar, R. (2020). Green Hospital—A Necessity and Not Option. J. Manag. Res. Anal, 7, 46-51. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18231/j.jmra.2020.010
World Health Organization (WHO. (2010). Healthy Hospitals, Healthy Planet, Healthy people: Addressing climate change in health care settings: Discussion Draft. In Healthy Hospitals, Healthy Planet, Healthy people: Addressing climate change in health care settings: Discussion Draft (pp. 30-30).
Chartier, Y. (Ed.). (2014). Safe management of wastes from healthcare activities. World Health Organization.
Azmal, M., Kalhor, R., Dehcheshmeh, N. F., Goharinezhad, S., Heidari, Z. A., & Farzinpour, F. (2014). Going toward green hospitals by sustainable healthcare waste management: segregation, treatment and safe disposal. Health, 6(19), 2632. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4236/health.2014.619302
Azar, F. E., Farzianpour, F., Foroushani, A. R., Badpa, M., & Azmal, M. (2015). Evaluation of green hospital dimensions in teaching and private hospitals covered by Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Journal of Service Science and Management, 8(02), 259. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4236/jssm.2015.82029
Wittmann, M. (2010). Sustainable healthcare design. Evidence-Based Design for Healthcare Facilities, Sigma Theta Tau International, 147-186.
Movafegh, M. R., Hosseini, M., & Ali MohammadZadeh, K. (2020). The Readiness Level of the Medical Services Centers in the Establishment and Implementation of Green Hospital Standards in Rasht. Journal of Guilan University of Medical Sciences, 29(1), 11-21.
Goehner, B. (2020). Sustainable Building Certification in Healthcare and Patient Satisfaction (Doctoral dissertation, Walden University).
Enache-Pommer, E., & Horman, M. (2009). Key processes in the building delivery of green hospitals. In Construction Research Congress 2009: Building a Sustainable Future (pp. 636-645). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1061/41020(339)65
Tarkar, P. (2022). Role of green hospitals in sustainable construction: Benefits, rating systems and constraints. Materials Today: Proceedings. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2021.12.511
Usman, A. U., & Khamidi, M. F. (2012). Determine the level of green building public awareness: application and strategies.
Schwarz, A., Isaksson, S., Källman, U., & Rusner, M. (2021). Enabling patient safety awareness using the Green Cross method: A qualitative description of users' experience. Journal of clinical nursing, 30(5-6), 830-839. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15626
World Health Organization. (2020). WHO guidance for climate resilient and environmentally sustainable health care facilities.
Harris, N., Pisa, L., Talioaga, S., & Vezeau, T. (2009). Hospitals going green: a holistic view of the issue and the critical role of the nurse leader. Holistic Nursing Practice, 23(2), 101-111. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/HNP.0b013e3181a110fe
World Health Organization. (2017). Environmentally sustainable health systems: a strategic document (No. WHO/EURO: 2017-2241-41996-57723). World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe.
Vaishnavi, V., & Suresh, M. (2020). Modeling of readiness factors for the implementation of Lean Six Sigma in healthcare organizations. International Journal of Lean Six Sigma. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLSS-12-2017-0146
Holt, D. T., Helfrich, C. D., Hall, C. G., & Weiner, B. J. (2010). Are you ready? How health professionals can comprehensively conceptualize readiness for change. Journal of general internal medicine, 25(1), 50-55. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-009-1112-8
Kruk, M. E., Gage, A. D., Arsenault, C., Jordan, K., Leslie, H. H., Roder-DeWan, S., ... & Pate, M. (2018). High-quality health systems in the Sustainable Development Goals era: time for a revolution. The Lancet global health, 6(11), e1196-e1252. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30386-3
Octavianus Marshal, Nico Christian Sunaryo, Sylvia Jessv Kurniawan, Deltania Herwendanasari (2021). Green Hospital implementation in Indonesia : A Literature Review . Journal of Community Health and Preventive Medicine 1 (2), 32 - 42 DOI: https://doi.org/10.21776/ub.jochapm.2021.001.02.5
Omar Bentahar, Smail Benzidia, Michael Bourlakis(2022). A green supply chain taxonomy in healthcare: critical factors for a proactive approach. The international journal of Logistics Management DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLM-04-2021-0240
Malhotra, N. K., & Dash, S. (2016). Marketing research: An applied orientation (5th ed.). New Delhi, India: Dorling Kindersley Pvt. Ltd.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2022 Trinity Journal of Management, IT & Media (TJMITM)
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
