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Work-related psychosocial demands related to work organization in small sized companies (SMEs) providing health-oriented services in Germany – a qualitative analysis

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2022
Background Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) represent the majority of businesses in the EU. Little is known about psychosocial demands faced by company owners, managers, and employees in SMEs, especially in the health and service sector ...
Anke Wagner   +5 more
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Sociodemographic and environmental factors associated with diarrhoeal illness in children under 5 years in Uganda, 2016: a cross-sectional study

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background Uganda is among the 10 countries in the sub-Saharan Africa region that have the highest prevalence of diarrhoeal disease. Evidence suggests that the severity of childhood diarrhoeal disease is escalated through various sociodemographic and ...
Nathan Ssekandi   +2 more
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Systematic Review: Is Prescription of Pressure-relieving Air Cushions Justified in Acute and Subacute Settings?

open access: yesHong Kong Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2015
Background/Objective: Pressure injuries are a common yet largely preventable complication of hospitalisation. Whilst occupational therapists commonly prescribe pressure-relieving devices to reduce these risks, evidence to support clinical decision-making
Alyce Folan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Environmental and biological monitoring in the workplace: A 10-year South African retrospective analysis [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

open access: yesAAS Open Research, 2019
This report is an overview of requests for biological and environmental monitoring of hazardous chemicals, submitted to the National Institute for Occupational Health, Analytical Services Laboratory for testing from the years 2005 to 2015.
Puleng Matatiele   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in the Police Force

open access: yesSafety and Health at Work, 2015
Background: Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a major preventable occupational health problem with 250 million people worldwide known to have disabling impairment of moderate to greater severity. The aims of the study are to estimate the prevalence of
Kyaw N. Win   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Occupational Health in Mountainous Kyrgyzstan

open access: yesAnnals of Global Health, 2015
Background: In the period of transition from a centralized economy to the market economy, occupational health services in Kyrgyzstan have survived through dramatic, detrimental changes.
Kenesh O. Dzhusupov   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Basic occupational health services – “Occupational Health for All” [PDF]

open access: yesHealthline, 2011
Occupational health is the area of medicine dedicated to the prevention and management of occupational and environmental injury, illness and disability, and the promotion of health and productivity of workers, their families and ...
Niraj Pandit, Ashish Trivedi
doaj  

Assessing Attitudes and Participation Regarding a Pilot COVID-19 Workplace Vaccination Program in Southern Germany Considering the Occupational Health Perspective—A Mixed Methods Study

open access: yesVaccines, 2023
This mixed methods study retrospectively assessed attitudes and participation of employees, occupational health personnel, and key personnel regarding the rollout of a pilot COVID-19 workplace vaccination program in five German companies in May/June 2021
Anke Wagner   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Changes in occupational profiles and occupational health service [PDF]

open access: yesAnthropological Researches and Studies, 2018
Objectives. Changes in the economy and occupational profile, implementation of new technologies and fragmentation of tasks and work processes justify the urgent needs in specialized occupational health and basic services. The national economy of the Republic of Moldova used to be based on the agricultural sector, two-thirds of the workers being ...
openaire   +2 more sources

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