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Perceptions of Changes in the Operating Environment and Their Impact on Occupational Health Care Practices: A Qualitative Interview Study

Health Services Insights
Background: Occupational health services in Finland have undergone changes due to digitalization, remote work, and evolving professional roles, all of which challenge traditional service models and require adaptation from occupational health ...
Sari Nissinen, Mari-Anne Wallius, Erja Sormunen   +2 more
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Occupational Health Services Integrated in Primary Health Care in Iran

Annals of Global Health, 2015
Introduction: A healthy workforce is vital for maintaining social and economic development on a global, national and local level. Around half of the world's people are economically active and spend at least one third of their time in their place of work ...
Masoud Rafiei, Reza Ezzatian, Asghar Farshad, Maryam Sokooti, Ramin Tabibi, Claudio Colosio   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Role perceptions of occupational therapists providing support and education for caregivers of persons with dementia. [PDF]

, 2000
OBJECTIVE: This pilot study explored occupational therapists\u27 perceptions of their roles as interventionists providing education and support for caregivers of persons with dementia.
Toth-Cohen, Susan
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Trajectories of Physical Function in Canadian Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objectives We describe trajectories of physical function in children newly diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and identify trajectories with persisting functional impairments and associated baseline characteristics. Methods We included patients enrolled in the Canadian Alliance of Pediatric Rheumatology Investigators (CAPRI) Registry ...
Clare Cunningham, Meghan McPherson, Lillian Lim, Roberta A. Berard, Matthew Berkowitz, Jean‐Philippe Proulx‐Gauthier, Brian M. Feldman, Nicole Johnson, Dax G. Rumsey, Heinrike Schmeling, Lori B. Tucker, Thomas Loughin, Kristin M. Houghton, Jaime Guzman, The CAPRI Registry Investigators   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Image and perception of physicians as barriers to inter-disciplinary cooperation? – the example of German occupational health physicians in the rehabilitation process: a qualitative study

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background In the German rehabilitation system, primary care physicians (PCPs), occupational health physicians (OPs), and rehabilitation physicians (RPs) fulfill different distinct functions and roles.
Jan M. Stratil, Monika A. Rieger, Susanne Voelter-Mahlknecht   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

PROJECTING THE IMPACT OF DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE ON THE DEMAND FOR AND DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE IN IRELAND. RESEARCH SERIES NUMBER 13 OCTOBER 2009 [PDF]

, 2009
Primary care is often the first point of contact with the health care system for people requiring care. Primary care is often thought synonymous with general practitioners, but actually encompasses a large range of different professionals and services ...
Aoife, Brick, Barry, Michael, Bennett , Kathleen, Layte, Richard, Morgenroth, Edgar, Normand, Charles, O'Reilly, Jacqueline, Thomas, Stephen, Tilson, Lesley, Wiley, Miriam, Wren, Maev-Ann   +10 more
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Occupational safety and health practice: a study at universities’ laboratories [PDF]

, 2020
The Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)’s field has become a topic for the last 30 years. The establishment of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reflected the recognition that safety in the workplace is a basic expectation for all
Jaat, Norrizam, Khalid, Amir, Mohd Joharudin, Nurul Farahin, Noranai, Zamri, Rosman, Nurul Farah Izzati, Sapit, Azwan, Victor Subinon, Olivia Calesta   +6 more
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Anti‐Slip Material‐Based Strategies and Approaches

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review highlights the principle mechanisms of slipping at the microscale, linking contact mechanics with a friction behavior model for surface interfaces. Main strategies to develop anti‐slip properties to the surfaces are discussed alongside standardized testing approaches.
Sogand Abbaspoor‐Zanjani, Carlo Antonini, Teresa Gatti, Mengjiao Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Accelerometer-based assessment of occupational standing time and its association with venous disorders – results of a cross-sectional field study

Scientific Reports
Pathophysiologically, prolonged standing is associated with varicose veins (VV) or pathological venous reflux. Prior work-related epidemiological studies are inconclusive due to crude and imprecise exposure assessments.
Jana Soeder, Carmen Volk, Luis Ulmer, Florestan Wagenblast, Robert Seibt, Erika Mendoza, Nicole Bott, Monika A. Rieger, Benjamin Steinhilber   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adjusting working conditions and evaluating the risk of infection during the COVID-19 pandemic in different workplace settings in Germany: a study protocol for an explorative modular mixed methods approach

BMJ Open, 2020
Introduction Currently, many countries, affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, discuss how the ‘lockdown-restrictions’ could be lifted to restart the economy and public life after the first wave of the COVID-19 disease has subsided.
Achim Siegel, Anke Wagner, Monika A Rieger, Esther Rind, Klaus Kimpel, Christine Preiser, Falko Papenfuss, Karina Alsyte, Antje Klink, Benjamin Steinhilber, Johanna Kauderer   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source