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Nursing care of patients with disability in the sheltered workplace - a case study

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2019
The worldwide beginner of the occupational healthcare was an Italian physician who lived at the turn of seventeenth and eighteenth century. The establishment date of occupational health care in Poland is 1953. The main aim of occupational health services
Bernadeta Jędrzejkiewicz, Marlena Anna Ogórek   +1 more
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Tuberculosis control and occupational health services

Curationis, 1984
The W.H.O. (1982) estimates that the annual risk of infection with tuberculosis in most developing countries is in the order of 3 to 5%. Every year 4-million to 5-million highly infectious cases of tuberculosis occur in those countries, according to the ...
J.T. Mets
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Measuring Healthcare Workers' Workplace Violence Exposure Over Time Using Workers' Compensation Claims

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Workplace violence towards healthcare workers impacts workforce stability and patient care delivery. California passed a workplace violence prevention standard, phased in during 2017‐2018, requiring enhanced tracking and training in healthcare workplaces.
Rachel Odes, Soo‐Jeong Lee, OiSaeng Hong, Wan‐chin Kuo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring organizational aspects that promote health-related preventive behavior: using the example of work-related SARS-CoV-2 infection control measures in Germany, August 2020 to November 2021

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionDuring the communicable coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, organizational infection control measures (oICMs) were introduced in the workplace.
Jana Soeder, Anke Wagner, Anna T. Neunhöffer, Peter Martus, Falko Papenfuss, Andrea Wittich, Juliane Schwille-Kiuntke, Esther Rind, Monika A. Rieger   +8 more
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Occupational therapy services and perception of integration of these at primary healthcare level in South Africa

South African Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2019
Background: Literature indicates that access to rehabilitation services in South Africa is limited. Recent policy documents by  the National Department of Health related to disability and rehabilitation propose the integration of occupational therapy ...
Anthony Jejelaye, Lebogang Maseko, Denise Franzsen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Work‐Related Asthma From Exposure to Cardboard and Paper Products

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background We assess the contribution of cardboard dust exposure to the development of work‐related asthma (WRA). Prior studies on paper‐dust‐related breathing problems have focused on exposures in the paper milling and pulp industries. There have been no reports of asthma linked to workplace exposure to cardboard dust.
Mason E. Glanville, Mary Jo Reilly, Kenneth D. Rosenman   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Asiakastyytyväisyys Huittisten kaupungin työterveyshuollossa [PDF]

, 2016
Opinnäytetyön tarkoituksena oli selvittää työnantajien ja työntekijöiden tyytyväisyyttä Huittisten työterveyshuollon palveluihin. Tutkimuksen tavoitteena oli tuottaa tietoja työterveyshuollon palvelujen laadun kehittämiseksi.
Briki, Janiza
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Burden and outcome of HIV infection and other morbidities in health care workers attending an Occupational Health Program at the Provincial Hospital of Tete, Mozambique. [PDF]

, 2011
Objectives  To investigate the burden and outcome of HIV infection and other morbidities amongst a Mozambican hospital staff. Methods  Within an occupational health service set up in April 2008 in the provincial hospital of Tete, Mozambique, we offered ...
Bemelmans, Buve, Collier, Connelly, International Labor Organization, Kober, Kruse, Mann, Marchal, Marchal, Ministry of Health, Mozambique, Nyblade, N’Galy, O’Donnell, Shisana, Shisana, Uebel, Uebel, World Health Organization   +18 more
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Agricultural Injuries With Dementia: Double Whammy?

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Nearly 40% of US farmers are over 65 years old. Some emerging evidence links agricultural occupational exposure to increased dementia risk. However, little is known about dementia and injury outcomes in agricultural settings. Methods We employed data from the American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Programs Participant Use File (
Kanika Arora, Jonathan Davis, Lila B. Basnet, Julie Bobitt   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Review of Occupational Health and Safety Organization in Expanding Economies: The Case of Southern Africa

Annals of Global Health, 2015
Background: Globally, access to occupational health and safety (OHS) by workers has remained at very low levels. The organization and implementation of OHS in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Botswana has remained at suboptimal levels.
Dingani Moyo, Muzimkhulu Zungu, Spoponki Kgalamono, Chimba D. Mwila   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source