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Perfecting Exit: The Politics of Quitting Among Migrant Care Workers in the United States

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Quitting tends to be overlooked in studies of resistance and labor because of its individual and private character, its ineffectiveness in changing conditions of labor, and the difficulty of studying it, in favor of more organized and public protests and strikes.
Cati Coe
wiley   +1 more source

Occupational Safety and Health Among Young Workers in the Nordic Countries: A Systematic Literature Review

Safety and Health at Work, 2019
This review aimed to identify risk factors for occupational accidents and illnesses among young workers in the Nordic countries and to attain knowledge on specific vulnerable groups within the young working force that may need special attention.
Therese N. Hanvold, Pete Kines, Mikko Nykänen, Sara Thomée, Kari A. Holte, Jukka Vuori, Morten Wærsted, Kaj B. Veiersted   +7 more
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Occupational Physical Activity Is Negatively Associated With Semen Quality

Andrology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Lifestyle factors have been associated with semen quality and have been implicated in the reported global decline in semen parameters. Moderate physical activity has been linked to improved semen quality; however, the association between occupational physical activity and semen quality is limited.
Michal Efrat, Sharon Barak, Anat Stein, Haim Pinkas, Ron Unger, Ruth Birk   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Evidence-Based Multidisciplinary Practice Guideline to Reduce the Workload due to Lifting for Preventing Work-Related Low Back Pain [PDF]

, 2014
We developed an evidence-based practice guideline to support occupational safety and health (OSH) professionals in assessing the risk due to lifting and in selecting effective preventive measures for low back pain (LBP) in the Netherlands.
Lebbink, M, Leo AM Elders, Elders, Leo A. M., Lebbink, Marian, Verbeek, Jos H. A. M., Kuijer, P Paul FM, P Paul FM Kuijer, Jos HAM Verbeek, Marian Lebbink, Burdorf, Lex; id_orcid, Verbeek, JHAM, Kuijer, P. Paul F. M., Hulshof, CTJ, Burdorf, Lex, Elders, Leo AM, Carel TJ Hulshof, Verbeek, Jos HAM, van Roden, N, Visser, B, Elders, Leo, Hulshof, Carel T. J., Van den Wittenboer, Marion ER, Marion ER Van den Wittenboer, Bart Visser, Nico Van Roden, van den Wittenboer, MER, Kuijer, PPFM, Burdorf, Alex, Van Roden, Nico, van den Wittenboer, Marion E. R., Alex Burdorf, Visser, Bart, Hulshof, Carel TJ   +32 more
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Collective Wage Co‐ordination and the Costs of Job Displacement

British Journal of Industrial Relations, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates whether a higher level of co‐ordination in collective wage bargaining affects the wage costs of job displacement. We use quasi‐exogenous variation in the timing of job loss due to mass layoffs spanning an institutional reform that introduced national ceilings to wage agreements negotiated at sectoral‐ and firm‐level—the
Sofía Fernández‐Guerrico, Ilan Tojerow   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Capability of Machine Learning Algorithms to Classify Safe and Unsafe Postures during Weight Lifting Tasks Using Inertial Sensors

Diagnostics
Occupational ergonomics aims to optimize the work environment and to enhance both productivity and worker well-being. Work-related exposure assessment, such as lifting loads, is a crucial aspect of this discipline, as it involves the evaluation of ...
Giuseppe Prisco, Maria Romano, Fabrizio Esposito, Mario Cesarelli, Antonella Santone, Leandro Donisi, Francesco Amato   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of Maternal Occupational Status on Pregnancy Outcome Within the Context of Gestational Age and Birth Weight in Al-Hussain University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt. [PDF]

Al-Azhar International Medical Journal
Background: There is some evidence that working while pregnant increases the risk of complications for the mother, child, and the perinatal period. Physical exertion is a common occurrence for pregnant employees.
Hamdi Ghaleb, Ahmed Eltobgy, Tahseen Mohamed, Ahmed Mohamed, Mohamed Mohamed   +4 more
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Occupational lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling loads and risk of surgery for subacromial impingement syndrome: a register-based cohort study. [PDF]

Occup Environ Med, 2022
Riddervold B, Andersen JH, Dalbøge A.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Influence of Contextual and Theoretical Expertise on Generic and Occupation-Specific Lifting Strategy

Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Objective To determine whether (i) low back loads and/or (ii) kinematic coordination patterns differed across theoretical expert, contextual expert and novice groups when completing both generic and occupation-specific lifts. Background
Daniel P. Armstrong, Tyson A. C. Beach, Steven L. Fischer   +2 more
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Involvement in daily life activities from the perspectives of children and young people with childhood‐onset disabilities: A scoping review

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
This scoping review aimed to understand the construct ‘involvement’ in daily life activities from the perspective of children and young people with childhood‐onset disabilities. We identified six conceptual ideas, including a continuum of inner dedication or investment in‐the‐moment, and five others reflecting how children and young people process ...
Vera C Kaelin, Kinga Quaaden, Helena Lindgren, Mats Granlund, Christine Imms   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source