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Sharing the Burden: The Impacts of Pharmacy Sector Reforms on the Labor Market for Pharmacists in Portugal

Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT During the 2010 crisis, the Portuguese government enacted several reforms to its prescription drug reimbursement system. As a result, value added per pharmacist in pharmacies fell by a third. We use longitudinal records from Quadros de Pessoal (QP), merged with collective bargaining data and firm financial records, to study the impacts of the ...
David Card, Ana Rute Cardoso, Pedro Luis Silva   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Biomechanical Analysis of Weighted Lifting With an Active Knee Exoskeleton

IEEE Access
Manual material handlers experience some of the highest injury rates among professions monitored by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Most of these injuries are musculoskeletal strains, sprains, and tears linked to repeated lifting and lowering of heavy ...
Margaret A. Meagher, Grace R. Hunt, Brendon Ortolano, Rosemarie Murray, Lukas Gabert, Kenneth Bo Foreman, Tommaso Lenzi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

What Does Psychological Wellbeing at Work Mean to Healthcare Professionals' and for Patients' Experiences of Care?

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To explore perceptions of healthcare professionals' psychological wellbeing at work and patients' experiences of care. Design Narrative interviews were undertaken as part of a wider experience‐based co‐design study. Methods Interviews were undertaken March to December 2022 with 19 participants (healthcare professionals n = 13 and patients ...
Kathryn Bamforth, Helen Lloyd, Bridie Kent, Jill Maben, Susie Pearce   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the Perceived Effectiveness, Impact and Benefits of a Work‐Based Cancer Survivorship Peer Support Programme: A Qualitative Descriptive Study

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To explore the perceived effectiveness, impact and benefits of a work‐based cancer survivorship peer support programme for healthcare employees who have experienced or are experiencing cancer. Design A qualitative descriptive study. Methods Purposive sampling was used to recruit 33 participants (10 peers, 12 peer supporters, 4 line ...
Maria O'Malley, Teresa Wills, Sean Kelleher, Ciaran Evans, Caroline Kilty, Irem Koc, Olga Cleary, Helen Forristal, Mohamad M. Saab, Josephine Hegarty   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Occupational risk factors for surgically treated lumbar disc herniation – a 33-year follow-up

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to assess the associations between occupational biomechanical factors and occurrence of surgically treated lumbar disc herniation (LDH) and describe the consequences in terms of early exit from the labor market.
Jens Wahlström, Per Liv, Albin Stjernbrandt, Arkan S Sayed-Noor, Sebastian Mukka, Charlotte Lewis, Jennie A Jackson   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

From Compassion to Crisis: A Qualitative Synthesis of the Determinants of Mental Wellbeing Among Aged Care Workers

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To synthesise qualitative evidence on factors influencing the mental wellbeing of aged care workers across professional roles and system levels. Design Systematic qualitative review. Methods Systematic literature search for qualitative and mixed‐methods studies. Data was synthesised using thematic and visual network analyses.
Louise A. Ellis, Sharon Stoddart, Maree Saba, Kate Churruca, Janet C. Long, Annie Haver, Kristin Akerjordet, Kristiana Ludlow, Bronwyn Newman, Linda Jaffray, Hilda Bø Lyng, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Siri Wiig   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Occupational Health Promotion throughout an Interventional Ergonomic Design (Case Study: An Ergonomic Cart Design at a Food Manufacturing Company in Iran)

International Journal of Occupational Hygiene, 2015
Health, safety, and environment management are dedicated a vast area in which ergonomics aspects known as one of the related aspects. In the following case study, the occupational hygiene by ergonomic intervention is focused.
HASSAN SADEGHI NAEINI
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Occupational lifting predicts hospital admission due to low back pain in a cohort of airport baggage handlers. [PDF]

Int Arch Occup Environ Health, 2020
Brauer C, Mikkelsen S, Pedersen EB, Møller KL, Simonsen EB, Koblauch H, Alkjær T, Helweg-Larsen K, Thygesen LC.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Regional Community Building in Hard Times: Communal and Functional Filtering at EU Borders During the COVID‐19 Pandemic

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Pandemics are times of closure. States typically restrict the entry of persons to protect their national communities from external health hazards. In this regard, the COVID‐19 pandemic presented the European Union (EU) with a severe challenge. We ask to what extent the border policies of EU member states during the pandemic supported regional ...
Christian Freudlsperger, Jana Lipps, Frank Schimmelfennig   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using National Survey Data to Estimate Healthcare Communication Disparities for Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Previous studies have identified considerable health outcome disparities for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) as well as poor or ineffective communication between adults with IDD and their medical providers.
Jamie Koenig, Lauren Bishop
wiley   +1 more source