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The Effect of Working Place on Worker's Health in a Tannery in Bangladesh

open access: yes, 2013
This article investigates the causes of workers’ health problems which are integrated with their daily work in the tanning industry, and with their daily life style pattern.
S. Biswas, Tawhidur Rahman
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Work ability assessment in a worker population: comparison and determinants of Work Ability Index and Work Ability score

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2013
BackgroundPublic authorities in European countries are paying increasing attention to the promotion of work ability throughout working life and the best method to monitor work ability in populations of workers is becoming a significant question.
M. El Fassi   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Community Health Worker Integration with and Effectiveness in Health Care and Public Health in the United States.

open access: yesAnnual Review of Public Health, 2023
Community health workers (CHWs) have worked in a variety of settings in the United States for more than 70 years and are increasingly recognized as an essential health workforce.
M. Knowles   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Workers' Health Education [PDF]

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health, 1942
A SPRAY-painter in his middle 40's '44 recently expounded during an entire lunch period on his hobby-stamp collecting. He was quite at home in the shop talk of the ardent philatelist. His own collection had been shown at an exhibition of rare items from the conquered nations. He said he had begun to collect stamps in grade school.
openaire   +2 more sources

Workplace Health Promotion Embedded in Medical Surveillance: The Italian Way to Total Worker Health Program

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023
In 2011, NIOSH launched the Total Worker Health (TWH) strategy based on integrating prevention and health promotion in the workplace. For several years now, in Italy, this integration has led to the creation of workplace health promotion embedded in ...
N. Magnavita
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Community health workers in rural India: analysing the opportunities and challenges Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) face in realising their multiple roles

open access: yesHuman Resources for Health, 2015
BackgroundGlobally, there is increasing interest in community health worker’s (CHW) performance; however, there are gaps in the evidence with respect to CHWs’ role in community participation and empowerment.
L. Saprii   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Effects of a Total Worker Health® Intervention on Workplace Safety: Mediating Effects of Sleep and Supervisor Support for Sleep

open access: yesJournal of Occupational Health Psychology, 2023
We tested the effects of a randomized controlled trial Total Worker Health® intervention on workplace safety outcomes. The intervention targeted employee sleep at both the supervisor-level (e.g., sleep-specific support training) and employee-level (e.g.,
Rebecca M. Brossoit   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Excessive occupational heat exposure: a significant ergonomic challenge and health risk for current and future workers

open access: yesExtreme Physiology and Medicine, 2014
Occupational heat exposure threatens the health of a worker not only when heat illness occurs but also when a worker’s performance and work capacity is impaired.
Rebekah A I Lucas   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Telework and Worker Health and Well-Being: A Review and Recommendations for Research and Practice

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
Telework (also referred to as telecommuting or remote work), is defined as working outside of the conventional office setting, such as within one’s home or in a remote office location, often using a form of information communication technology to ...
J. Beckel, Gwenith G Fisher
semanticscholar   +1 more source

THE HEALTH OF WORKERS

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Public Health, 2003
I was given a copy of the April, 2003 issue of the American Journal of Public Health. The cover photo, in addition to being an excellent piece of photography, also accurately depicts the feelings of our membership in regard to health benefits. Your decision to make workers’ health a focal point of the issue was very welcome to us.
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