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Process Evaluation of a Workers’ Health Surveillance Program for Meat Processing Workers [PDF]

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 2016
Objective To evaluate the implementation process of a workers' health surveillance (WHS) program in a Dutch meat processing company. Methods Workers from five plants were eligible to participate in the WHS program. The program consisted of four evaluative components and an intervention component.
Berry J. van Holland, Sandra Brouwer, Michiel R. de Boer, Michiel F. Reneman, Remko Soer   +4 more
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Processo de vigilância em saúde do trabalhador Worker's Health Surveillance

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 1997
O presente texto insere-se na discussão da necessidade de aprofundamento das práticas de vigilância, muitas vezes, principalmente em países como o nosso, realizadas de forma empírica, carecendo de reflexão sobre suas bases técnicas e teóricas.
Jorge Mesquita Huet Machado
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An epidemiological analysis of Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) surveillance in Kenya, 2016 to 2018

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background The poliovirus has been targeted for eradication since 1988. Kenya reported its last case of indigenous Wild Poliovirus (WPV) in 1984 but suffered from an outbreak of circulating Vaccine-derived Poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in 2018.
Brook Tesfaye, Alieu Sowe, Ngina Kisangau, John Ogange, Stephen Ntoburi, Irene Nekar, Charles Muitherero, Yaya Camara, Carolyne Gathenji, Daniel Langat, Kibet Sergon, Hilary Limo, Rosemary Nzunza, Shem Kiptoon, David Kareko, Iheoma Onuekwusi   +15 more
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Health protection in Brazil: the National Sanitary Surveillance System.

Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 2017
This essay presents the singular arrangement named Health Surveillance in Brazil and the specificities of its components: public Health Surveillance, Worker's Surveillance, Environmental Surveillance, Sanitary Surveillance, as well as the constitutional ...
M. H. D. Seta, Catia Verônica dos Santos Oliveira, V. Pepe   +2 more
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Fatalities in Oil and Gas Extraction Database, an Industry-Specific Worker Fatality Surveillance System — United States, 2014–2019

Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Surveillance summaries, 2023
Problem/Condition The U.S. oil and gas extraction (OGE) industry faces unique safety and health hazards and historically elevated fatality rates. The lack of existing surveillance data and occupational safety and health research called for increased ...
Kaitlin C. Wingate, Alejandra Ramirez-Cardenas, Ryan Hill, Sophia Ridl, Kyla Hagan-Haynes   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evaluation of the Acute Flacid Paralysis (AFP) Surveillance System in Bikita District Masvingo Province 2010

BMC Research Notes, 2014
BackgroundAFP is a rare syndrome and serves as a proxy for poliomyelitis. The main objective of AFP surveillance is to detect circulating wild polio virus and provide data for developing effective prevention and control strategies as well planning and ...
K. W. Pomerai, R. Mudyiradima, M. Tshimanga, M. Muchekeza   +3 more
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Feasibility and acceptability of a workers’ health surveillance program for hospital physicians

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2015
Objectives: A Workers’ Health Surveillance (WHS) program is an occupational health strategy used to detect and address the health of individual workers to improve their ability to work.
Martijn M. Ruitenburg, Marie-Christine J. Plat, Monique H.W. Frings-Dresen, Judith K. Sluiter   +3 more
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Voice disorders in teachers: critical review on the worker's health surveillance practice [PDF]

, 2012
PURPOSE: To analyze scientific bibliographic production on the practice of occupational health surveillance related to voice disorders in teachers. Search STRATEGY: The Cochrane Handbook precepts which involves the formulation of the question to be ...
Chiari, Brasilia Maria, Goulart, Bárbara Niegia Garcia de, Santana, Maria da Conceição Carneiro Pessoa de   +2 more
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A workers’ health surveillance online training programme for occupational physicians

Occupational Medicine, 2023
Abstract Background To support occupational physicians (OPs) in the implementation of workers’ health surveillance (WHS), a training programme was developed. Aims (i) To evaluate the effects of a WHS training programme for OPs on ...
Los, F. S., Hulshof, C. T. J., de Boer, A. G. E. M., van der Molen, H. F.   +3 more
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Prevention of Occupational Diseases in Turkey: Deriving Lessons From Journey of Surveillance

Safety and Health at Work, 2019
Introduction: To prevent and manage the societal and economic burden of occupational diseases (ODs), countries should develop strong prevention policies, health surveillance and registry systems.
Seyhan Şen, Gülşen Barlas, Selçuk Yakıştıran, İlknur G. Derin, Berna A. Şerifi, Ahmet Özlü, Lutgart Braeckman, Gert van der Laan, Frank van Dijk   +8 more
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