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Social determinants of an occupational lung disease: Workers’ narratives on silicosis

SSM: Qualitative Research in Health, 2023
Silicosis is a preventable occupational lung disease caused by inhaled silica dust. Solutions to prevent silicosis ranging from engineering controls to respirator use have been validated for nearly a century, but many workers are still at-risk of this ...
Yanni Liang, Katherine E. McCoy, Carrie D. Tomasallo, Jonathan G. Meiman   +3 more
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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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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 ...
Santana, Maria da Conceição Carneiro Pessoa de, Santana,Maria da Conceição C. Pessoa de, Chiari, Brasília Maria, Chiari,Brasilia Maria, Chiari, Brasilia Maria [UNIFESP], Goulart,Bárbara Niegia Garcia de, Goulart, Bárbara Niegia Garcia de   +6 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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Health inequity in workers of Latin America and the Caribbean

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2020
Background Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is the world’s most inequitable region in terms of wealth distribution. The full scale of social inequalities in health has been hidden by the lack of reliable data. This study aimed to measure and compare
Michael Silva-Peñaherrera, María Lopez-Ruiz, Pamela Merino-Salazar, Antonio Ramón Gómez-García, Fernando G. Benavides   +4 more
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Health surveillance of workers exposed to laboratory animal allergens [PDF]

Occupational Medicine, 2010
Laboratory animal allergy (LAA) remains prevalent among workers exposed to laboratory animals. Pre-placement and health surveillance procedures vary between different employers.To determine evidence-based strategies for pre-placement and periodic health assessments for workers exposed to laboratory animals.Literature was searched systematically using ...
P J, Nicholson, G V, Mayho, D, Roomes, A B, Swann, B S, Blackburn   +4 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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Inconsistencies in Guidelines for Visual Health Surveillance of VDT Workers [PDF]

Journal of Occupational Health, 2012
Inconsistencies in Guidelines for Visual Health Surveillance of VDT Workers: María del Mar SEGUÍ, et al. Optic, Pharmacology and Anatomy Department, Public Health Research Group, University of Alicante, Spain—ObjectivesIn Europe, 25% of workers use video display terminals (VDTs). Occupational health surveillance has been considered a key element in the
Mar Seguí, María del, Ronda, Elena, Wimpenny, Peter   +2 more
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Assessment of respiratory health surveillance for laboratory animal workers [PDF]

Occupational Medicine, 2010
Occupational asthma is the most common work-related respiratory disease in the UK. Individuals whose work potentially puts them at risk include those exposed to laboratory animals. Workplace health surveillance programmes aim to minimize these health risks but are recognized to be challenging to implement effectively.To evaluate the efficacy of the ...
K M, Allan, E, Murphy, J G, Ayres
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