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Motivation for employees to participate in workplace health promotion: literature review [PDF]
, 2012 According to the Luxembourg Declaration, workplace health promotion (WHP) is the combined efforts of employers, workers and society to improve the health and wellbeing of people at work. This can be achieved by: improving work organisation and the work
Clausen, T +6 more
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Work‐Related Asthma From Exposure to Cardboard and Paper Products
American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background We assess the contribution of cardboard dust exposure to the development of work‐related asthma (WRA). Prior studies on paper‐dust‐related breathing problems have focused on exposures in the paper milling and pulp industries. There have been no reports of asthma linked to workplace exposure to cardboard dust.
Mason E. Glanville +2 more
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Labor unions: a public health institution. [PDF]
, 2015 Using a social-ecological framework, we drew on a targeted literature review and historical and contemporary cases from the US labor movement to illustrate how unions address physical and psychosocial conditions of work and the underlying inequalities ...
Malinowski, Beth +2 more
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Does workplace health promotion reach shift workers?
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2015 OBJECTIVES: One reason for health disparities between shift and day workers may be that workplace health promotion does not reach shift workers to the same extent as it reaches day workers.
Kirsten Nabe-Nielsen +3 more
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Agricultural Injuries With Dementia: Double Whammy?
American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Nearly 40% of US farmers are over 65 years old. Some emerging evidence links agricultural occupational exposure to increased dementia risk. However, little is known about dementia and injury outcomes in agricultural settings. Methods We employed data from the American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Programs Participant Use File (
Kanika Arora +3 more
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Mental Health in the Workplace: Situation Analyses, Poland [PDF]
, 2000 [From Introduction] The workplace is an appropriate environment in which to educate and raise individuals’ awareness about mental health problems. For example, encouragement to promote good mental health practices, provide tools for recognition and early
Brodniak, Wlodzimierz +5 more
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Promoting recovery and addressing stigma: mental health awareness through community development in a low-income area [PDF]
, 2005 One in four Scots will experience mental ill-health at some point in their lives, with increased prevalence in low-income communities. The associated stigma increases the negative impact on an individual's life.
Knifton, Lee, Quinn, Neil
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Societies, 2017 Whole-system approaches linking workplace health promotion to the development of a sustainable working life have been advocated. The aim of this scoping review was to map out if and how whole-system approaches to workplace health promotion with a focus ...
Andrea Eriksson +4 more
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American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background We investigated associations of self‐reported and job exposure matrix (JEM) assigned civilian occupational exposure to vapors, gas, dust, or fumes (VGDF) with respiratory symptoms among previously deployed US Veterans. Methods An interviewer‐administered questionnaire ascertained self‐reported civilian occupational VGDF exposure.
Sahra Mohazzab‐Hosseinian +14 more
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Mental Health in the Workplace: Situation Analyses, Germany [PDF]
, 2000 [From Introduction] The ILO’s primary goals regarding disability are to prepare and empower people with disabilities to pursue their employment goals and facilitate access to work and job opportunities in open labour markets, while sensitising policy ...
Breucker, Gregor +2 more
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