CAUSES AND MANAGEMENT OF STRESS AT WORK
Jan 1, 2002 — Stress has been defined in different ways over the years. Originally, it was conceived of as pressure from the environment, then as strain within the person. The generally accepted definition today is one of interaction between the situation and the individual. It is the psychological and physical state that results when the resources of the individual are not sufficient to cope with the ...
Advancing global public health with occupational epidemiology
The 2023 International Epidemiology in Occupational Health (EPICOH) meeting in Mumbai, India focused on the theme: ‘Occupational Health Epidemiology: Need for Concerted Action’. I had the honor of being invited to deliver the Lifetime Achievement Oration. I prepared for this daunting task by considering why occupational epidemiology is important …
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Occupational and Environmental Medicine is an international peer reviewed journal covering current developments in occupational and environmental health worldwide.Occupational and Environmental Medicine publishes high-quality research relating to the full range of chemical, physical, ergonomic, biological and psychosocial hazards in the workplace and to environmental contaminants and their ...
Effectiveness of psychological skills training for police personnel: a ...
There has been an increasing interest in primary prevention programmes developed to improve police officers’ mental health. This meta-analysis synthesised the existing findings on psychological skills training for police personnel including resilience training and mindfulness-based training. Particularly, this study systematically assessed the effectiveness of training programmes on mental ...
Thoughts on adding diffusing capacity to medical surveillance of …
Coal miners are occupationally exposed to coal mine dust, which can cause a spectrum of diseases called coal mine dust lung disease; these include coal workers pneumoconiosis (CWP, also known as ‘black lung’), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), silicosis and dust-related diffuse fibrosis.1 The incidence of these diseases, especially CWP, has been on the rise in the USA in the ...
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Nov 9, 2024 — OEM is an international peer reviewed journal that publishes high quality research relating to the full range of chemical, physical, ergonomic, biological and psychosocial hazards in the workplace and to environmental contaminants and their health effects.
Approaches for estimating prevalence ratios | Occupational ...
Recently there has been much interest in estimating the prevalence (risk, proportion or probability) ratio instead of the odds ratio, especially in occupational health studies involving common outcomes (for example, with prevalence rates above 10%). For example, if 80 out of 100 exposed subjects have a particular disease and 50 out of 100 non-exposed subjects have the disease, then the odds ...
Criteria and methods used for the assessment of fitness for work: a ...
The main findings from reports published in scientific journals on the criteria and methods used to assess fitness for work were reviewed. Systematic searches were made using internet engine searches (1966–2005) with related keywords. 39 reports were identified, mostly from the US and western Europe. Assessment of fitness for work is defined by most as the evaluation of a …
Post COVID-19 syndrome among 5248 healthcare workers in …
Objectives The objectives of this study were to examine post COVID-19 syndrome (PCS) among healthcare workers (HCWs) in England and explore risk factors for the condition. Methods Data were collected by National Health Service (NHS) CHECK, a longitudinal study exploring HCWs’ mental and physical well-being during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. NHS CHECK collected data at four timepoints ...
2021;0:1–9. doi:10.1136/oemed-2020-107164 this domain, this review was restricted to infectious bioaero-disease, 2020].