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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 14 Issue 1 2023
Associations between Poorer Mental Health with Work-Related Effort, Reward, and Overcommitment among a Sample of Formal US Solid Waste Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic (Original article)
Background: Effortereward imbalance (ERI) and overcommitment at work have been associated poorer mental health. However, nonlinear and nonadditive effects have not been investigated previously.
Methods: The association between effort, reward, and…
Methods: The association between effort, reward, and…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
Investigating Adverse Respiratory Health Effects After a Major Disaster: the World Trade Center Experience
Introduction: Workers and volunteers participating in the recovery, rescue, and service restoration at the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster site in 2001-2002 were exposed to a poorly characterized mix of inhaled toxicants. We outline our approach to…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
ZIMGOBIO - Biomonitoring and Health Data from two ASGM areas in Zimbabwe
Background: ASGM is in an important economic driver in Zimbabwe, especially during the ongoing severe economic crisis of the country, gold mining is an important source of income for a growing part of the population.
Methods: A cross-sectional…
Methods: A cross-sectional…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
Worker health and safety in a changing climate
Scientific reports on the advance of climate change signal ‘code red for humanity’ according to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The threats to the health and well-being of workers mirror those faced by the population at large, but with…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
What Kind of Mask Should Workers and the Public Wear for an Aerosol-Transmissible Infectious Disease?
In a Commentary published by the University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) in early 2020, I demonstrated that SARS-CoV-2 easily fulfills the criteria for biological plausibility of aerosol transmission. Not…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
What Does Reduction of Silica Mean in Terms of Preventing TB?
Introduction: Silica exposure is a substantial risk factor for TB disease: a recent systematic review1 found a pooled relative risk for TB in those with silicosis of 4.01 (95% CI 2.88 e 5.58). The TB risk was lower when silicosis was excluded.…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
Video based Modular Training on Occupational Health risks in Informal Work for Primary Care Physicians in India
Introduction: Mission Basic Occupational Health Services of the Indian Association of Occupational Health has been working to accentuate Occupational Health competency of primary health care personnel. Limitations of organizing contact training…
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Tuberculosis and silicosis burden in artisanal and small-scale gold miners in a large occupational health outreach programme in Zimbabwe
Introduction: Artisanal and small-scale miners (ASMs) labor under archaic working conditions and are exposed to high levels of silica dust. Exposure to silica dust has been associated with an increased risk of tuberculosis and silicosis. ASMs are…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
The role and activities of public interest NGOs in promoting occupational safety and health
It is the main activity of public interest NGOs working in the area of occupational safety and health (OSH) to find occupational victims and to visualize their existence socially. People come to public interest NGOs seeking help when they need to…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
The past as prologue: How the history of occupational illness and injury teaches us about today
The question posed in this presentation is not limited to “what” history teaches us about the occupational illness and in injury we see around us today but, as importantly, how does history teach us. If we gain the insights into the “how,” we can be…