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NIEHS Awards Recovery Act Funds to Focus More Research on Health and Safety of Nanomaterials
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The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health, is increasing its investment in understanding the potential health, safety and environmental issues related to tiny particles that are used in many everyday products such as sunscreens, cosmetics and electronics. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - November 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
NIEHS Awards Recovery Act Funds to Focus More Research on Health and Safety of NanomaterialsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health, is increasing its investment in understanding the potential health, safety and environmental issues related to tiny particles that are used in many everyday products such as sunscreens, cosmetics and electronics. The NIEHS will award about $13 million over a two-year period, through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, to bolster the NIEHS’s ongoing research portfolio in the area of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs). Engineered nanomaterials are very tiny materials about 100,000 times smaller than a single str...
Source: NIEHS - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - News - November 19, 2009 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: journals
Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week Warning To Rogue Gas Fitters, UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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Rogue gas fitters are being warned that they will be taken to task over shoddy jobs that risk lives. The Health and Safety Executive is using Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week (16-20 November) to renew its commitment to bring them to justice. According to provisional figures, HSE successfully prosecuted 28 people for breaching gas legislation in 2008/09, covering 66 separate offences. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health Source Type: news
Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week Warning To Rogue Gas Fitters, UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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Rogue gas fitters are being warned that they will be taken to task over shoddy jobs that risk lives. The Health and Safety Executive is using Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week (16-20 November) to renew its commitment to bring them to justice. According to provisional figures, HSE successfully prosecuted 28 people for breaching gas legislation in 2008/09, covering 66 separate offences. 173 enforcement notices were also served during this period. (see notes). (Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today)
Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Primary Care Tags: Public Health Source Type: news
NIEHS awards Recovery Act funds to focus more research on health and safety of nanomaterialsEmail this article to a colleague.
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(NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health, is increasing its investment in understanding the potential health, safety and environmental issues related to tiny particles that are used in many everyday products such as sunscreens, cosmetics and electronics. The NIEHS will award about $13 million over a two-year period, through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, to bolster the NIEHS's ongoing research portfolio in the area of engineered nanomaterials. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - November 19, 2009 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Mapping oncology services in regional and rural AustraliaEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusion: Survey data highlight marked cancer service deficiencies in rural and regional Australia. It is not unreasonable to conclude that these deficiencies might contribute to poorer outcomes for cancer patients living in these areas. The results suggest the need for short- and long-term measures to improve access to best-practice cancer services for patients living in regional, rural and remote areas of Australia. (Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health)
Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Rural Health Authors: Craig Underhill, Rebecca Bartel, David Goldstein, Helen Snodgrass, Stephen Begbie, Patsy Yates, Kate White, Kathy Jong, Paul Grogan Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals
WATCH: Congress Grills Health Officials Over H1N1Email this article to a colleague.
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HHS official addresses discrepancy between vaccine production and availability.
Immunization - Health - Public Health and Safety - Disease Control and Prevention - Influenza A virus subtype H1N1 (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Trust in court over patient safetyEmail this article to a colleague.
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A hospital trust faces prosecution over health and safety breaches linked to the death of a mother who had just given birth. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - November 18, 2009 Category: UK Health Source Type: info
Mother death hospital prosecutedEmail this article to a colleague.
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A hospital in Swindon is to be prosecuted on health and safety charges over the death of a nurse shortly after she gave birth. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Wiltshire Source Type: news
Occupational health crossing borders part 2: Comparison of 18 occupational health systems across the globeEmail this article to a colleague.
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This article compares OHS systems of 18 countries at different stages of development.In an international summer school, structure of the national OHS system, definition of occupational accidents and diseases, procedures for compensation claims, outcome (expressed as incidence of occupational accidents) and training opportunities were presented.National OHS systems ranged from non-existent to systems implemented almost 200 years ago. Priorities, incidence of occupational accidents and training opportunities varied. Common problems included the lack of OHS service for small enterprises and in rural areas.International traini...
Source: American Journal of Industrial Medicine - November 17, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Katja Radon, Vera Ehrenstein, Dennis Nowak, Janine Bigaignon-Cantineau, Maria Gonzalez, Arun Dev Vellore, Veronica Enzina Zamora, Neeraj Gupta, Lirong Huang, Salamat Kandkers, Ana María Menchú Lanza, Leila Posenato Garcia, Keti Stylianos Patsis, Ana Mar Source Type: journals
FDA to Examine Alcohol Energy DrinksEmail this article to a colleague.
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Are those new alcohol energy drinks really safe? Doesn't adding caffeine to an alcoholic beverage encourage the consumption of even more alcohol? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is looking at the safety and legality of alcoholic beverages that contain caffeine as an additive.
At the request of several state attorney generals, the FDA decided to examine the health and safety issues surrounding the popular beverages. The FDA sent letters to 30 manufacturers of the beverages giving them 30 days to show proof that the drinks are safe. Read more...FDA to Examine Alcohol Energy Drinks originally appeared on About.co...
Source: About.com Alcoholism - November 16, 2009 Category: Addiction Source Type: consumer
Ergonomics in industrialized dairy operations. - Douphrate DI, Nonnenmann MW, Rosecrance JC.Email this article to a colleague.
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This paper presents a summary of a panel presentation by agriculture health and safety scientists on ergonomics of industrialized dairy parlor operations in the United States. Dairy industry trends in the United States were discussed in the panel presentat... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - November 15, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: info
Safer Movement Of Heavy Goods - HSE Drive To Lift Standards In North East And Highlands, UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Inspectors will be carrying out a series of inspections at harbours, marine bases and pipe yard sites throughout the North East and Highlands of Scotland targeting work involving the lifting and movement of heavy goods. The aim of is to raise awareness, promote sensible management and improve standards at the locations visited in the coming week. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 15, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health Source Type: news
Safer Movement Of Heavy Goods - HSE Drive To Lift Standards In North East And Highlands, UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Inspectors will be carrying out a series of inspections at harbours, marine bases and pipe yard sites throughout the North East and Highlands of Scotland targeting work involving the lifting and movement of heavy goods. The aim of is to raise awareness, promote sensible management and improve standards at the locations visited in the coming week. (Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today)
Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - November 15, 2009 Category: Primary Care Tags: Public Health Source Type: news
FDA To Look Into Safety Of Caffeinated Alcoholic BeveragesEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Food and Drug Administration today notified nearly 30 manufacturers of caffeinated alcoholic beverages that it intends to look into the safety and legality of their products. "The increasing popularity of consumption of caffeinated alcoholic beverages by college students and reports of potential health and safety issues necessitates that we look seriously at the scientific evidence as soon as possible," said Dr. (Source: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News From Medical News Today)
Source: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News From Medical News Today - November 15, 2009 Category: Addiction Tags: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Source Type: news
HSE Warns Firms To Better Protect Employees Who Work At Height, UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has delivered a stark warning to companies who fail to protect employees working at height - they will be held to account. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 15, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health Source Type: news
HSE Warns Firms To Better Protect Employees Who Work At Height, UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has delivered a stark warning to companies who fail to protect employees working at height - they will be held to account. The warning follows a hearing this week at Nottingham Magistrates' Court when Pontiac Coil Europe Ltd, of Queens Drive Industrial Estate in Nottingham pleaded guilty to/was found guilty of a breach of Regulation 6(3) and 4(1) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005. (Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today)
Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - November 15, 2009 Category: Primary Care Tags: Public Health Source Type: news
Lack Of Social Engagement Is A Risk Factor For Self Neglect In Older AdultsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Seniors who neglect themselves, risking their own health and safety, tend to be individuals with limited social networks and little social engagement, according to a study by Rush University Medical Center. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Seniors / Aging Source Type: news
Lack Of Social Engagement Is A Risk Factor For Self Neglect In Older AdultsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Seniors who neglect themselves, risking their own health and safety, tend to be individuals with limited social networks and little social engagement, according to a study by Rush University Medical Center. The study, currently appearing online in the medical journal Gerontology, is the largest epidemiological study to date examining a wide range of sociodemographic, health-related and psychosocial characteristics associated with elder self-neglect. (Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today)
Source: Seniors / Aging News From Medical News Today - November 13, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Tags: Seniors / Aging Source Type: news
Effectiveness of Health and Safety in Small Enterprises: A Systematic Review of Quantitative Evaluations of InterventionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusions Even though there were few studies that adequately evaluated small business intervention, several studies demonstrate that
well-designed evaluations are possible with small businesses. While stronger levels of evidence are required to make recommendations,
these interventions noted above were associated with positive changes in safety-related attitudes and beliefs and workplace
parties should be aware of them.
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s10926-009-9212-1Authors
F. Curtis Breslin, Institute for Work & Health 481 University Avenue, Suite 800 Toronto ON M5G 2E9 CanadaNatasha Kyle, Institute fo...
Source: Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation - November 12, 2009 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation Source Type: journals
Fife Farmers Urged To Sign Up For Safety Event, UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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Farmers from across Fife are being encouraged to attend an event that will arm them with the advice they need to make their farms safe places to work and help reduce accidents. The Health and Safety Executive is running a free Agriculture Safety and Health Awareness Day (SHAD) next week (19 November) as a way for those working on farms get practical advice from LANTRA instructors with an industry background. (Source: Water Quality / Air Quality News From Medical News Today)
Source: Water Quality / Air Quality News From Medical News Today - November 11, 2009 Category: Nutrition Tags: Water - Air Quality / Agriculture Source Type: news
Finding the Impact in a Messy Intervention: Using an Integrated Design to Evaluate a Comprehensive Citywide Health InitiativeEmail this article to a colleague.
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This article uses the evaluation of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) Urban Health Initiative (UHI), a 10-year effort to improve health and safety outcomes in distressed cities, to demonstrate the strength of an evaluation design that integrates theory of change and quasi-experimental approaches, including the use of comparison cities. This paper focuses on the later stages of implementation and, especially, our methods for estimating program impacts. While the theory of change was used to make preliminary identification of intended outcomes, we used the sites’ plans and early implementation to refine...
Source: American Journal of Evaluation - November 10, 2009 Category: Research Authors: Weitzman, B. C., Mijanovich, T., Silver, D., Brecher, C. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals
Validation of a Risk Factor-Based Intervention Strategy Model Using Data from the Readiness for Return to Work Cohort StudyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusion This study largely confirms that several subgroups could be identified based on previously defined risk factors as suggested
by an earlier theoretical model by Shaw et al. (J Occup Rehab 16(4):591–605, 2006). Different groups of workers might be identified
and might benefit from different interventions.
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s10926-009-9218-8Authors
Ivan A. Steenstra, Institute for Work & Health 481 University Avenue, Suite 800 Toronto ON M4C 1J1 CanadaSelahadin A. Ibrahim, Institute for Work & Health 481 University Avenue, Suite 800 Toronto ON M4C 1J1 CanadaRenée-Louise Franche, Occu...
Source: Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation - November 9, 2009 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation Source Type: journals
FDA to Examine the Safety of Caffeinated Alcoholic BeveragesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Concerns about the health and safety hazards posed by caffeinated alcoholic beverages have prompted FDA action. (Source: FDA Consumer Updates)
Source: FDA Consumer Updates - November 6, 2009 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: organizations
Pressure On To Tackle Stress As Business Loses Out, UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is supporting National Stress Awareness Day as statistics reveal more than 11 million working days were lost to work related stress last year. This startling figure translates as a £4 billion cost to society and HSE wants companies to be made aware of the real cost, not only to people but also to business. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 6, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Anxiety / Stress Source Type: news
Pressure On To Tackle Stress As Business Loses Out, UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is supporting National Stress Awareness Day as statistics reveal more than 11 million working days were lost to work related stress last year. This startling figure translates as a £4 billion cost to society and HSE wants companies to be made aware of the real cost, not only to people but also to business. (Source: Anxiety News From Medical News Today)
Source: Anxiety News From Medical News Today - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Anxiety / Stress Source Type: news
Taking The First Step to Learning CPREmail this article to a colleague.
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CPR is a potentially life-saving skill that most of us know is valuable, but it can be intimidating to take the first step in learning how to perform CPR. I know I’ve wondered before whether I would even have the presence of mind in an emergency to administer CPR correctly. Fears like that are generally unfounded; in most life-threatening situations, doing something is better than doing nothing at all. Additionally, committing time and money to taking a course can be a huge obstacle for many people who find it difficult to give training top priority in their busy schedules. Combine this with the inherent difficulty i...
Source: Red Cross Chat - November 5, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Gloria Huang Tags: Health & Safety Source Type: organizations
UGL Unicco Flu Preparedness And Business Continuity Plan Combats The Spread Of The H1N1 VirusEmail this article to a colleague.
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UGL Unicco, a subsidiary of United Group Limited (UGL), today announced its UGL Unicco Flu Preparedness and Business Continuity Plan. It is a comprehensive set of procedures and cleaning services that are designed to help ensure the health and safety of customers' personnel, the public and UGL Unicco employees during flu events, up to and including pandemic events. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 5, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Swine Flu Source Type: news
UGL Unicco Flu Preparedness And Business Continuity Plan Combats The Spread Of The H1N1 VirusEmail this article to a colleague.
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UGL Unicco, a subsidiary of United Group Limited (UGL), today announced its UGL Unicco Flu Preparedness and Business Continuity Plan. It is a comprehensive set of procedures and cleaning services that are designed to help ensure the health and safety of customers' personnel, the public and UGL Unicco employees during flu events, up to and including pandemic events. (Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today)
Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - November 5, 2009 Category: Primary Care Tags: Swine Flu Source Type: news
Systematic Review of the Role of Occupational Health and Safety Interventions in the Prevention of Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Symptoms, Signs, Disorders, Injuries, Claims and Lost TimeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusion It is difficult to make strong evidenced-based recommendations about what practitioners should do to prevent or manage upper
extremity MSDs. There is a paucity of high quality OHS interventions evaluating upper extremity MSDs and none focused on traumatic
injury outcomes or workplace mandated pre-placement screening exams. We recommend that worksites not engage in OHS activities
that include only workstation adjustments. However, when combined with ergonomics training, there is limited evidence that workstation adjustments
are beneficial. A practice to consider is using arm supports to reduce upper extremity...
Source: Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation - November 3, 2009 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation Source Type: journals
Processed food and low moodEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusion
This study suggests that a healthier diet protects against depression, but it cannot prove this due to several limitations:
It is plausible that depression affected the participants’ diet rather than the other way around. The researchers argue that this is unlikely to have happened as no association was found between the participants' early reports of depression (between 1991 and 1993) and their diet six years later. The results were also not affected by excluding people who already had signs of depression when their diets were measured between 1997 and 1999. Although this may be the case, different methods...
Source: NHS News Feed - November 2, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Mental health Source Type: news
New National Quarry Safety Team Formed, UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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A new team of specialist inspectors has been assembled to crackdown on death, injury and ill-health in quarries and open cast mines across Great Britain. The team of Health and Safety Executive inspectors, initially five-strong, has decades of knowledge and expertise in the sector. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 2, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health Source Type: news
Introducing Hazard Prediction Training 'KYT' to Undergraduate Pharmacy Education on Patient Safety.Email this article to a colleague.
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To develop students' sensitivity toword medication hazards, we have introduced a behavioral approach, "Kiken-Yochi Training" (KYT) for hazard prediction training to pharmacy education. KYT was originally implemented in the field of occupational health and safety in Japan. Only recently it has been introduced in the medical arena. The process consists of four steps; identification of hazards, assessing risks, planning countermeasure, and making action plan. One facilitator organizes the KYT class (20 students divided into four or five small groups). Watching a photo or illustration of everyday occurrences, each group fo...
Source: Yakugaku Zasshi : Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan - November 1, 2009 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Murai Y, Sato M, Yamaguchi H, Shimada M, Mano N, Goto J, Hishinuma T Tags: Yakugaku Zasshi Source Type: journals
Pesticide Exposure and Occupational Safety Training of Indigenous Farmworkers in Oregon.Email this article to a colleague.
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This follow-up study assessed indigenous and Latino farmworkers' occupational health and safety needs and measured variables related to pesticide exposure and pesticide safety training among this population. Results yielded differences between indigenous workers and Latino workers related to language barriers, experiences of workplace discrimination, preferred modes of information dissemination, pesticide exposures, and sufficiency of pesticide training. Employing more people who speak indigenous languages as interpreters, community and organizational leaders, and health workers may remove some of the linguistic and cu...
Source: American Journal of Public Health - November 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Samples J, Bergstad EA, Ventura S, Sanchez V, Farquhar SA, Shadbeh N Tags: Am J Public Health Source Type: journals
Community Campaigns, Supply Chains, and Protecting the Health and Well-Being of Workers.Email this article to a colleague.
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The growth of contingent work (also known as precarious employment), the informal sector, and business practices that diffuse employer responsibility for worker health and safety (such as outsourcing and the development of extended national and international contracting networks [supply chains]) pose a serious threat to occupational health and safety that disproportionately affects low-wage, ethnic minority, and immigrant workers. Drawing on cases from the United States and Australia, we examine the role that community-based campaigns can play in meeting these challenges, including several successful campaigns that inc...
Source: American Journal of Public Health - November 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Quinlan M, Sokas RK Tags: Am J Public Health Source Type: journals
The Role for Community-Based Participatory Research in Formulating Policy Initiatives: Promoting Safety and Health for In-Home Care Workers and Their Consumers.Email this article to a colleague.
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We describe a case study to illustrate how alliances among various community partners could be united to formulate policy directions. In collaboration with partners, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health initiated a project aimed at improving health and safety for low-income elderly and disabled persons and their in-home care workers. Community partners and stakeholders participated in focus groups, stakeholder interviews, and meetings; they played multiple roles including identifying organizational policy changes the partners could initiate immediately, as well as broader public policy goals. Results i...
Source: American Journal of Public Health - November 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Gong F, Baron S, Ayala L, Stock L, McDevitt S, Heaney C Tags: Am J Public Health Source Type: journals
Partnerships for Environmental and Occupational Justice: Contributions to Research, Capacity and Public Health.Email this article to a colleague.
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In 1994, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) initiated a program to address communication gaps between community residents, researchers and health care providers in the context of disproportionate environmental exposures. Over 13 years, together with the Environmental Protection Agency and National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety, NIEHS funded 54 environmental justice projects. Here we examine the methods used and outcomes produced based on data gathered from summaries submitted for annual grantees' meetings. Data highlight how projects fulfilled program objectives of improving ...
Source: American Journal of Public Health - November 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Baron S, Sinclair R, Payne-Sturges D, Phelps J, Zenick H, Collman GW, O'Fallon LR Tags: Am J Public Health Source Type: journals
The Union RAP: Industry-Wide Research-Action Projects to Win Health and Safety Improvements.Email this article to a colleague.
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Unions are ripe to engage in community-based participatory research (CBPR). We briefly profile 3 United Steelworker CBPR projects aimed at uncovering often-undocumented, industry-wide health and safety conditions in which US industrial workers toil. The results are to be used to advocate improvements at workplace, industry, and national policy levels. We offer details of our CBPR approach (Research-Action Project [RAP]) that engages workers and others in all research stages. Elements of RAPs include strategically constructed teams with knowledge of the industry and health and safety and with skills in research, partici...
Source: American Journal of Public Health - November 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Bradley-Bull K, McQuiston TH, Lippin TM, anderson LG, Beach MJ, Frederick J, Seymour TA Tags: Am J Public Health Source Type: journals
Companies Fined After Workers Exposed To Asbestos, UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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Two businesses and a company director have been fined after workers in Manchester were exposed to potentially deadly asbestos fibres. The prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) comes just days before the launch of a national £1.2 million campaign to increase awareness about asbestos among tradespeople. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 30, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Asbestos / Mesothelioma Source Type: news
More H1N1 Vaccines Are Coming, HHS Secretary SaysEmail this article to a colleague.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Conceding that their original predictions about pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine supplies were too optimistic, the government's top government health and safety officials today told vaccine-seekers to be patient -- more is coming. (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - October 28, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
New Statistics Show Big Improvements In Britain's Workplace Safety And Health RecordEmail this article to a colleague.
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Britain became a healthier and safer place to work last year, according to figures released today by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Statistics show there has been a significant reduction in the numbers of people killed, injured or suffering work related ill-health from April 2008 to March 2009. Across England, Scotland and Wales, 29.3 million working days (equivalent to 1. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 28, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health Source Type: news
Are Food Allergies on the Rise, or Is It Misdiagnosis?Email this article to a colleague.
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Given the prevalence of news regarding food allergy in today's media—from parenting blogs that debate whether schools should ban nuts and peanut butter, to the school bus that was evacuated and decontaminated after someone saw a peanut on the floor (), to the 2007 report of a child in the United Kingdom barred from school because administrators deemed his nut allergy a health and safety hazard ()—it might be assumed that a large number of individuals suffer from food allergy. In fact, although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have reported that in the United States, from 1997 to 2007, food allergies in ch...
Source: Journal of the American Dietetic Association - October 26, 2009 Category: Nutrition Authors: Karen Stein Tags: Topics of Professional Interest Source Type: journals
Finger on the pulse: this health and safety regulation takes the biscuitEmail this article to a colleague.
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Max Pemberton on why creating a timid riskaverse society is a recipe for trouble. (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - October 23, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
HSE Warns Demolition Firms After Employee Breaks His Spine In Fall, UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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A Norwich employer has been fined £7,500 after one of his workers broke his spine in a fall at the former RAF Watton site in Norfolk. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Tim Philpott, trading as Philpott Demolition and Recycling, of Spinney Close, Long Stratton, Norwich, for his role in the incident on 20 April 2007. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 23, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health Source Type: news
Grangemouth Company Fined After Worker Gets 3,300-volt Electric Shock, UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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A Grangemouth-based company has been fined for breaching health and safety law after a worker was burned by live power cables. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted refinery and petrochemical company Ineos Manufacturing Scotland Ltd for failing to ensure a safe system of work was in place before undertaking excavation work near live electrical cables. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 23, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health Source Type: news
Safety And Health Awareness Day In Billericay To Help Prevent Farmyard Accident, UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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Farmers across Essex will attend a Safety and Health Awareness Day (SHAD) this week to help them prevent agricultural accidents. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is holding the free event at Barleylands Farm, Barleylands Road, Billericay CM11 2UD on Thursday (October 22) in a bid to reduce the number of deaths and injuries caused by farmyard incidents. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 22, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Water - Air Quality / Agriculture Source Type: news
HSE Board Member Honoured With Lifetime Achievement Award, UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Health and Safety Executive's longest serving board member, Judith Donovan, has been recognised with a Lifetime Achievement Award. The agriculture and small business champion, who is in the final year of her maximum 10-year term with HSE, has been honoured by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) for her work in these areas. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 22, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health Source Type: news
New Risk Assessment Tools Save Businesses Time And Money, UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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Businesses are set to save time and money with the launch of new, simplified documents to help get their health and safety arrangements in place. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 22, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health Source Type: news
Focus On Nutrition, Physical Activity And Safety This HalloweenEmail this article to a colleague.
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Halloween is fast approaching and we should remember to not only focus on the naughty and nice costumes, or eating yummy treats and candies, but health as well. The Alabama Department of Public Health joins the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in recommending these Halloween health and safety tips this fall. (Source: Nutrition/Agriculture News From Medical News Today)
Source: Nutrition/Agriculture News From Medical News Today - October 22, 2009 Category: Nutrition Tags: Nutrition / Diet Source Type: news
Litigation related to drug errors in anaesthesia: an analysis of claims against the NHS in England 1995–2007Email this article to a colleague.
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Ninety-three claims (total cost £4 915 450) filed under 'anaesthesia' in the NHS Litigation Authority database between 1995 and 2007, alleging patient harm directly by drug administration error or by an allergic reaction, were analysed. Alleged errors were categorised using systems employed by the National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention, the American Society of Anesthesiologists Closed Claims Project and the UK Health and Safety Executive. The severity of outcome in each claim was categorised using adapted National Patient Safety Agency definitions. Sixty-two claims involved alleged dru...
Source: Anaesthesia - October 21, 2009 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: J. Cranshaw, K. J. Gupta, T. M. Cook Source Type: journals
