This chapter explores the occupational health and safety challenges faced by Canadian seafarers. Maritime occupations continue to be among the most dangerous occupations in the world. Technological development and climate change, as well as the increasin
This chapter outlines the occupational health hazards that animal workers encounter, presents a One Health team approach to worker health and safety that involves both human and animal health professionals, and suggests preventive health programs for particular worker groups. Key Points for Clinicians and...
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Vocational rehabilitation (VR) has been defined as whatever helps someone with a health problem return to, and remain in, work [7]. It involves helping people find work, helping those who are in work but having difficulty and supporting career progression in spite of illness or disability [8,...
Student Research Committee, Department of Occupational Health and Safety, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Hadiseh Rabiei & Soleiman Ramezanifar Cardiovascular Diseases Research Center, Department of Cardiology, Heshmat Hospital, School of Med...
because of the importance of women’s occupational health and safety (OHS), this study reviews and analyzes OHS-related research studies to explore (i) the attention given to women’s OHS; (ii) the specific occupations studied; and (iii) the primary OHS issues and challenges faced by women...
There is utility in identifying the occupational safety and health aspects of Goal 8, as they pertain to the four pillars of decent work: job creation, social protection, rights of workers, and social dialogue. A workgroup of the International Commission on Occupational Health and collaborators ...
A healthy workplace, through sustainable culture, climate, and practices, create an environment that protects and boosts workers health and safety, as well as organizational effectiveness. Sustainable development can be considered a primary prevention that fosters well-being of the individual and the ...
Perhaps for such reasons, an investigation by Kim [64] recommended that during the design stage of new projects, the construction design and management team should draw up a health and safety plan and hand it over to the project owner to prepare for such future work such as maintenance, ...
Environmental chemicals and contaminants coming from multiple external sources enter the human body, determining a potential risk for human health. Human biomonitoring (HBM), measuring the concentrations of biomarkers in human specimens, has become an emerging approach for assessing population-wide exposure...