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https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537156/female-specific-health-care-of-military-female-designated-service-members-and-veterans-a-systematic-overview-of-reviews
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Megan C McDermott, Megan G Musilli, Jill E Brown, John L Melton, Michael J Miller, Rhonda J Allard, Monica A Lutgendorf
INTRODUCTION: Since the War in Afghanistan began in 2001, service members have faced significant health effects related to service during war, with female-designated service members facing unique challenges. Numerous high-quality review articles have been published on the health and care of female-designated service members and veterans. Given the increasing volume of literature, we completed an overview of reviews on the health and health care of female-designated military populations...
March 27, 2024: Military Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536905/development-of-the-korean-construction-job-exposure-matrix-koconjem-based-on-experts-judgment-using-the-60-consolidated-occupations-for-construction-workers
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sangjun Choi, Kwang Min Lee, Hyunhee Park, Gyu-Beom Shim, Sun Woo Lee, Yoon-Ji Kim, Eun-Soo Lee, Youngki Kim, Dongmug Kang, Ju-Hyun Park, Se-Yeong Kim
BACKGROUND: This study was conducted as an effort to develop a Korean construction job exposure matrix (KoConJEM) based on 60 occupations recently consolidated by the construction workers mutual aid association for use by the construction industry. METHODS: The probability, intensity, and prevalence of exposure to 26 hazardous agents for 60 consolidated occupations were evaluated as binary (Yes/No) or four categories (1 to 4) by 30 industrial hygiene experts. The score for risk was calculated by multiplying the exposure intensity by the prevalence of exposure...
March 27, 2024: Annals of Work Exposures and Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536894/the-effects-of-dental-hygienist-autonomy-on-dental-care-utilization
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jie Chen, Chad D Meyerhoefer, Edward J Timmons
We investigate the effects of regulations governing the practice autonomy of dental hygienists on dental care use with the 2001-2014 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. We measure the strength of autonomy regulations by extending the Dental Hygiene Professional Practice Index to the years 2001-2014, allowing us to capture changes in regulations within states over time. Using a difference-in-differences framework applied to selected states, we find that relaxing supervision requirements to provide dental hygienists moderate autonomy results in an increase in total dental visits due to greater use of preventive dental care...
March 27, 2024: Health Economics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536869/study-protocol-identifying-transcriptional-regulatory-alterations-of-chronic-effects-of-blast-and-disturbed-sleep-in-united-states-veterans
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Molly J Sullan, Kelly A Stearns-Yoder, Zhaoyu Wang, Andrew J Hoisington, Adam D Bramoweth, Walter Carr, Yongchao Ge, Hanga Galfalvy, Fatemah Haghighi, Lisa A Brenner
Injury related to blast exposure dramatically rose during post-911 era military conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is among the most common injuries following blast, an exposure that may not result in a definitive physiologic marker (e.g., loss of consciousness). Recent research suggests that exposure to low level blasts and, more specifically repetitive blast exposure (RBE), which may be subconcussive in nature, may also impact long term physiologic and psychological outcomes, though findings have been mixed...
2024: PloS One
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536733/challenging-norms-the-impact-of-transgender-and-gender-diverse-realities-on-work-and-school-participation
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Tracy Becerra-Culqui, Daniel Swiatek, Bernadine Dizon, Darios Getahun, Michael Silverberg, Qi Zhang, Theresa Im, Michael Goodman
IMPORTANCE: Disruption in school and the workplace are health concerns for transgender people. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate transgender individuals' thoughts and comfort with how others perceive their gender identity (social affirmation) and its association with outness in the workplace and mistreatment at work or school. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey. PARTICIPANTS: Survey respondents older than age 18 yr from the Study of Transition, Outcomes & Gender cohort (N = 696; n = 350 assigned male at birth, n = 346 assigned female at birth [AFAB])...
May 1, 2024: American Journal of Occupational Therapy: Official Publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536639/use-of-community-health-workers-among-u-s-male-latino-population-a-scoping-review
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REVIEW
J Littlefield, M L Longacre
Community Health Workers (CHWs) are an effective strategy to address the health needs of specified communities. The purpose of this scoping review was to explore the use of CHWs to address the health needs of the Latino male population. This project used specific search terms to identify relevant articles from PubMed, PsycINFO, and Google Scholar. Eligible articles included studies, conducted in the U.S. and in English from 2010 to 2022, that assessed the use of CHWs among a predominantly male (≥ 50%) Latino population...
March 27, 2024: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536634/the-introduction-of-a-minimum-wage-in-germany-and-the-effects-on-physical-activity-participation
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sören Dallmeyer, Christoph Breuer
The relationship between income and physical activity has been extensively studied. This paper utilizes the introduction of the minimum wage in Germany in 2015 as a quasi-experiment to determine the causal effect of minimum wages on the frequency of physical activity participation. Employing survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel between 2013 and 2017, regression-adjusted difference-in-difference models combined with matching techniques are estimated. Our findings reveal a notable negative effect immediately after the minimum wage implementation on physical activity frequency...
March 27, 2024: International Journal of Health Economics and Management
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536622/electronic-health-records-for-predicting-outcomes-to-work-related-musculoskeletal-disorders-a-scoping-review
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REVIEW
M Wassell, A Vitiello, K Butler-Henderson, K Verspoor, P McCann, H Pollard
PURPOSE: Through electronic health records (EHRs), musculoskeletal (MSK) therapists such as chiropractors and physical therapists, as well as occupational medicine physicians could collect data on many variables that can be traditionally challenging to collect in managing work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs). The review's objectives were to explore the extent of research using EHRs in predicting outcomes of WMSDs by MSK therapists. METHOD: A systematic search was conducted in Medline, PubMed, CINAHL, and Embase...
March 27, 2024: Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536218/views-of-service-users-their-family-or-carers-and-health-care-professionals-on-telerehabilitation-for-people-with-neurological-conditions-in-ghana-qualitative-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Lorna Paul, Katie Thomson, Shadrack Osei Asibey, Marian Brady, Frederike van Wijck, Derrick Antwi, Eric Nkansah Opoku, Fred Stephen Sarfo
BACKGROUND: Up to 50% of people in low- and middle-income countries do not receive the rehabilitation they require. Telerehabilitation has the potential to improve access to neurorehabilitation services especially in low- and middle-income countries. Although there are reports of the barriers and facilitators to telerehabilitation in such settings, almost all are anecdotal. Furthermore, family or carers have a significant influence on the adoption and success of telerehabilitation, but their views have not been reported...
March 27, 2024: JMIR MHealth and UHealth
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536202/venous-disorders-as-an-occupational-disease-a-systematic-review-on-epidemiology-pathophysiology-and-modification-strategies
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REVIEW
Tobias Hirsch, Uwe Wahl, Eberhard Rabe
<b/> Background: Forced postures are common in the workplace. Work in the primary economic sector is characterised by a high degree of physical activity and movement; however, activities in the secondary and tertiary sectors commonly require workers to stand or sit. An expansion of the tertiary sector in recent decades has meant that people in industrialised and emerging economies primarily sit or stand at work. The aim of the systematic review was to identify occupational factors relating to the presence of chronic venous disease (CVD), to place these in the context of developments in the workplace, and to determine whether measures are in place to prevent CVD...
March 27, 2024: VASA. Zeitschrift Für Gefässkrankheiten
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536045/functional-anova-for-upper-extremity-fatigue-analysis-during-dynamic-order-picking
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Setareh Kazemi Kheiri, Zahra Vahedi, Hongyue Sun, Fadel M Megahed, Lora A Cavuoto
OCCUPATIONAL APPLICATIONSMusculoskeletal disorders are prevalent among warehouse workers who engage in repetitive and dynamic tasks. To prevent such injuries, it is vital to identify the factors that influence fatigue in the upper extremities during these repetitive activities. Our study reveals that task factors, namely the bottle mass and picking rate, significantly influence upper extremity fatigue. In most cases, the fatigue indicator is a functional variable, meaning that the fatigue score or measurement is a curve captured over time, which could be modeled as a function...
March 27, 2024: IISE transactions on occupational ergonomics and human factors
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536000/the-role-of-working-conditions-in-educational-differences-in-all-cause-and-ischemic-heart-disease-mortality-among-swedish-men
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Melody Almroth, Tomas Hemmingsson, Daniel Falkstedt, Katarina Kjellberg, Emma Carlsson, Kuan-Yu Pan, Karin Berglund, Emelie Thern
OBJECTIVES: This study aims to investigate the extent to which low job control and heavy physical workload in middle age explain educational differences in all-cause and ischemic heart disease (IHD) mortality while accounting for important confounding factors. METHODS: The study is based on a register-linked cohort of men who were conscripted into the Swedish military at around the age of 18 in 1969/1970 and were alive and registered in Sweden in 2005 (N=46 565)...
March 27, 2024: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535981/coordination-of-copper-within-a-crystalline-carbon-nitride-and-its-catalytic-reduction-of-co-2
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Magnus Pauly, Ethan White, Mawuli Deegbey, Emmanuel Adu Fosu, Landon Keller, Scott McGuigan, Golnaz Dianat, Eric Gabilondo, Jian Cheng Wong, Corban G E Murphey, Bo Shang, Hailiang Wang, James F Cahoon, Renato Sampaio, Yosuke Kanai, Gregory Parsons, Elena Jakubikova, Paul A Maggard
Inherently disordered structures of carbon nitrides have hindered an atomic level tunability and understanding of their catalytic reactivity. Starting from a crystalline carbon nitride, poly(triazine imide) or PTI/LiCl, the coordination of copper cations to its intralayer N -triazine groups was investigated using molten salt reactions. The reaction of PTI/LiCl within CuCl or eutectic KCl/CuCl2 molten salt mixtures at 280 to 450 °C could be used to yield three partially disordered and ordered structures, wherein the Cu cations are found to coordinate within the intralayer cavities...
March 27, 2024: Dalton Transactions: An International Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535934/firefighters-occupational-exposure-in-preparation-for-wildfire-season-addressing-biological-impact
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Filipa Esteves, Klara Slezakova, Joana Madureira, Josiana Vaz, Adília Fernandes, Simone Morais, Maria do Carmo Pereira, João Paulo Teixeira, Solange Costa
The characterization of wildland firefighters' occupational exposure must consider different exposures, including those at the fire station. The present study aimed to characterize the occupational exposure of 172 Northern Portuguese wildland firefighters in fire stations during the pre-wildfire season of 2021. The biological impact of estimated inhaled doses of PM10 and PM2.5 (indoor/outdoor) was accessed through a buccal micronucleus cytome (BMCyt) assay in exfoliated buccal cells of a subgroup of 80 firefighters...
March 5, 2024: Toxics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535915/nmr-untargeted-and-hplc-ms-ms-targeted-metabolomic-approaches-for-evaluating-styrene-exposure-in-the-urine-of-shipyard-workers
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ottavia Giampaoli, Fabio Sciubba, Giovanna Tranfo, Renata Sisto, Daniela Pigini, Michele De Rosa, Adriano Patriarca, Alfredo Miccheli, Anna Rita Fetoni, Laura Tricarico, Mariangela Spagnoli
Due to its chemical properties, styrene is largely employed in the manufacturing of several products including rubber, polymers and resins, and it is particularly suitable for shipbuilding industry purposes. In this context, the main exposure to styrene occurs in occupational settings. Despite its widespread use, its long-term effects on human health at the occupational level are still unclear. The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate changes in styrene exposure biomarkers related to the metabolic and oxidative stress profiles in the urine of seventeen shipyard workers and seventeen non-exposed subjects...
February 28, 2024: Toxics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535879/what-does-a-kap-survey-reveal-about-the-awareness-regarding-leishmaniasis-among-the-community-of-an-endemic-area-in-sri-lanka
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mayumi Manamperi, P Kandegedara, G I C L De Zoysa, J M A I K Jayamanna, E G Perera, N D Asha Dilrukshi Wijegunawardana
Leishmaniasis is one of the neglected tropical diseases. Studies show that the poor knowledge about epidemiological aspects of leishmaniasis within communities causes the collapse of existing disease control programs. Therefore, the present study focuses on a detailed survey of the existing awareness among the threatened population in the Medawachchiya Public Health Inspector's (PHI) Area in the Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka, aiming to assist the health staff to organize community-based vector control programs effectively in the future...
February 28, 2024: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535725/patient-reported-association-between-covid-19-infection-or-vaccination-and-onset-of-allergic-contact-dermatitis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Nicholas Battis, Samuel F Ekstein, Eric Eugene Paul Cosky, Anne B Neeley
<u> Background: </u> Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, our clinic has encountered numerous patients who report that either COVID-19 vaccination or infection was the precipitating event for their development of allergic contact dermatitis (ACD). Up to this time, there is no formal investigation regarding COVID-19 vaccination or infection causing ACD. However, there have been several registry-based case series of associated dermatoses after COVID-19 infection or vaccination. <u> Objective: </u> This study aimed to describe patient-reported associations between COVID-19 infection or vaccination and onset of ACD...
March 27, 2024: Dermatitis
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535177/chromoblastomycosis-in-french-guiana-epidemiology-and-practices-1955-2023
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Julie Valentin, Geoffrey Grotta, Thibaut Muller, Pieter Bourgeois, Kinan Drak Alsibai, Magalie Demar, Pierre Couppie, Romain Blaizot
Chromoblastomycosis (CBM) is a chronic neglected fungal disease, usually met in tropical areas. French Guiana is a South American territory with limited epidemiological data. This retrospective study concerned all patients with CBM proven by at least one paraclinical examination and diagnosed in French Guiana between 1950 and 2023. In total, 23 patients were included, mostly males (87%) of Creole origin, living in the coastal region (87%) and involved in outdoor occupations (74%). Lesions were mostly observed on the lower limbs (78...
February 22, 2024: Journal of Fungi (Basel, Switzerland)
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38535000/capability-of-machine-learning-algorithms-to-classify-safe-and-unsafe-postures-during-weight-lifting-tasks-using-inertial-sensors
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Giuseppe Prisco, Maria Romano, Fabrizio Esposito, Mario Cesarelli, Antonella Santone, Leandro Donisi, Francesco Amato
Occupational ergonomics aims to optimize the work environment and to enhance both productivity and worker well-being. Work-related exposure assessment, such as lifting loads, is a crucial aspect of this discipline, as it involves the evaluation of physical stressors and their impact on workers' health and safety, in order to prevent the development of musculoskeletal pathologies. In this study, we explore the feasibility of machine learning (ML) algorithms, fed with time- and frequency-domain features extracted from inertial signals (linear acceleration and angular velocity), to automatically and accurately discriminate safe and unsafe postures during weight lifting tasks...
March 8, 2024: Diagnostics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38534928/adapting-an-adolescent-and-young-adult-program-housed-in-a-quaternary-cancer-centre-to-a-regional-cancer-centre-creating-equitable-access-to-developmentally-tailored-support
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Marlie Smith, Simone Kurup, Kaviya Devaraja, Shaayini Shanawaz, Lorrie Reynolds, Jill Ross, Andrea Bezjak, Abha A Gupta, Alisha Kassam
Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer, representing those between 15 and 39 years of age, face distinctive challenges balancing their life stage with the physical, emotional, and social impacts of a cancer diagnosis. These challenges include fertility concerns, disruptions to educational and occupational pursuits, issues related to body image and sexual health, and the need for age-appropriate psychosocial support within their communities. The Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (PM), a quaternary care center, established a specialized AYA program in 2014, offering holistic and developmentally tailored psychosocial support and currently, efforts are underway to expand this to other regions in the province to address the need for equitable access...
February 27, 2024: Current Oncology
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