PURPOSE To adapt a questionnaire in the Persian language measuring working conditions and health problems among nursing personnel. A further aim was to test the validity and reliability of the questionnaire. METHODS The adapted questionnaire was based on three well-established questionnaires. Physical working conditions items were from Nurse Early Exit Study. Psychosocial working conditions s...

UNLABELLED Rubber tapping processes posed potential risk of various health problems among rubber workers. It ranges from simple musculoskeletal aches to more serious and complicated structural damage to bone, muscles, tendons and nerves of musculoskeletal system. These health problems might be linked directly to the arduous demands of farm labor. OBJECTIVES A cross-sectional study was conduct...

A Nordic WelfAre Model? The Nordic countries are all established welfare states, and there has for some time existed a notion of a distinctive Nordic or Scandinavian welfare state; it is often understood in terms of broad, tax-financed public responsibility and legislated, collective, and universalistic solutions that respect employment interest yet aim at welfare and equity goals (1). Lately, ...

Introduction and Aim: Fish processing industries have been showing tremendous growth in recent years. Various modern technologies equipment are incorporated the fish plants. Some of tasks plants yet involve manual handling. Prolong working wet environment awkward confined posture leads to development musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). The current study aimed at evaluating prevalence work-related...

This paper proposes a mixed ergonomic tool analysis algorithm to prioritize work-related musculoskeletal problems. study is cross-sectional assessing the prevalence of disorders (WMSDs) with associated risk factors among 14 male mango-harvesting farmers (all right-handed) mean age 52.28 ± 7.75 years. Four tasks following processes were analyzed: (1) mango harvesting, (2) transporting, (3) size ...

BACKGROUND Data from the Nordic health care registers have been of great value in perinatal epidemiological research. It has been assumed that findings from the Nordic population (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) are applicable to other populations as well, including the population of the US. OBJECTIVE To describe and compare maternal and infant characteristics between the Nordi...