Disease reporting after the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases, and Dangerous Occurrence Regulations (1995) (RIDDOR) is revised

Validity of International Health Regulations in Reporting Emerging Infectious Diseases

Understanding which emerging infectious diseases are of international public health concern is vital. The International Health Regulations include a decision instrument to help countries determine which public health events are of international concern and require reporting to the World Health Organization (WHO) on the basis of seriousness, unusualness, international spread and trade, or need f...

Preventing Injuries in Workers: The Role of Management Practices in Decreasing Injuries Reporting

BackgroundResearchers have found that management safety practices may predict occupational injuries and psychological distresses in the workplace. The present study examined the perception of management safety practices related to injuries reporting and its dimensions among workers of Isfahan Steel Company (ESCO).     Methods A self-administered anonymous survey was distributed to 189 workers. ...

Indifferent reporting of notifiable diseases.

The predictive power of injuries reporting rate and its dimensions by fatalism among the workers of a steel company

Background: Fatalism, an obstacle to the adoption of safe behaviors, describes the belief that injuries are unavoidable and occur due to haphazard or fate. The present study examined degree of fatalism related to injuries reporting rate and its dimensions among workers’ Isfahan Steel Company. Methods: A self-administered anonymous was distributed to 250 workers. The survey included demogr...

Selection Bias in reporting the prevalence of Transfusion Transmitted Infection Diseases in Iranian Hemophiliacs