Uncertainties and challenges when facing new and emerging occupational risks

Challenges, consequences and requirements of facing with the emerging contagious disease Crisis

Background and Aim: The pandemic of coronavirus as an emerging virus is still prevalent around the world, which in addition to high mortality, numerous economic losses, is a serious threat to the health of the world and has social and security consequences. The gap in knowledge about the cause, treatment options, and mortality of high COVID-19 has increased speculation about it and confused pol...

Occupational risks and challenges of seafaring.

UNLABELLED Seafarers are exposed to a high diversity of occupational health hazards onboard ships. OBJECTIVE The aim of this article is to present a survey of the current, most important hazards in seafaring including recommendations on measures how to deal with these problems. METHODS The review is based on maritime expert opinions as well a PubMed analysis related to the occupational risk...

Challenges Facing Healthwatch, a New Consumer Champion in England

This article engages with debates about the conceptualisation and practical challenges of patient and public involvement (PPI) in health and social care services. Policy in this area in England has shifted numerous times but increasingly a consumerist discourse seems to override more democratic ideas concerning the relationship between citizens and public services. Recent policy change in Engla...

Safety and Occupational Health: Challenges and Opportunities in Emerging Economies

Don't know, can't know: embracing deeper uncertainties when analysing risks.

Numerous types of uncertainty arise when using formal models in the analysis of risks. Uncertainty is best seen as a relation, allowing a clear separation of the object, source and 'owner' of the uncertainty, and we argue that all expressions of uncertainty are constructed from judgements based on possibly inadequate assumptions, and are therefore contingent. We consider a five-level structure ...