Exploring Study Designs for Evaluation of Interventions Aimed to Reduce Occupational Diseases and Injuries.

Evaluation of Preventive Interventions in Reporting Needle Stick Injuries among Health Care Workers

Background and Objective: Needle stick injuries (NSIs) are a common potential risk for healthcare workers. The aim of this study was to evaluate preventive interventions against needle stick injury incidents among HCWs.   Methods: Seven hospitals in the Iranian Chaharmahal-VA-Bakhtiari Province were surveyed between March 2008 to March 2013. Data of the needle stick injuries of healthcare wor...

Exploring the Management Competencies and Experiences of Healthcare Providers to Reduce Casualties and Injuries to Veterans during the Iran-Iraq war: A Qualitative Study

Occupational genital injuries during 10 years in pistachio farmers, Rafsanjan, Iran

  Background: Genital injuries are important because of their association with injuries to major organs and vasculature of pelvis. Both degolving of genitalia skin and amputation of penile glans and testis are rare conditions. Although genital injury is rarely life threatening, it can result in serious sexual, psychological and physiological consequences. This study aimed to introduce few ...

Evaluation of occupational health interventions using a randomized controlled trial: challenges and alternative research designs.

Occupational health researchers regularly conduct evaluative intervention research for which a randomized controlled trial (RCT) may not be the most appropriate design (eg, effects of policy measures, organizational interventions on work schedules). This article demonstrates the appropriateness of alternative designs for the evaluation of occupational health interventions, which permit causal i...

Path analysis of occupational injuries based on the structural equation modeling approach: a retrospective study in the construction industry

Background and aims: The construction industry, sites, and projects are the most dangerous industries in terms of the risk of occupational accidents and injuries. Important factors that have led the industry as a health, safety, environment (HSE) high-risk industry in the world can be cited such as continuous changes in construction projects, using a lot of resources, poor working conditions,...