BACKGROUND Vietnam is among those countries with the highest drinking prevalence. In this study, we examined the prevalence of alcohol use disorders (AUDs) and its associations with HIV risky behaviors, health care utilization, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among clients using voluntary HIV testing and counseling services (VCT). METHODS A cross-sectional survey of 365 VCT clients...

OBJECTIVE Develop and test a farm health and injury prevention educational intervention for high school agriculture students. SETTING Twenty one high schools in Kentucky, Iowa, and Mississippi. METHODS A quasiexperimental crossover design was used to test the effectiveness of two sets of instructional materials designed through participatory action research with agriculture teachers and stu...

BACKGROUND Although the hazardous tasks adolescent workers perform in service and retail industries are well documented, little is known about the extent to which young workers recognize these tasks as hazardous or dangerous. METHODS Using data from a nationally representative cross-sectional telephone survey conducted in 2003, we examined hazardous task recognition among 858 adolescents work...

OBJECTIVE Construction is a hazardous occupation due to the unique nature of activities involved and the repetitiveness of several field behaviors. The aim of this methodological and theoretical review is to explore the empirical factors influencing unsafe behaviors and accidents on construction sites. METHODS In this work, results and findings from 56 related previous studies were investigat...

The coal mine production safety hazards are large, and the situation is difficult, workers affected psychologically, producing unsafe psychological states triggering behavior. This paper firstly studies interactive influence process of state reveals emergence psychology behavior workers. According to characteristics qualitative simulation behavior, personnel, 23 schemes designed, analysis carri...

Reproductive function has been shown to be sensitive to changes in the physical, psychosocial and chemical environments. Although reproductive effects of occupational exposure to hazardous chemicals have been well documented in the literature, the potential effects of chemical contaminants at levels representative of contemporary exposures in the general population are much less certain. Eviden...

This paper presents an approach for representing and analyzing random motions and hazardous events in a simulated three-dimensional workplace, providing designers and analysts with a new technique for evaluating operator-machine interaction hazards in virtual environments. Technical data in this paper is based upon a project striving to reduce workers’ risks from being hit by underground mining...

OBJECTIVE To characterize the impulse noise exposure and auditory risk for air rifle users for both youth and adults. DESIGN Acoustic characteristics were examined and the auditory risk estimates were evaluated using contemporary damage-risk criteria for unprotected adult listeners and the 120-dB peak limit and LAeq75 exposure limit suggested by the World Health Organization (1999) for childr...