strengthening the health workforce and universal health coverage (uhc) are among key targets in the heathrelated sustainable development goals (sdgs) to be committed by the united nations (un) member states in september 2015. the health workforce, the backbone of health systems, contributes to functioning delivery systems. equitable distribution of functioning services is indispensable to achie...

OBJECTIVE To assess the temporal trends in occupation specific all causes and cause specific mortality in Japan between 1980 and 2005. DESIGN Longitudinal analysis of individual death certificates by last occupation before death. Data on population by age and occupation were derived from the population census. SETTING Government records, Japan. PARTICIPANTS Men aged 30-59. MAIN OUTCOME ...

BACKGROUND Many people with a mental illness are parents caring for dependent children. These children are at greater risk of developing their own mental health concerns compared to other children. Mental health services are opportune places for healthcare professionals to identify clients' parenting status and address the needs of their children. There is a knowledge gap regarding Thai mental ...

The implications of on-the-job search and learning-by-doing of young workers are studied in a search-matching model. The labor market is segmented in two submarkets: that of beginning workers earning minimum wage, and that of experienced workers offering higher wages. After a long enough employment spell, beginners can search for a better paid job in the experienced submarket. Unemployment bene...

This paper investigates the relationship between full-time home-based telework and professional career development for knowledge workers. Based on the influence of full-time homebased teleworking on factors that determine for professional career development it is argued that for a knowledge worker’s career in a certain stage it is or is not advisable to participate in home-based teleworking on ...

INTRODUCTION Patient aggression affects healthcare quality and, in extreme situations, may even lead to medical malpractice. Little is known, however, about the specific distribution of health care professionals' exposure to patient aggression in various countries. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess the exposure of various professional groups of healthcare personnel to patient aggr...

AIMS To compare the health status of UK professional divers and age-matched non-divers and to contrast offshore divers (OSDs) with non-offshore divers (NOSDs). METHODS A postal survey sent to 2958 male professional divers, registered with the UK Health & Safety Executive (HSE) before 1991, and 2708 men who had worked in the offshore oil industry in 1990-92 (non-divers). The questionnaire addr...

BACKGROUND Job stress is one of the important issues in the health sector and its high effect on workers' productivity. Managerial skills can help organizations to improve employees' effectiveness and reduce job stress. The present study investigated the relationship between employees' job stress and managers' professional skills. METHODS This cross-sectional and correlation study was conduct...

INTRODUCTION Noise is a major cause of health disorders in workers and has unique importance in the auditory analysis of people exposed to it. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the arithmetic mean of the auditory thresholds at frequencies of 3, 4, and 6 kHz of workers from five professional categories exposed to occupational noise. METHODS We propose a retrospective cross-sectional coh...