background: psychologically traumatic workplace events (known as critical incidents) occur within various work environments, with workgroups in certain industries vulnerable to multiple incidents. with the increasing prevalence of incidents in the usa, incident response is a growing practice area within occupational medicine, industrial psychology, occupational social work and other occupationa...

fisheries industry in india is an unorganized sector of occupation where considerable proportion of workers is female. however, the prevalent gender inequality in terms of task allocation, wages, and other welfare facilities makes the men as dominant workforce. furthermore, there are occasions when incidents of workplace violence take place. the present study was conducted to find the prevalenc...

BACKGROUND A physically active lifestyle plays a preventative role in the development of various chronic diseases and mental health conditions. Unfortunately, few adults achieve the minimum amount of physical activity and spend excessive time sitting. Developing targeted interventions to increase active living among adults is an important endeavour for public health. One plausible context to re...

INTRODUCTION To describe changes in workplace physical activity, and health-, and work-related outcomes, in workers who transitioned from a conventional to an 'activity-permissive' workplace. METHODS A natural pre-post experiment conducted in Vancouver, Canada in 2011. A convenience sample of office-based workers (n=24, 75% women, mean [SD] age = 34.5 [8.1] years) were examined four months fo...

abstract flood causes great and uncompressible damage to people’s life and properties as well as environment each year in iran. this research was carried out at the west section of jazmurian basin that placed in the southeast of iran. in this research physical characteristics such as area (a), perimeter (pr), average elevation of basin (av.e), average slope (av.s), gravelious coefficient (g), l...

W ellness is “the active process of becoming aware of and making choices toward a successful existence, both as individuals within society and within the work environment” (1). Wellness enhances physical, mental, and social well-being, and in one word, “health.” In recent years, wellness has moved into the workplace as enterprises — meaning both for-profit and not-for-profit companies, business...

BACKGROUND Current Canadian evidence illustrating the health benefits and cost-effectiveness of caregiver-friendly workplace policies is needed if Canadian employers are to adopt and integrate caregiver-friendly workplace policies into their employment practices. The goal of this three-year, three study research project is to provide such evidence for the auto manufacturing and educational serv...

Workplace-based learning is considered as one of the most effective way of translating medical theory into clinical practice. Although employed traditionally at postgraduate level, this strategy can be used in undergraduate students coming for clerkships in clinical departments. There are many challenges to workplace learning such as, unfavorable physical environment, lack of interest by clinic...

OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of a workplace leisure physical activity program on healthcare expenditures for type 2 diabetes and hypertension treatment. MATERIAL AND METHODS We assessed a workplace program's potential to reduce costs by multiplying the annual healthcare costs of patients with type 2 diabetes and hypertension by the population attributable risk fraction of non-recommended ph...