conclusions the hepatitis b vaccination coverage was more than many studies in other countries. it seems that the vaccination program of the current study had sufficient efficacy for medical surveillance of hcws in the academic hospitals under study. the essential point for success at a vaccination program was good performance of occupational health department. methods this retrospective descri...

Pa ge Introduction ................................................ 1 What is an occupational classification? ....................... 1 What are occupational classifications used for? ............... 2 Key characteristics of ISCO-88 ................................ 4 Comparison with ISCO-68 ....................................... 9 Follow-up work on ISCO-88 ........................................

OBJECTIVES To investigate the effectiveness of a long established intervention, occupational therapy for people with psychotic conditions, and to inform future research designs. DESIGN A pilot randomized controlled trial. SETTING Two community mental health teams in a UK city. PARTICIPANTS Forty-four adults with schizophrenia or other psychotic conditions, and functional problems. INTER...

OBJECTIVES As part of a consultancy project on occupational health, the Delphi method was used to identify research priorities in occupational health in Malaysia. METHODS Participation was sought from government ministries, industry, and professional organisations, and university departments with an interest in occupational and public health. Two rounds of questionnaires resulted in a final l...

BACKGROUND Ethnic minority groups in high-income countries are disproportionately affected by Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) for reasons that are unclear. We assessed the association of educational and occupational levels with CKD in a multi-ethnic population. Furthermore, we assessed to what extent ethnic inequalities in the prevalence of CKD were accounted for by educational and occupational le...

Relationships between occupational membership and personal consumption have long been an important area of social analysis. Occupational groups represent contexts consumption, where individuals’ advantages resources are accumulated often impose reproduction field-specific practices patterns behaviour. Drawing on Bourdieu’s conceptualization capitals using the British family expenditure survey, ...

BACKGROUND Occupational health services may have a strategic role in the prevention of sickness absence, as well as in rehabilitation and return to work after sick leave, because of their medical expertise in combination with a close connection to workplaces. The purpose of this study was to explore how employers and occupational health service providers describe their business relations and th...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The progressive increase in cases of multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) syndrome and the lack of studies which associate the syndrome with possible occupational origins means that further research in this field is required. The objective of this study was to compare the epidemiological, clinical and prognostic aspects of cases of MCS of occupational and non-occupationa...

A Delphi survey was carried out in an attempt to identify areas of priority in occupational health that should be targeted by research. Previously 53 occupational physicians identified and ranked these areas. These were then assessed by personel managers. There was considerable agreement on priorities between the two groups with musculoskeletal disorders and stress securing the highest ranking.

results the overall prevalence of occupational asthma was 9.7%. this rate was 13.8% in the exposed group. logistic regression analysis showed that even after adjustment for confounding factors, a significant correlation existed between the frequency of occupational asthma and exposure to the produced dust particles (p < 0.05). in addition, age, work experience, body mass index, cigarette smokin...