During their studies to become medical professionals, all students are obliged to become familiar with various aspects of primary care. The aim is to provide all students with a high quality training which ensures the best possible cooperation across all sectors of the medical system. Primary care comprises the primary use of the medical service by an unfiltered set of patients as well as conti...

The uncertainty factor concept is integrated into health risk assessments for all aspects of public health practice, including by most organizations that derive occupational exposure limits. The use of uncertainty factors is predicated on the assumption that a sufficient reduction in exposure from those at the boundary for the onset of adverse effects will yield a safe exposure level for at lea...

OBJECTIVES To identify approaches to and barriers associated with the management of patients with work-related stress by general practitioners (GPs). DESIGN Cross-sectional postal survey using a self-administered questionnaire which included a case vignette of a patient with work-related stress and questions ascertaining perceived barriers to the effective general practice management of work-...

background: attention to worker's health and safety is one of the priorities in health and medical delivery system of iran. this study was to assess health, medical and safety activities in hamadan province industries having more than 50 workers in 1997 . methods: the study group was made up of 3377 workers. for collecting data a questionnaire was provided and sent to the subject industries. he...

AIM The objective of this study is to analyze the commitment to a more health-promoting health service and to illuminate important barriers for having a health-promoting role in daily practice, among Swedish health care professionals. MATERIAL AND METHOD Out of a total of 3751 health professionals who are working daytime in clinical practice in the province of Västerbotten, 1810 were invited ...

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We have entered a new therapy-world called the world of evidence-based practice. That this world is new is, in its own way, rather odd. On one level of thinking, one would hope that we have engaged in evidence-based practice for a long time already, if not forever. Surely, none of us engages in therapy strategies and techniques that have no evidence for being effective, do we? Well, yes and no....

Stephanie Viau, MS, OTR, is Staff Occupational Therapist, Pinecrest Medical Care Facility, Powers, MI. In recent years, the health professions have seen an increasing call for evidencebased practice. Evidence-based practice is the “conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients” (Sackett, Rosenberg, Gray, Haynes, & R...

objective: psychiatric distress and work related stress may have a profound effect on an individual's well-being .the aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence rate of mental health problems and their distribution by age, educational level, marital status and years of employment in a chocolate manufacturing company in iran .the general health questionnaire (a widely used screening instru...

background: many countries make many of their governmental sectors private. this transition, however, may affect their employees in numerous ways. objective: to determine the level of occupational stress and mental health of employees of a petrochemical company in isfahan, central iran, before and 3 months after privatization. methods: out of the 700 employees of the studied company, using a st...