Technological change has altered labor market demands within well-developed societies implying global competition for skilled and, as a consequence, new forms of migration. So far, patterns this migration have been underexplored. Thus, the article analyzes characteristics, geographies and possible underlying drivers workers migrating from Germany an exemplary case country. Relying on probabilit...

The industrial revolution that took place in the United Kingdom (UK) between 1760 and 1830 lead to profound social change, with rapid urbanisation associated with squalid living conditions and epidemics of infectious diseases. The next 150 yr or so saw the introduction of many specific acts of health and safety legislation. In 1974 new overarching primary legislation was introduced that would p...

UNLABELLED Exhaled nitric oxide (FE(NO)) has been used as a marker of asthmatic inflammation in non-occupational asthma, but some asthmatics have a normal FE(NO). In this study we investigated whether, normal FE(NO) variants have less reactivity in methacholine challenge and smaller peak expiratory flow (PEF) responses than high FE(NO) variants in a group of occupational asthmatics. METHODS W...

Objectives: Clinical reasoning is at the heart of clinical work; it is affected by different field factors. A clear understanding of the reasoning process could solve practitioners' problems on how to make their underlying theories, assumptions and values more explicit. The aim of this research is to understand how clinical reasoning process is formed in the context of occupational therapists w...

BACKGROUND Eating behavior affects weight and thus the development of obesity. Studies on the effect of occupational burnout (exhaustive fatigue, cynicism, and lost occupational self-respect caused by chronic work stress) on eating behavior are lacking. OBJECTIVE The objective was to investigate associations between occupational burnout, eating behavior, and weight among working women. DESI...

In occupational therapy the conceptual change from continuing education (CE) to continuing professional education (CPE) has been a gradual one. This change has paralleled the awakening of the field of ad ult continuing education to the unique needs for lifelong learning activities shared by individuals who are members of the various professions. The concept of CPE is now commonly applied to ong...

The United Nations champions inclusive education as a moral obligation, requiring equitable learning environments that meet all individuals’ diverse needs and abilities, including children youth. Yet the practice of is variable implementation challenges persist. A participatory action research framework was used to develop solution, Partnering for Change (P4C), which tiered service delivery mod...