Reprint

Worker and Public Health and Safety

Current Views

Edited by
June 2021
602 pages
  • ISBN978-3-0365-0094-2 (Hardback)
  • ISBN978-3-0365-0095-9 (PDF)

This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Worker and Public Health and Safety: Current Views that was published in

Environmental & Earth Sciences
Medicine & Pharmacology
Public Health & Healthcare
Summary
This book on "Worker and Public Health and Safety: Current Views" brings together current scholarly work and opinions in the form of original papers and reviews related to this field of study. It provides important and recent scientific reading as well as topical medical and occupational information and research in areas of immediate relevance, such as chronic and occupational diseases, worker safety and performance, job strain, workload, injuries, accident and errors, risks and management, fitness, burnout, psychological and mental disorders including stress, therapy, job satisfaction, musculoskeletal symptoms and pain, socio-economic factors, dust pollution, pesticides, noise, pathogens, and related areas.
Format
  • Hardback
License
© 2022 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
aberrant driving behaviour; accident involvement; taxi drivers; driver behaviour questionnaire; asbestos; domestic; environmental; health impact survey; household; Korea; neighbor; roof; slate; non-standard work; metabolic syndrome; Korean workers; socioeconomic status; sex; care workers’ intention to leave; nursing homes for the elderly; psychosocial factors; musculoskeletal complaints; impaired well-being; failure mode and effects analysis; medical failure; novel data-driven approach; data envelopment analysis; healthcare; workplace injuries; spinal trauma; record-linkage data; coffee workers; dust exposure; Ethiopia; lung function; respiratory symptoms; return-to-work; vocational rehabilitation; multidisciplinary rehabilitation; chronic pain; mental illness; sick leave; work performance; oral health; intervention study; behavioral modification; stress; stress management; human resources; executives; physiology; health; technology; business; occupational disease; socioeconomic position; incapacity for work; reserves; part-time; military; health and safety; defence; injury; sickness absence; public workers; university; psychosocial work environment; occupational health; health workers; mental health; nursing; depression; anxiety; stress; obesity; labor market performance; job qualifications; young adults; workplace injuries; work safety; health and safety; work errors forestry; injury rate; offshore wind industry; reconciliation of offshore work and family life/partnership; coping strategies; psychosocial adaptation; qualitative analysis; correction workers; stress; exhaustion; psychosocial and behavioral factors; Bayesian Network; Total Worker Health®; occupational health and safety; risk assessment; chemical risks; occupational exposure; pesticides; occupational risk management; olive orchards; sound localization; level-dependent hearing protectors; back-up alarm; directivity of hearing; impulse noise; earmuffs; earplugs; auditory danger signal; warning signal; safety at work; oil and gas; overexertion; sleep; shift; workload; questionnaire; agriculture; injury risk; occupational safety; road sign comprehension; slope angle; warning sign; ergonomics; forestry; postural risk assessment; RULA; REBA; wood-chipper; nurses; emotional labor; anger; depression; anxiety; needlestick injuries; sharp injury; health care workers; occupational exposure; risk factors; knowledge; behaviors; underreporting; hospitals; Poland; work-related cerebrovascular and cardiovascular diseases; occupation; Poisson regression; rate ratio; aerobic fitness; body drag; fence climb; foot pursuit; job-specific; law enforcement officer; obstacle course; police; tactical; manual materials handling; electromyography (EMG); motor control; experience; electrocardiography; kinematics; audiometry; occupational; noise-induced hearing loss; hearing threshold; exposed; iron and steel; Tanzania; transformational leadership; safety behavior; job strain; self-efficacy regarding safety; moderated mediation model; burnout; construct validity; MBI; industry; work-related injuries; spinal trauma; record linkage data; cost; rehabilitation; complications; unmet needs; unplanned readmissions; public health; health promotion; occupational health; social class; health inequalities; satisfaction with care; nursing care; child; parents; organisational climate; role stress; employee’ well-being; public administration; manual cultivation; job characterization; ergonomics; efficiency; cardiovascular workload; work intensity; risk of musculoskeletal disorders; occupational safety and health; psychological distance; public response; response gap; law enforcement; foot pursuit; load carriage; chase; body armor; nontuberculous mycobacteria; occupational exposure; pneumoconiosis; nurses; burnout; metabolic syndrome; waist circumference; emotional exhaustion; personal accomplishment; Mexico; physical activity; demographic factors; social factors; working age; city; population studies; temporary worker; eating behaviors; meal skipping; eating alone; Korea; global health; health inequalities; legislation; mental health; psychosocial hazard; public health policy; workplace violence; job strain; psychosocial hazard; occupational health; follow-up; video display terminal; visual fatigue; refractive disorders; burnout; gynecology; meta-analysis; nurses; obstetrics; prevalence