Social representations of health surveillance among workers.

The Impact of Drug and Alcohol Consumption and Socio-demographic Variables on the Age of First Selling Sex among Iranian Female Sex Workers

[Social representations of public health among healthcare workers within the French Armed Forces].

BACKGROUND Public health is a multidisciplinary activity whose fields of action are acquiring an increasingly broad. The Service de santé des armées (SSA) has always had a culture of public health problems thanks to doctors specialized in the treatment of major diseases. Often involved in public health activities, health professionals nevertheless have a fragmented vision. The objective was to ...

Work-related sickness absences and mandatory occupational health surveillance.

BACKGROUND To prevent work-related ill-health, selection of workers for mandatory occupational health surveillance should be based on the actual risk of work-related disease. AIMS (i) To determine the proportion of sick-listed workers with self-reported work-related health problems not under mandatory occupational health surveillance. (ii) To determine whether self-reported work-related sickn...

Population-based surveillance of asthma among workers in British Columbia, Canada.

INTRODUCTION Population-based health databases were used for the surveillance of asthma among workers in British Columbia for the period 1999 to 2003. The purpose was to identify high-risk groups of workers with asthma for further investigation, education and prevention. METHODS Workers were identified using an employer-paid health premium field in the provincial health registry, and were lin...

Relationship of social capital with overweight and obesity among female health care workers

Background: The epidemic of obesity has turned into a major global health challenge. Environmental and social factors such as social capital, can significantly affect obesity. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship of social capital with overweight and obesity among female health-care workers. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2018 on 680 female health-care workers wh...