BACKGROUND The Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishery (AgFF) Sector workforce in the US is comprised primarily of Latino immigrants. Health care access for these workers is limited and increases health disparities. METHODS This article addresses health care access for immigrant workers in the AgFF Sector, and the workforce providing care to these workers. CONTENTS Immigrant workers bear a dispr...

backgrounds: situation awareness is an important factor in industrial accidents. improving situation awareness may help to prevent occupational accidents. determination of factors influencing situation awareness will help to plan and take measures for betterment of working condition and development of a safer workplace. in this study, we examined the role of work overload and job stress in pred...

background: health care workers (hcws) are at the risk of the acquisition of occupational transmissible diseases. controversial results have been reported about hepatitis c virus (hcv). the main objective of the recent study was to evaluate the seroprevalence of hcv and its relationship to the occupational history and exposure of hcws in two teaching hospitals in tehran-iran. materials and meth...

Background: One of the most important concerns after disasters is managing their health consequences. This study examines the experiences of primary healthcare workers (PHCWs) who involved in managing the health effects of the Arasbaran twin earthquakes of August 2012. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted using a qualitative approach. Data were collected through semi-structured deep...

OBJECTIVE To determine the relationship between psychological empowerment and readiness for organisational change among primary healthcare workers in Iran. METHODS This descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study comprised 64 primary health workers in Noorabad, western Iran, and was conducted in 2012. A multi-stage cluster sampling was used for the study. Information was collected using two ...

BACKGROUND The World Health Organization defines a "critical shortage" of health workers as being fewer than 2.28 health workers per 1000 population and failing to attain 80% coverage for deliveries by skilled birth attendants. We aimed to quantify the number of health workers in five African countries and the proportion of these currently working in primary health care facilities, to compare t...

BACKGROUND Nigeria has suffered from several healthcare workers' strikes in the past 36 months, involving all categories of health workers. Frequent healthcare workers' strikes result in the closure of public healthcare institutions preventing Nigerians' access to quality health services. The purpose of this study was to identify the root cause(s) of strikes by healthcare workers, their effects...

(known locally as a 'lady health workers') have formed the backbone of the primary health care system for the past fifteen years. These women are members of the communities they serve and are responsible for 150–200 households (around 1,000 people) each. They provide primary health care with a focus on reproductive health and family planning. During the day, lady health workers visit women at t...