BACKGROUND South African infant and child mortality remains high, with many deaths occurring outside the formal health services. Delayed health care seeking represents a large proportion of these deaths. AIM To generate knowledge about the role of, and influences on, caregivers with regard to decision-making about when and where to seek care for sick children. SETTING Two communities in Kwa...

based on previous researches and current research indoor contaminations in most of the time were more than outdoor contaminations. in according to, most of our times have been spent in indoor environments (85-90%), therefore, it is necessary to investigate indoor environments. symptoms of sick building syndrome are headache, dizziness, drowsiness. unknown reasons of disease above mentioned and ...

OBJECTIVES Workers who carry out modified work during sick leave due to musculoskeletal complaints seem to return to full-capacity work earlier than colleagues not given modified work. This study evaluates whether modified work during sick leave also influences the recurrence of a new episode of sick leave. METHODS Questionnaires on physical and psychosocial workload, musculoskeletal complain...

BACKGROUND Medical sickness certificates are generally the main source for information when scrutinizing the need for aimed intervention strategies to avoid or reduce the individual and community side effects of sick leave. This study explored the value of medical sickness certificates related to daily work in Norwegian National Insurance Offices to identify sick-listed persons, where modified ...

There have been few longitudinal studies on sick building syndrome (SBS), which include headache, fatigue, and runny nose. We considered effect of sick building syndrome with illnesses like headache, fatigue and runny nose. Thus, we designed a questionnaire and asked from male of dormitory residence. Questions of the questionnaire were more about known symptoms of buildings (headache, fatigue, ...