ISSUE ADDRESSED A systematic ecological framework in which to design sustainable, community-based, safety promotion interventions is presented. METHOD A literature review was undertaken of English-language articles addressing the topics of 'ecological injury prevention or safety promotion', 'ecological health promotion', 'sustainable economic, health or ecological systems' and 'steady state',...

Introduction Patient safety promotion requires a systemic perspective of healthcare organizations to mitigate and prevent human errors, providing adequate structure; designing processes and creating a safety culture that support the best practice of healthcare professionals. Nurses have a crucial role on patient safety, as they are able to promote an efficient, effective, timely, evidenced-base...

objectives: an effective safety management requires paying attention to human factors. one of the most important methods for achievement to accident prevention is using safety climate or safety culture. moreover, some studies suggest that in most organizations behavior contributes to 86-96% of all injuries. this cross-sectional study was performed on the functional units’ workers of khuzestan p...

abstract background: patient safety is considered as the most important quality for healthcare. one of the main factors that play an important role in the promotion of healthcare institutes is patient safety. this study describes the nurses’ awareness of patient safety culture in neonatal intensive care units (nicus). materials and methods: in this descriptive study, 83 nurses working in neonat...

The ageing of workers is one of the most important issues for occupational health and 10 safety in Europe. A number of studies on health promotion intervention for older workers were 11 conducted in European workplaces between 2000 and 2015. This review gives an overview of these 12 studies and considers perspectives for workplace health promotion. 13

The concept of Occupational Health and Safety Management (OHSM) involves the identification of hazards and risks in the workplace and the definition of the rights, roles and responsibilities of stakeholders in the implementation of control and or preventive measures. The study identifies 5 different classes of hazards to include – chemical, biological, physical, ergonomic and psychosocial hazar...

OBJECTIVE To analyse the prerequisites for a nationwide primary healthcare (PHC) home safety promotion programme in Iran. BACKGROUND Injury is a major public health problem throughout the world, currently accounting for one-seventh of all premature deaths and disabilities. Within 20 years, it is estimated that the proportion will increase to one-fifth. The present healthcare system in Iran wa...

kim’s overview of food and drug administration (fda) regulatory actions from 2005 to 2014 is a comprehensive analysis of the us regulatory experience with online direct-to-consumer advertising (dtca) of prescription medicines. this experience is of relevance internationally as online dtca reaches the english-speaking public globally, despite the illegality of dtca in most countries. the most co...