Background: Even after following the multi-strategy approach of Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) in India for the last four decades, reducing malnutrition among children below 6 years has turned out to be a herculean task, because of the poor focus by Anganwadi workers (AWWs) on empowering community to manage malnutrition among the children at home level. Therefore, it becomes neces...

BACKGROUND Few studies have examined teamwork as mediator and moderator of work demands-burnout and job engagement-job satisfaction relationships in healthcare workers (HCWs) in South-East Europe. AIM To assess mediation and moderation effect of teamwork on the relationship between independent (work demands or job engagement) and dependent (burnout or job satisfaction) variables. METHODS Wo...

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most important occupational risks for healthcare workers (HCWs) in South Korea. Many policies regarding the control and prevention of TB in healthcare settings recommend that HCWs are tested for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in addition to active TB. Moreover, the Korean Tuberculosis Prevention Act also recommends that HCWs receive regular testing for LTBI...

The ability of wild animals to respond flexibly to anthropogenic environmental changes, including agriculture, is critical to survival in human-impacted habitats. Understanding use of human foods by wildlife can shed light on the acquisition of novel feeding habits and how animals respond to human-driven land-use changes. Little attention has focused on within-species variation in use of human ...

An indirect solar drier of 25 kg capacity has been developed fitted with solar cell for running the fan. The bulbs are provided in the solar collector for air heating during clouds and evening & morning for faster drying reducing drying time. 15 such solar driers have been installed in the state. Various hill agricultural crops have been dried in solar drier by the farmers and collected. The ma...

INTRODUCTION In case of pandemics, healthcare workers (HCWs) are the main actors and, at the same time, one of the main targets of preventive measures. This is what occurred in 2009 during the A/HINI pandemic flu. The aim of our survey was to get information about HCWs' knowledge of the A/HINI pandemic flu prevention. MATERIALS AND METHODS A survey of 32 questions, 11 of which about knowledge...

each community , due to differences in climatical , social economical and cultural peculiarities has a different sort of public health problems . in planning and executing public health programs , health workers should first be concerned with the problems of the locality and then with the program.

the objective of this study was to assess the seroprevalence of varicella antibodies in healthcare workers and students of healthcare professions and to determine the validity of the self-reported varicella and zona history for detecting susceptible subjects. personnel of imam reza hospital (kermanshah-iran) and students were recruited and a 5 ml blood sample was obtained from all participants....

the study of 10,504 cases of industrial accidents, involving 590,164 injured workers employed in different industries in tehran industrial pole during one year shows that the over all incidence rate is 17.80 with a significant variation in regard to age and the type of industry. furthermore, 96.58% 0t accidents have happened within the workshops. considering the final outcome of the accidents, ...

situation awareness is an important factor in the incidence of industrial accidents. improving situation awareness may help to prevent occupational accidents. determination of factors influencing the situation awareness will help to plan and implement the measures for improving working conditions and making a safer workplace. in this study, was examined the role of work overload and sleepiness ...