Humanitarian responses to conflict and disasters due to natural hazards usually operate in contexts of resource scarcity and unmet demands for healthcare workers. Task shifting is one avenue for delivering needed health care in resource poor settings, and on-the-ground reports indicate that task shifting may be applicable in humanitarian contexts. However, a variety of obstacles currently restr...

background acupuncture has recently received considerable attention around the world due to its cost-effectiveness, few side effects, and well-established analgesic properties. objectives the present study aimed to identify the factors that might lead to using acupuncture for pain relief. patients and methods this qualitative study was conducted using conventional content analysis method. the s...

An in-treatment web-based survey was conducted in 2005 with 50 New York World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers, volunteers, and area residents and workers who were treated with Ayurvedic herbs for post-9/11 symptoms. The survey documented pretreatment efforts at symptom relief, post-treatment symptom impact, and the context for using the herbal intervention. Herbal treatment was adminis...

In this article, we explored 1) the extent of mental health (MH) service use by American Red Cross disaster relief workers, both before (lifetime) and 1 year after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and 2) demographic, disaster and MH variables predicting (1-year) post-September 11 MH service use in this population. A sample of 3015 Red Cross disaster workers was surveyed 1 year after th...

In March 1996, the Bundestag introduced a minimum wage law for German construction business in order to protect native workers from low competition by posted from other EU countries. This Entsendegesetz (Posted Workers Act) was backed formally EU Posted Directive of December 1996. paper analyzes economic and political background as well its impact on construction business according to economic ...

The article " Misconception as a Barrier to Teaching about Disasters " by David E. Alexander reviews the extent of belief in the common myths about disaster held by students from the University of Massachusetts and three groups of trainee emergency workers from Italy. As the author noted correctly, it is an important subject, as " learning likely is to be inhibited severely when misconceptions ...

Abstract In the Arabic-speaking mahjar (diaspora), plight of working poor was focus women’s philanthropy. Scholarship on welfare relief in interwar Syrian, Lebanese, and Palestinian diaspora currently situates it within a gendered politics benevolence. This article reconsiders that frame argues for class-centered reassessment “ladies aid” exploring intersections with proletarian mutual aid stra...

Empirical evidence suggests that social and occupational disability plays a significant role in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The purpose of this study was to assess the role of social/occupational disability and to identify predictors of the development of PTSD in a group of disaster relief workers (DRWs) who had been deployed to the World Trade Center (WTC) following September 11, 200...

The COVID-19 epidemic had an enormous effect on the health of millions individuals worldwide and global economy. A shortage doctors, nurses, personal protective equipment, medicines was seen globally. pandemic drew attention to limitations in healthcare sector United States America. massive rise daily number cases, more usage ICU facilities all treatment modalities, increased overtime compensat...