Introduction: High death and injury rates at work are continually reported by the Ministry of Labour, Thailand, despite promotion occupational safety, health, environment (OSHE) management system across all enterprises. To identify gap between OSHE workers’ perception in terms safety climate Thai organizations, Nordic Safety Climate Questionnaire-Thai Version (T-NOSACQ) was used this study. Met...

This study investigated the relation between working conditions, in terms of physical and psychological demand, and upper-limb and neck musculoskeletal disorders (ULNMD) in female staff working in direct contact with the elderly in nursing homes. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 105 nursing homes in France. Data on nursing-home working conditions were collected by questionnaire from oc...

BACKGROUND In patients with COPD progressive dyspnoea leads to a sedentary lifestyle. To date, no studies exist investigating the effects of Nordic Walking in patients with COPD. Therefore, the aim was to determine the feasibility of Nordic Walking in COPD patients at different disease stages. Furthermore we aimed to determine the short- and long-term effects of Nordic Walking on COPD patients'...

BACKGROUND School meals, if both nutritious and attractive, provide a unique opportunity to improve health equality and public health. OBJECTIVE To describe the study rationale, data collection, and background of participants in the study 'Prospects for promoting health and performance by school meals in Nordic countries' (ProMeal). The general aim was to determine whether overall healthiness...

This paper and our presentation at the ISI meeting in Helsinki have three major themes: Presentation of the Nordic model for organising and monitoring social welfare and health care services and the Nordic co-operation (Chapters 1-3), Demonstration of the Nordic model of information steering and easy availability of high quality data (Chapter 4), and Discussion about the future trends in dissem...

This survey aimed to evaluate the applicability of the Nordic Occupational Skin Questionnaire (NOSQ) as a preliminary screening tool to investigate the presence of contact dermatological disorders in sea fishermen. The Italian version of the NOSQ was administered to 143 male fishermen working at an Apulia (Southern Italy) Fisheries, and 136 male workers who had never worked as sea fishers (cont...

BACKGROUND This study analysed the influence of parents' labour market participation on their children's well-being in the five Nordic countries, and the changes from 1984 to 1996, during which unemployment rates generally rose in the Nordic countries. METHODS Parent-reported questionnaire data from two cross-sectional studies, 12 years apart, with 15,354 (in 1984) and 15,255 (in 1996) random...

BACKGROUND Previous studies have reported a positive association between scoring on healthy Nordic diet scales and the intake of healthy foods and nutrients, and also with higher intake of meat, sweets, cakes, and energy in general. These studies have used the same food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) responses for constructing the diet score as for calculating intakes of foods and nutrients. Thu...