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In this article, the author gives an introduction to the key issues and conditions raised by tiredness at work, the tools available to measure the problem, and the role of occupational health in protecting affected employees.
Occupational health can play a significant role in supporting employers in proactively providing a healthy working environment for older workers. An Occupational Health writer investigates.
Reducing short breaks between shifts helps nurses recover from work, according to a new study from Finland. The study analyzed the effects of longer rest and recovery periods between shifts on heart rate variability, which is an indicator of recovery.
CHR Newsletter – June 18, 2015
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CHR Newsletter – June 4, 2015
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Even as the oil and gas extraction industry in the United States boomed, there was a decline in the rate of worker deaths, a new federal government study shows.
CHR Newsletter – May 21, 2015
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(ACOEM) The overall well-being of American workers could be significantly improved through adoption of a new framework for integrating health and safety strategies in the workplace — including use of a standardized index for measuring their business value, a new paper suggests.
CHR Newsletter – May 5, 2015
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Research suggests that employee incentives, such as discounts on leisure activities or wellness-related items, can encourage healthier lifestyles. The role of health incentives has been a subject that many employers have not embraced. However, as employers face a challenge to increase employee engagement in health, perhaps incentives will start to have a place.
CHR Newsletter – April 23, 2015
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Wheezing and coughing on the job from work-related asthma is more common than you might think, according to a new U.S. health report.
The proposed rule says an employer may offer incentives up to a maximum of 30 percent of the total cost of employee-only coverage, “whether in the form of a reward or penalty,” to promote an employee’s participation in a wellness program that includes disability-related inquiries or medical examinations, as long as participation is voluntary.
The “National Safety Culture Change Initiative” report provides a basic understanding of the fire and emergency service culture, identifies individual and organizational behaviors that positively and negatively impact health and safety, and highlights areas for change by raising awareness about unsafe practices.
CHR Newsletter – April 9, 2015
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Director of rehabilitation services, occupational health and wellness at Aurora Health Care, recently discussed common mistakes that employers make when trying to satisfy their occupational health needs, and offered insight into how employers can smoothly navigate their occupational health needs.
This month’s round-up of occupational health research looks at predicted return to work of people absent with common mental health disorders, psychological fitness for work and health surveillance and work ability.
CHR Newsletter – March 12, 2015
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Trucker safety requires an alert, buckled-up, experienced driver, with a reliable vehicle and strong employer safety programs. About 2.6 million workers drive trucks that weigh over 10,000 pounds (large trucks).
Employees who point out problems in the office may help the company improve, but could be hurting themselves in the process. Such negative-minded workers are more likely to become mentally fatigued and defensive and experience a drop-off in production.
A healthy lifestyle intervention program administered at the workplace significantly reduces risk factors for diabetes and heart disease, according to a new study.
Hard physical work, high blood pressure and taking multiple medications are among the factors that may make men less fertile, new research finds.
A new poll in the United States finds that pain is a key factor in the gap between the amount of sleep Americans say they need and the amount they’re getting — an average 42 minute sleep debt for those with chronic pain and 14 minutes for those who’ve suffered from acute pain in the past week.
This month’s round-up of occupational health (OH) research looks at workplace asthma, employee burnout and absence self-referral.
CHR Newsletter – February 26, 2015
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An effective ergonomics program can prevent a lot of those small and large workplace injuries that can be so painful (and debilitating) for employees and expensive for employers.
Over the past decade, there have been many encouraging findings suggesting that mindfulness training can improve a broad range of mental and physical health problems. Yet, exactly how mindfulness positively impacts health is not clear. Researchers have developed a model suggesting that mindfulness influences health via stress reduction pathways.
Asthma, back pain, and congestive heart failure are among the conditions showing reductions in health care costs in one large employer’s disease management (DM) program, reports a study.
Urgent action is needed in response to the decline in the number of NHS doctors who are accredited specialists in occupational medicine. A recent meeting of OH practitioners debated solutions to this problem and considered whether OH nurses could take on work previously done by doctors.
Shorter shifts for medical residents don’t appear to be making any big improvements in doctors’ fatigue levels or in patient care, new research shows.
CHR Newsletter – February 12, 2015
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Influenza is associated with as many as 7,300 deaths annually in nursing home residents, but the vaccination rate for nursing home staff is only 54 percent, according to a study in the February issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC).
Only 15 percent of working adults with asthma discuss with their doctor how their jobs might affect their breathing, even though nearly half have asthma that is possibly work-related, a new study reveals.
With Uber’s popularity and growth on the rise, the company continues to juggle safety and efficiency.
Sugarcane workers in northwestern Nicaragua experienced a decline in kidney function during the harvest, with field workers at greatest risk, suggesting that heat stress or other occupational factors may be playing a role in the high rates of chronic kidney disease in the region, a new study shows.
This month’s round-up of recent research in the occupational health sphere includes studies of lifetime shift work exposure, mindfulness and work-life balance and the effect of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among employees who are victims of bank robberies.
