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From:Occupational Health (Issue 429) Peer-ReviewedResearch to study the effectiveness of skin care interventions for preventing hand dermatitis will be launched this September, and is believed to be the first randomised control trial to be led and delivered by NHS...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 429) Peer-ReviewedThe risk of pre-eclampsia is associated with exposure to particulate air pollution, especially brake dust and combined traffic-related matter, according to a study of pregnant women in Barcelona.During the entire...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 429) Peer-ReviewedEmployees with mental health problems begin from a default position of not disclosing to their employer that they have a mental disorder and need a reason to disclose, according to a study.A fear of being stigmatised is...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 429) Peer-ReviewedDyslexic employees face particular challenges and often experience work-relatedstress. Nancy Doyle, a psychologist looks at effective workplace adjustments tosupport staff with the condition.As a chartered occupational...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 429) Peer-ReviewedThe Health and Safety Executive (HSE) management standards indicator tool that is used to assess work-related stress remains valid and is a good way of assessing different aspects of distress, including self-perceptions...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 429) Peer-ReviewedOwing to improved treatment and early detection, cancer is increasingly becoming a chronic rather than terminal condition, which means that many cancer survivors are able and willing to return to work. Employment is...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 429) Peer-ReviewedCancer patients are being forced into unemployment because of the after effects of surgery and higher levels of depression, with people who have had mouth cancers among the worst affected, research has suggested.A study...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 429) Peer-ReviewedMore than 40% of occupational health services are now accredited by the Safe Effective Quality Occupational Health Service (SEQOHS) standard, which is approximately 233 OH organisations covering more than five million...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 429) Peer-ReviewedThe launch of a body representing all occupational professionals and replacing the existing range of representative groups could be a step nearer reality later this year. Nic Paton reports.By this summer, occupational...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 429) Peer-ReviewedWe continue our series on professions allied to occupational health by looking at how physiotherapists will play a key role in the new Health and Work Service. Chartered physiotherapist Joshua Catlett explains where...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 429) Peer-ReviewedOccupational health nurses are being urged to get involved and make their views heard around the plans being led by the Society of Occupational Medicine and Faculty of Occupational Medicine to create a single...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 429) Peer-ReviewedAdverse socioeconomic position (SEP), in both childhood and adulthood, is associated with a susceptibility to developing multiple sclerosis (MS), adding to the growing evidence linking lower SEP to a range of poorer...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 429) Peer-ReviewedThere is no convincing evidence to support the hypothesis that exposure to magnetic fields is a risk factor for leukaemia, according to a study of 73,051 electricity workers.Findings for all combined leukaemia among the...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 429) Peer-ReviewedCommon mental health problems are a major contributor to long-term sickness absence from work and the evidence is weak for the effectiveness of many return-to-work interventions. An interview-based study explored why...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 429) Peer-ReviewedOn-call work among doctors is associated with medical errors, injuries and lower wellbeing. However, a study suggests that the key to attenuating these negative outcomes is to make it easier for on-call physicians to...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 429) Peer-ReviewedDementia is a national challenge and businesses are not immune. With an ageing population, not only will the average customer be getting older and be more likely to be affected by some form of dementia, but employees...