Delivery Of Occupational Health Services Research Articles

Occupational Health & Wellness Index implementation for Effective delivery of Occupational Health Services in IndianOil

Occupational Health & Wellness Index implementation for Effective delivery of Occupational Health Services in IndianOil

The influence of social capital on employers' use of occupational health services: a qualitative study.

BackgroundOccupational health services may have a strategic role in the prevention of sickness absence, as well as in rehabilitation and return to work after sick leave, because of their medical expertise in combination with a close connection to workplaces. The purpose of this study was to explore how employers and occupational health service providers describe their business relations and the use of occupational health services in rehabilitation in relation to the organization of such services. The study uses a theoretical framework based on social capital to analyse the findings.MethodsInterviews and focus groups with managers with Swedish public employers (n = 60), and interviews with occupational health services professionals (n = 25).ResultsEmployers emphasized trustful relationships, local workplace knowledge, long-term contracts and dialogue about services for good relationships with occupational health providers. Occupational health providers strove to be strategic partners to employers, promoting preventive work, which was more easily achieved in situations where the services were organized in-house. Employers with outsourced occupational health services expressed less trust in their providers than employers with internal occupational health provision.ConclusionsSocial capital emerges as central to understanding the conditions for cooperation and collective action in the use of occupational health services, with reference to structural (e.g. contracts), relational (e.g. trust) as well as cognitive (e.g. shared vision) dimensions. The study suggests that attention to the quality of relationships is imperative for developing purposeful occupational health service delivery in rehabilitation and return to work.

Occupational Health Service Delivery in South Africa

This article offers insight into how occupational health services are delivered in South Africa. The nursing aspect of this comprehensive service is the focus.

Occupational Health Service Delivery in South Africa

Occupational Health Service Delivery in South Africa

Responding to change: the 1990s

Responding to change: the 1990s

"Agriculture at risk: A report to the nation"--a historical review, critical analysis, and implications for future planning.

"Agricultural at Risk: A Report to the Nation" is a proceedings document of a three-year (1987-1990) policy development process entitled "Agricultural Occupational and Environmental Health: Policy Strategies for the Future." That process culminated in the emergence of occupational health and safety in agriculture as a public health policy issue in the U.S. Several agricultural health and safety programs evolved as direct or indirect consequences of this process, including, but not limited to, the NIOSH agricultural occupational health programs, The Kellogg Foundation agricultural health grants programs, and the prospective chronic health studies of pesticides (EPA-NlH funded). The Agriculture at Risk report resulted in 86 specific recommendations. The authors of this article reviewed each of these recommendations and rated them on a subjective scale as to their degree of attainment. They found that 44% of the recommendations had received moderate to substantial action. Most of the positive action was in the areas of research and coalition building. A noticeable lack of action was in the areas of standards and regulation, occupational health service delivery, and education categories. This article concludes with an analysis of the limitations of the AAR report, changes in exposed populations over the past decade, and specific recommendations on future actions to address the issues.

Occupational Health Development in the Army

Occupational Health (OH) in the Army is provided as part of an integrated primary healthcare service. When compared to the International Labour Organisation criteria for the provision of OH, it...

Occupational and environmental medicine: sustainable development?

Occupational medicine is evolving to meet the needs of the 21st century. There is a need to define the remit of occupational and environmental medicine in order to facilitate the development and maintenance of requisite competencies, the establishment of educational goals for practitioners and production of a professional product for the global market place. The delivery of occupational health services will be underpinned by quality assurance systems.

Occupational Health Nursing

Predictability must exist in occupational health nursing theory, as it does in other theory. Occupational health nursing can be examined within a simple, dynamic model, from which theory can be developed. Predictions of output can be derived from knowledge of input. Occupational health nursing is a vital component of the occupational health and safety team, the members of which collaborate to provide occupational health services to the aggregate of workers in the workplace. Delivery of occupational health services to workers is provided within a dynamic environment which can be analyzed as both internal and external. The elements of these environments determine the composition and characteristics of the occupational health services.

The UK National Health Service

The creation of over fifty consultant posts in occupational medicine in the National Health Service in the last few years has paved the way for the development of occupational health research in the health services in the United Kingdom. General research topics that await further study include: health inequalities amongst health care workers, the Sick Doctor and Sick Nurse; job stress, back problems, pregnancy, and infection risks from blood. Topical specific hazards include glutaraldehyde, cytotoxic drugs, nuclear magnetic resonance imaging, and implications of new technology in surgery. The coordination of databases across different district health authorities would create large populations for epidemiological research, such as the surveillance of sentinel diseases, the delivery of occupational health services and vaccination strategies. Occupational health should be seen as an integral part of delivering health care and adequate funding for occupational health research should be made available.

Delivery of Occupational Health Services

Delivery of Occupational Health Services

Position Statement: Delivery of Occupational Health Services

Position Statement: Delivery of Occupational Health Services