Center Workers Research Articles

Knowledge, attitudes and practices of disease prevention among health talk-giving healthcare workers in primary health centres at Osogbo

Background: Disease prevention measures such as creating public awareness are needed to protect the vulnerable populace from acquiring diseases. Knowledgeable health care workers are pivotal to this, and it therefore becomes imperative to assess health workers in this regard. The objective of this study was to ascertain the level of knowledge, the kind of attitude towards and practices of disease prevention among health-talk giving primary health care workers in Osogbo, south western Nigeria.
 Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study done among 204 respondents from 13 primary health care centres in Osogbo selected using multi-stage sampling technique. The research instrument used was a self-administered questionnaire analysed with SPSS 23.0. Univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analyses were done as appropriate and a p-value of <0.05 was taken as statistically significant.
 Results: The results of this study revealed that at least nine out of ten respondents had good knowledge (90.2%) and positive attitude (94.1%) towards disease prevention. A greater proportion of doctors (100%) had good knowledge of disease prevention compared to other health workers while nurses took the lead in having a positive attitude (97.4%). Respondents had varying responses in their practices towards disease prevention, but generally speaking, most respondents who had good knowledge and positive attitudes also exhibited good practices. The only identifiable predictor of respondent's knowledge was level of education, (p=0.024 OR=0.157).
 Conclusion: The fact that about a tenth of respondents had poor knowledge and about 5% had negative attitude towards disease prevention is a major cause for concern. Since health talk-giving health workers interact directly with the populace, the potentially huge negative effects that this minority can have cannot be underestimated. Therefore, there is a need for close-monitoring and regular review of the kind of information given to clients as well as training and re-training of health workers.

Knowledge and perception of Accredited Social Health Activists' about breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices: AQualitative study using Focus Group Discussion

Background: Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers bridge the gap between the health system to provide accessible, affordable, accountable, reliable, and effective primary healthcare. Aims and Objectives: To determine the views of ASHA workers about breastfeeding and complementary feeding. Materials and Methods: Focus Group Discussion (FGD) with ASHA workers in a rural Primary Health Centre was conducted to assess their knowledge and perception regarding breastfeeding and complementary feeding. It was a qualitative study conducted by using FGD. The study had been conducted in one block of one district of Maharashtra, which was selected purposively for the study. All ASHAs from the nearby nine villages belonging to Nere Primary Health Center were included as study participants. Statistical analysis: The interview transcribing method was used to analyze the data. Results:The ASHAworkers had good knowledge about the importance of breast milk and breastfeeding. Already, they were giving information to the pregnant ladies and lactating mothers in their villages. They had little knowledge about the Infant and Young Child Feeding practices, breastfeeding positions and suggested the conduction of training to learn effective breastfeeding techniques. Conclusions: All ASHA workers have good knowledge about the importance of breast milk, and they realized the importance of effective breastfeeding techniques. It is recommended to conduct lactation training for ASHAworkers, and pregnant and lactating women.

Evaluation of Awareness and Attitude of Telemedicine among Primary Healthcare Workers in Deprived Area Health Centers.

Telemedicine has the potential to make healthcare more efficient, organized, and available and is a more beneficial technology that can ease preventive treatment and improve long-term health management. This is especially essential for those who face financial or regional reasons to get quality treatment. Telemedicine in Iran is a new medical field and a noble way to access medical facilities for populations living in deprived areas, and the primary healthcare workers in these deprived medical centers are the implementers of telemedicine in those areas; we aimed to investigate the awareness and attitude towards telemedicine among all the healthcare workers in these centers. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study at the Health Centers of Raz County in North Khorasan Province, Iran, and 149 healthcare workers were included. For collecting information, we used a questionnaire that consisted of two parts. The first part contains the demographic data of health care workers, and the second part includes the 5-point Likert scale questionnaire (questions on telemedicine awareness, attitude, and self-report readiness). Most participants (51%) were male, and 69.8% were married. The most frequent sources of information about telemedicine are colleagues (40.3%), continuing education (24.7%), and social media and the internet (10.1%). Awareness did not significantly relate to gender, age, marital status, or work experience, but awareness of physicians and midwives is higher than other groups (p < 0.05). The awareness of healthcare workers using continuing education, articles, workshops, or conferences was significantly higher (p < 0.05). The attitude scores for most questions are above 3.4 and reflect a positive attitude about telemedicine. Attitudes did not show a significant relation to gender, age, marital status, or work experience. Using telemedicine in developing countries, rural or urban areas have a high potential to improve epidemiological investigations, disease control, and clinical case management. Providing healthcare professionals with more information about new technologies in healthcare, such as telemedicine, can help get a more realistic picture of their perceptions.

For Telework, Please Dial 7—Qualitative Study on the Impacts of Telework on the Well-Being of Contact Center Employees during the COVID19 Pandemic in Portugal

The COVID-19 pandemic has made teleworking a widespread form of work for contact center workers in Portugal, who are already used to work processes supported by technological platforms and digital workflows, but with little adherence to remote work. Deepening knowledge about the impact of teleworking on well-being at work is a relevant issue in the context of organizational literature. We conducted 14 semi-structured interviews with contact center workers who work in a large Portuguese company that provides fixed and mobile communication services, as well as customer service platforms. The interviews took place in April and May 2022. All participants had already carried out their functions in person and telework, and they were able to assess how telework added or took away their well-being at work. With the application of thematic analysis, seven themes (the basis for the title “For Telework, Please Dial 7”) emerged that characterize teleworking as being capable of reinforcing well-being at work: performance, relationship, money, workplace, technology, time, and family. These results contribute to the reinforcement of the growing literature on what contributes to increasing well-being at work, and alert leadership and organizational management are needed to properly configure telework to generate a positive dynamic that fulfils employees’ expectations and reinforces the organization’s sustainability.

Comparing Job Satisfaction Among Healthcare Workers at Emergency Departments and Primary Healthcare Units During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Background The primary healthcare professionals' work description changed during the COVID-19 pandemic, as was the case of all other healthcare departmental operation systems. Objectives This investigation compares job satisfaction betweenemergency department (ED) and primary healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic to ascertain the possible effect of the pandemic on healthcare providers. Methods A cross-sectional online self-assessment questionnaire consisting of 36 questions was distributed using available social media to targetall frontline healthcare workers (HCWs) in emergency departments and primary healthcare centres in Riyadh. The inclusive criterion was that the respondents should have been frontline HCWs during the pandemic era. The questionnaire was validated by a pre-test of responses of 10 frontline HCWs. This was to ensure the comprehensibility and validity of the questions. Thereafter, necessary corrections were made to the final questionnaire. Responses were collected with an Excel sheet (MicrosoftCorp., Redmond, WA), while data were analysed with SPSS version23 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY) and GraphPad Prismversion 9.2.0(GraphPad Software, San Diego, CA). Results The targeted sample size was 400; however, 159 HCWs responded to the questionnaire and were thus included in the investigation. There were more male (60.4%) than female (39.6%) respondents, the majority of whom were Saudi nationals (86.6%) while the remaining were non-Saudi nationals working in the Kingdom. Also, 67% of the respondents were emergency medical service professionals while the remaining (23%) were primary healthcare professionals. Significantly, 71.8% of the respondents (p < 0.05) disagreed with adequate enumeration, rewards, and chances of promotion compared to those who agreed (28.2%) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Job satisfaction was not significantly correlated to gender or the work departments (p > 0.05). Respondents significantly (p < 0.05) agreed to the competence of their supervisors, and liked their colleagues and work environment. Conclusion The study has shown that although supervision during the pandemic era was with competence; however, hours of work put in by these frontline emergency professionals were not adequately remunerated. Also, the services they provide seemed not to have been appreciated and hence did not lead to promotion either. Therefore, there wasjob satisfaction.As expected, the workload was huge while chances of promotion were lacking. These observations could lead to a substandard service should there be another pandemic. There is a need for all stakeholders to look into this more cautiously should there be another pandemic.

Sustainable Ergonomic Workplace: Fostering Job Satisfaction and Productivity among Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Workers

The business process outsourcing (BPO) sector is important in managing business especially in a developing country like the Philippines. Call centers are one of the most common type of industries within the BPO sector as they generate 75.1% of its revenues. Given the lack of studies regarding the ergonomic factors in the BPO industry, the goal of this research is to examine the relationships of different ergonomic domains on the job satisfaction and overall productivity of the BPO agents in a customer service or call center industry. The data were gathered through an online survey and the approach used for this study was a variance-based partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) with maximum likelihood estimation. Through analysis, it was proven that macro-ergonomics and physical ergonomics have significant effects on the overall productivity of BPO workers, while cognitive and macro-ergonomics have a significant influence on job satisfaction. In addition to this, it was also proven in the study that overall productivity and job satisfaction were significantly associated. This is one of the first studies to investigate and examine the relationship between ergonomic domains and the productivity and job satisfaction of a Filipino BPO or call center worker. The results of this study could be used as a reference for further investigations by future researchers, especially on more ergonomic factors as well as the extrinsic variables that were not covered by the researchers of this paper. In addition to this, the proposed framework might also be adapted and used as a reference for further studies to produce more accurate and updated results.

노인복지관 사회복지사의 슈퍼비전과 직무만족의 관계에서직무소진과 자아효능감의 매개효과

This study performed an analysis of mediating effect of job burnout and self-efficacy betweensupervision and job satisfaction of social workers in senior welfare centers. A survey wasconducted on 291 social workers working at 19 senior welfare centers in Daejeon andChungcheongnam-do from January 3 to 28, 2022. The collected questionnaires were analyzedusing SPSS and AMOS 18.0 program, and main analysis methods were confirmatory factoranalysis and bootstrap test. The analysis results are as follows: First, social workers’ supervisionhad an effect on job satisfaction. Second, mediating effect of job burnout and self-efficacy wasverified in the relationship. Some measures were suggested to improve the job satisfaction ofsocial workers in the centers and to raise the level of leisure services.

지역아동센터 종사자의 감정노동과 조직몰입의 관계에서사회적 지지의 매개효과

The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of their emotional labor on organizationalcommitment through social support for local children's center workers. In order to do it, 229copies of the survey data of the workers were used to verify the mediating effect. The mainresults were as follows. First, emotional labor and organizational commitment showed a positivecorrelation. Second, emotional labor directly affected organizational commitment. Emotionallabor affected social support, and this social support affected organizational commitment. Third,except for continuous commitment, the relationship between emotional labor and thesub-variables of organizational commitment was completely or partially mediated by thesub-variables of social support. Based on these results, plans were proposed to improve theorganizational commitment of social workers in local children’s center.

UNDERSTANDING VACCINATION HESITATION FROM OBSERVATIONS OF FAMILY HEALTH CENTER WORKERS

Objective: Family health centers are the first place for healthcare providers and vaccine-hesitant parents who need information. Healthcare providers can play an important role in mitigating vaccine hesitancy by providing accurate information to parents. This study aims to determine the prevalence of vaccine hesitancy or refusal among parents encountered by healthcare workers in family health centers in Kırşehir, and to identify associated factors.&#x0D; Method: The study population consisted of family health workers working in Family Health Centers at the Kırşehir Center (N=101). The data form used in the descriptive study was prepared by the researchers by reviewing the literature. The data were collected by aplying face-to-face question and answer technique during the visits of the researchers to the family health centers.&#x0D; Results: When asked about the rate of vaccine hesitancy/refusal in the past year, 13.2% (n=10) reported that they had encountered it frequently, and 28.9% (n=22) reported that they had encountered it at least once. 61.8% (n=47) of the participants, reported that the socioeconomic level of families experiencing vaccine refusal was high. When the participants met with a parent who refused vaccination, 98.7% (n=75) stated that they would explain the necessity of vaccines and encourage them to receive them, and 1.3% (n=1) stated that they would respect this decision. 84.1% (n=64) stated that the family with vaccine hesitancy/refusal changed their decision after their information they provided. The most common reason given to the participants by families who were undecide or refusal vaccine was objections to the ingredients in the vaccine (mercury, thimerosal, etc.) with rate of 71.1% (n=54).&#x0D; Conclusion: Vaccine ambivalence was found to be against all vaccines and the act of vaccination, not against a specific vaccine. It was observed that when families who were hesitant about vaccination were informed by healthcare proffessionals, their attitudes changed. For this reason, it is important that parents with vaccine hesitancy are adequately and accurately informed about vaccines. It is thought that regular trainings should be organized for both healthcare professionals and families on vaccination in Turkey and the health literacy level of the society should be increased.

콜센터 근로자의 감정노동과 심리적 유연성이 스트레스반응에 미치는 영향

콜센터 근로자의 감정노동과 심리적 유연성이 스트레스반응에 미치는 영향

Pengaruh Motivasi Terhadap Kinerja Tenaga Kesehatan di Puskesmas Sinjai Barat Kabupaten Sinjai

The study's goal was to determine how motivation affected the performance of healthcare professionals at the Tengngalembang Community Health Centre in the West Sinjai Subdistrict of the Sinjai District. In terms of the research methodology, a quantitative approach was utilised, along with a descriptive research design and methods for gathering data through questionnaires and observation. In addition to pulling the sample using saturation sampling approach, there were 35 nurses and midwives in the health centre of Tengngalembang Community West Sinjai Subdistrict of Sinjai district who were all included in this study. The findings demonstrate that motivation is the end result of a variety of internal and external processes that lead to the development of passion and perseverance in carrying out particular tasks. The results of the study show the influence of motivation on the performance of health workers in the health centre of Tengngalembang community in Sinjai subdistrict west of Sinjai district. The motivation variable can have a positive influence on the performance of health workers in the Tengngalembang community health centre in Sinjai subdistrict.

Acceptance and awareness regarding influenza vaccine among healthcare workers in a tertiary care centre, Kerala

Background: The seasonal Influenza is a contagious respiratory illness. The most important step in preventing flu is to get a flu vaccination each year along with everyday preventive actions. The objective of this research was to study the acceptance and awareness of Influenza vaccine among health care workers of a tertiary care centre, Kerala and to explore the preventive practices. Methods: This study was a hospital based cross sectional study conducted among 204 health care workers in a tertiary centre in Kerala. A simple random sampling technique was adopted. Data was collected using self-administered pretested semi structured questionnaires. Results: 165 (80.9%) are aware of the Influenza vaccine while 39 (19.1%) are not aware of the Influenza vaccine. 30 (14.7%) has received at least one dose of Influenza vaccine in last five years while 174 (85.2%) has not received the vaccine. 161(78.9%) says they are willing to get vaccinated against Influenza while 43(21.1%) are not willing to get vaccinated. Conclusions: Even though there is good awareness about Influenza vaccine, the number of vaccine recipients is less than ideal. However, majority are willing to take Influenza vaccine in the future which shows good acceptance.

Knowledge, perception and safety practices of monkeypox infection among healthcare workers in a tertiary health facility in southwest Nigeria

Background: Monkeypox is a self-limiting disease first reported in 1970 in Zaire. It is characterised with small pox like eruptions and presently there is no approved anti–viral drug yet, clinical management of human monkey pox cases is mainly by supportive treatment and symptomatic treatment. This study assessed the knowledge, perception and safety practices of monkey pox disease among healthcare workers in a tertiary facility in Southwest state, Nigeria. Methods: The study was a descriptive cross-sectional study, web-based conducted among 402 healthcare workers in a tertiary health centre in Southwestern Nigeria. The 38-item survey instrument for the quantitative study was adapted from a similar study on COVID-19 among healthcare workers. Data was analysed using SPSS software version 20.0. Level of significance was pre-determined at p value &lt;0.05 at a confidence level of 95%. Results: Female respondents constituted 241 (60%) while 161 (40%) were males. Mean age was 35.4±6.5 years with age group 26-35 years (49.0%) being the majority. Majority, 311 (77.4%) had poor knowledge of monkeypox while 69.9% had good perception. There was statistically significant association between age (α- 0.001), work experience (α- 0.001), tribe (α- 0.001), and average monthly income (α- 0.001) with perception about monkey pox infection among the respondents. Conclusions: Monkeypox is endemic in Nigeria and the knowledge and perceptions of healthcare workers towards the disease is a critical epidemiological determinant of its transmission rate, it is therefore imperative that intensive training be targeted among all cadres of healthcare professional including non-medical workers in healthcare setting.

Diversified Impacts of Enabling a Technology-Intensified Agricultural Supply Chain on the Quality of Life in Hinterland Communities

The agricultural supply chain (ASC) in the hinterland refers to the entire post-harvest process of processing and distributing agricultural products in rural or secluded areas to be brought to big city markets. This scheme involves various stakeholders (farmers, trading centers, consumers), processes (logistics, storage, monitoring), and infrastructure (traffic and road systems, negative environmental emissions) to ensure the efficient flow of agricultural products from farms to consumers. The quality of life (QoL) in the hinterland can improve with the introduction of disruptive technologies, but no comprehensive studies have explored the QoL of individuals involved in the ASC–socioeconomic system of hinterland communities. This study elucidated and compared the diversified impacts of disruptive technologies brought by the Industrial Revolution 4.0 to the agricultural supply chain and their impacts on food security, sustainability, and climate change mitigation through the analysis of the related literature. This study also mapped out the role of disruptive technologies in the QoL of hinterland communities, particularly with respect to the farmers, trading center workers, and consumers. Points of discussion emerged with respect to precision agriculture, the Artificially Intelligent Internet of Things, big data analytics, blockchain, artificial intelligence, cyber-physical systems, robotics, automation, and e-commerce, and how these enabling technologies enhance fresh food supply and distribution and deliberately affect stakeholders’ life quality indexes through the analysis of situational case studies in India, South America, Malaysia, China, and Europe. The identification of these points of discussion was also achieved purely based on research performed on the related literature. The positive impacts of these technologies, such as the boosting of efficiency and the ensuring of a steady supply of fresh produce, ultimately improve the overall QoL. The technical insights from the studies were synthesized to develop new frameworks for QoL anchored in the agricultural supply chain (AgQoL) in the hinterland, and a six-dimensional network emphasizing the two trifectas of techno-socioenvironmental needs was established. Food-producing communities with a relatively high AgQoL should support food security in the region.

World Trade Center workers with asthma and post-traumatic stress disorder perceive airflow limitation more accurately

BackgroundPost-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a major risk factor for increased asthma morbidity among World Trade Center (WTC) workers. ObjectiveTo investigate whether differences in perception of airflow limitation mediate the association of PTSD with worse asthma control in WTC workers. MethodsWe collected data from WTC workers on asthma control (Asthma Control Questionnaire and Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire) and daily peak expiratory flow (PEF) measures over 6 weeks. Perception of airway limitation was assessed by comparing guessed vs actual PEF values. Post-traumatic stress disorder was diagnosed using the Structured Clinical Interview. We used unadjusted and adjusted models to compare PEF and perception measures in WTC workers with PTSD with those of workers without PTSD. ResultsOverall, 25% of 224 participants had PTSD. Post-traumatic stress disorder was associated with worse Asthma Control Questionnaire (2.2±0.8 vs 1.1±0.9, P < .001) and Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (3.9±1.1 vs 5.4±1.1, P < .001) scores. Adjusted analyses showed no significant differences in PEF between WTC workers with (351.9±143.3 L/min) and those without PTSD (364.6±131.6 L/min, P = .55). World Trade Center workers with PTSD vs those without PTSD had increased proportion of accurate perception (67.0±37.2% vs 53.5±38.1%, P = .01) and decreased underperception (23.3.0±32.1% vs 38.9±37.5%, P = .004) of airflow limitation during periods of limitation. Similar results were obtained in adjusted analyses. ConclusionThis study indicates that differences in perception of airflow limitation may mediate the relationship of PTSD and increased asthma symptoms, given WTC workers with PTSD have worse self-reported asthma control, an increased proportion of accurate perception, and decreased underperception, despite no differences in daily PEF measures.

SARS-Cov-2 infection among health care workers working in COVID-19 and non COVID-19 clinical setting of a tertiary care teaching hospital

Background: understanding the impact of COVID-19 on healthcare workers helps in developing newer strategies of infection prevention and control practices objectives were to determine the SARS-CoV-2 infection positivity rate and to identify the risk factors and outcome of SARS-CoV-2 infection among Health Care workers (HCWs) of a tertiary care center. Methods: A longitudinal cross-sectional study was done among the HCWs of a tertiary care teaching hospital from March 2020 to Feb 2022 Inclusion criteria: All HCWs infected with SARS-CoV-2 during the study period and whose data available with testing and quarantine committee. Exclusion criteria was incomplete HCWs data. Results: A 840 HCWs out of 2990 total HCWs were infected with SARS-CoV-2: infectivity rate was 28%. Majorities were females (53.9%). mean age was (35.6±1.006) years. nurses (33.8%) were most commonly affected followed by doctors (26%). Working at designated COVID-19 hospital was significantly associated with SARS-Cov-2 positivity compared to working in non- COVID-19 hospital, which was statistically significant at chi-square value of 6.636 at p&lt;0.01. recovery rate was 99.8%; death rate was (0.2%) due to uncontrolled diabetes, alcoholism and smoking; positivity rate among unvaccinated was 6%. Conclusions: there is a need to reduce high burden of SARS-CoV-2 positivity among HCWs. Revision of existing infection prevention and control (IPC) practices, development of innovative training strategies, constant reinforcement and supportive supervision of IPC practices has to be considered besides emphasizing the importance healthy life style measures.

PENGENDALIAN HIPERTENSI DALAM PEMANFAATAN SUMBER LITERASI KESEHATAN DI PUSKESMAS SIMPANG TIGA KOTA PEKANBARU PROVINSI RIAU

Hypertension is not an infectious disease but is one of the causes of premature death worldwide. The effort in hypertension control is done through self-management or the change of lifestyle of the patients, such as dieting, resting, exercising, and taking the medication regularly (hypertension cannot be cured but can be controlled). Utilizing health literacies can increase one’s ability to understand and maintain attitudes toward caring for his health. This research intended to figure out the picture of the efforts in hypertension control by utilizing the health literacy sources in the health center (puskesmas) of Simpang Tiga, Pekanbaru City, Riau province. This research employed a quantitative study with a simple descriptive survey. The total sample was 95 respondents chosen by purposive sampling technique. The data in this research was collected by a questionnaire that passed the validity test. The data analysis was univariate. Univariate tests were age, gender, education, job, and the utilization of health literacy sources to control hypertension. The result of the research showed that the average age was 54-66 years old; 59 respondents (62,1%) were female; people with SMA/senior high school education background were 50 respondents (52,6%); the unemployed people were 66 respondents (69,5%); the effort in hypertension control was performed by 85 respondents (89,5%) of patients with hypertension; and patients who utilize health literacy sources obtained from health center workers were 80 respondents (84,2%). This research is expected to inform patients with hypertension about the importance of the effort in hypertension control.

Prevalence and Risk Factors for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection among Health Workers in HIV Treatment Centers in North Central, Nigeria.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis and HIV constitute a public health challenge. Health workers (HWs) in HIV clinics maybe at greater risk of M. tuberculosis infection, considering the high rates of HIV/tuberculosis (TB) coinfection among patients. Hence, we measured the prevalence of M. tuberculosis infection and the effect of working in an HIV clinic. We conducted a cross-sectional study in high-HIV burden health-care facilities in Abuja and Nasarawa states and recruited HWs over 4 months. We administered questionnaires and screened for M. tuberculosis infection using QuantiFERON-TB Gold-Plus. A total of 1,043 HWs were enrolled, with the majority being clinical staff (77.4%). Prevalence of interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) positivity was 44.8% (43.8% among HWs from HIV clinic and 45.3% from non-HIV clinics, P = 0.24). Nonoccupational factors such as living in a moderately (odds ratio [OR] = 0.71] or sparsely populated neighborhood (OR = 0.56), remained associated with a reduced risk of IGRA positivity, whereas male gender (OR = 1.37) and having high blood pressure (HBP) (OR = 1.52) remained associated with an increased risk after adjusting. Occupational factors such as length of career as a HW of 10 to 20 years (OR = 1.45) or 20 to 30 years (OR = 1.74) remained associated with an increased risk of IGRA positivity after adjusting. In a final multivariate model, the factors of age between 20 to < 30 years (OR = 0.61), having HBP (OR = 1.56), having a length of career as a HW of 10 to 20 years (OR = 1.66) or 20 to 30 years (OR = 2.09) and being a clinical HW (OR = 0.62) remained associated with IGRA positivity. There is a high prevalence of IGRA positivity among HWs in Nigeria. Working in HIV clinics, however, is not associated with increased risk.

Marburg virus disease: lesson learned from the first outbreak encounter in Tanzania

Marburg virus disease: lesson learned from the first outbreak encounter in Tanzania

Auditory Deficits in Employees of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO): Need to Take Preventative Action.

The present study aimed to explore auditory deficits in full-time call center workers. A total of sixty participants participated, which was divided into two groups, viz. experimental group and control group. The complete audiological test battery was performed. On comparing the groups, significant differences were obtained for both ears while analyzing the TEOAEs, PTA1, and PTA2 (high-frequency audiometry). From the results, it can be delineated that BPO employees are at risk for sensorineural hearing loss following continuous noise exposure. We conclude that this type of hearing loss may be considered an iceberg, and to overcome all the issues related to noise exposure, all BPO employees should undergo periodic audiological, psychological, and health screening.