Climate emergency and decent work
The climate crisis and loss of biodiversity, two closely related threats to human and planetary health, meet the criteria for the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare an international public health emergency, as occurred with COVID-19 (1), and urged by numerous scientific journals (2).
Attaining decent work, understood as “opportunities for women and men to work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity” (3), in the context of the climate emergency, creates a paradox for worker health. Outdoor workers (notably those in agriculture and construction), many of them informal workers, are among th...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health - April 12, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
Prevalence, perinatal outcomes and factors associated with neonatal sepsis in Nigeria
CONCLUSIONS: Neonatal sepsis remains a critical challenge in neonatal care, underscored by its high prevalence and mortality rate. The identification of maternal and neonatal risk factors underscores the importance of improved access to education and employment for women and targeted interventions in antenatal and intrapartum care.PMID:38602158 | DOI:10.1111/1471-0528.17824 (Source: BJOG : An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology)
Source: BJOG : An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology - April 11, 2024 Category: OBGYN Authors: Chinyere Ukamaka Onubogu Uchenna Ekwochi Ijeoma Obumneme-Anyim Linda Nneka Nwokeji-Onwe George Uchenna Eleje Nnabuike Okechukwu Ojiegbe Ifeanyichukwu Uzoma Ezebialu Eziamaka Pauline Ezenkwele Emily Akuabia Nzeribe Uchenna Anthony Umeh Innocent Anayochukwu Source Type: research
Prevalence, perinatal outcomes and factors associated with neonatal sepsis in Nigeria
CONCLUSIONS: Neonatal sepsis remains a critical challenge in neonatal care, underscored by its high prevalence and mortality rate. The identification of maternal and neonatal risk factors underscores the importance of improved access to education and employment for women and targeted interventions in antenatal and intrapartum care.PMID:38602158 | DOI:10.1111/1471-0528.17824 (Source: BJOG : An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology)
Source: BJOG : An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology - April 11, 2024 Category: OBGYN Authors: Chinyere Ukamaka Onubogu Uchenna Ekwochi Ijeoma Obumneme-Anyim Linda Nneka Nwokeji-Onwe George Uchenna Eleje Nnabuike Okechukwu Ojiegbe Ifeanyichukwu Uzoma Ezebialu Eziamaka Pauline Ezenkwele Emily Akuabia Nzeribe Uchenna Anthony Umeh Innocent Anayochukwu Source Type: research
Gig Work and the Pandemic: Looking for Good Pay from Bad Jobs During the COVID-19 Crisis
Work Occup. 2023 Feb;50(1):60-96. doi: 10.1177/07308884221128511.ABSTRACTCOVID-19 led to work hour reductions and layoffs for many Americans with wage/salary jobs. Some gig work, however, which is usually considered precarious, remained available. We examine whether people doing gig microtasks right before the pandemic increased their microtask hours during COVID-19 and whether those changes helped them financially. Using data from workers on Amazon's Mechanical Turk platform from February, March, and April of 2020, we find that roughly one third of existing workers increased their microtask hours. Increases were larger fo...
Source: Work and Occupations - April 11, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Jeremy Reynolds Reilly Kincaid Source Type: research
Prevalence, perinatal outcomes and factors associated with neonatal sepsis in Nigeria
CONCLUSIONS: Neonatal sepsis remains a critical challenge in neonatal care, underscored by its high prevalence and mortality rate. The identification of maternal and neonatal risk factors underscores the importance of improved access to education and employment for women and targeted interventions in antenatal and intrapartum care.PMID:38602158 | DOI:10.1111/1471-0528.17824 (Source: BJOG : An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology)
Source: BJOG : An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology - April 11, 2024 Category: OBGYN Authors: Chinyere Ukamaka Onubogu Uchenna Ekwochi Ijeoma Obumneme-Anyim Linda Nneka Nwokeji-Onwe George Uchenna Eleje Nnabuike Okechukwu Ojiegbe Ifeanyichukwu Uzoma Ezebialu Eziamaka Pauline Ezenkwele Emily Akuabia Nzeribe Uchenna Anthony Umeh Innocent Anayochukwu Source Type: research
Gig Work and the Pandemic: Looking for Good Pay from Bad Jobs During the COVID-19 Crisis
Work Occup. 2023 Feb;50(1):60-96. doi: 10.1177/07308884221128511.ABSTRACTCOVID-19 led to work hour reductions and layoffs for many Americans with wage/salary jobs. Some gig work, however, which is usually considered precarious, remained available. We examine whether people doing gig microtasks right before the pandemic increased their microtask hours during COVID-19 and whether those changes helped them financially. Using data from workers on Amazon's Mechanical Turk platform from February, March, and April of 2020, we find that roughly one third of existing workers increased their microtask hours. Increases were larger fo...
Source: Work and Occupations - April 11, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Jeremy Reynolds Reilly Kincaid Source Type: research
Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Toward Artificial Intelligence Among Healthcare Workers in Private Polyclinics in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
CONCLUSION: We found that healthcare workers had an overall good awareness and optimistic attitude toward AI. Despite this, the majority is worried about the potential consequences of replacing their jobs with AI in the future. There is a dire need to educate and sensitize healthcare workers regarding the potential impact of AI on healthcare.PMID:38596622 | PMC:PMC11001543 | DOI:10.2147/AMEP.S448422 (Source: Adv Data)
Source: Adv Data - April 10, 2024 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Suhail Hasan Serbaya Adeel Ahmed Khan Saud Hasan Surbaya Safar Majhood Alzahrani Source Type: research
Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Toward Artificial Intelligence Among Healthcare Workers in Private Polyclinics in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
CONCLUSION: We found that healthcare workers had an overall good awareness and optimistic attitude toward AI. Despite this, the majority is worried about the potential consequences of replacing their jobs with AI in the future. There is a dire need to educate and sensitize healthcare workers regarding the potential impact of AI on healthcare.PMID:38596622 | PMC:PMC11001543 | DOI:10.2147/AMEP.S448422 (Source: Adv Data)
Source: Adv Data - April 10, 2024 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Suhail Hasan Serbaya Adeel Ahmed Khan Saud Hasan Surbaya Safar Majhood Alzahrani Source Type: research
IJERPH, Vol. 21, Pages 459: Bullying against Healthcare Professionals and Coping Strategies: A Scoping Review
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Violence against healthcare professionals is an event that further burdens the daily lives of those who try every day to care for and assist those who need it most. In an attempt to overcome these events, there are coping strategies that can be used to reduce the stress caused. Therefore, this study aims to analyse the phenomenon of violence against healthcare professionals and the relationship between the bullying suffered by these professionals and the coping strategies they developed to overcome these moments. To this end, a scoping review was conducted in which eight articles were selected for final analysis fr...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Ana Rita Valente Ribeiro Ana Isabel Sani Tags: Review Source Type: research
Assessing Your Job
Over half of orthopedic surgeons will change jobs prior to their fifth year in practice. Commonly cited reasons behind the change include compensation, work –life balance, poor job fit, and dissatisfaction with management. Many of these factors are difficult to vet as a job applicant and are often only realized during the course of real-life practice. Possessing the tools and knowledge for effective self-reflection is crucial. It enables a clear under standing of why the current job may not be working and provides insights on how to transition to a different career path. (Source: Clinics in Sports Medicine)
Source: Clinics in Sports Medicine - April 9, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Catherine A. Logan, Meghan E. Bishop, Gabriella E. Ode Source Type: research
How two PhD students overcame the odds to snag tenure-track jobs
Nature, Published online: 08 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01047-yBetween us, we got several offers to lead labs before we had finished our PhDs. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - April 8, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Violeta Rodriguez Qimin Liu Source Type: research
Why is Advocacy Important in Allergy?
Many in our profession ask the question posed in this article's title. Most of us just want to do our jobs and hope it all “works out,” because it almost always does. Too few understand the “Why” of how the practice of medicine led to our current state of affairs. The fact is that public policy set by federal, state, and local governments can have huge impacts on our ability to treat patients and maintain succes sful medical practices. (Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology)
Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - April 6, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Melinda M. Rathkopf, Matt Reiter, Steve Dorman, Vinh T. Nguyen, J. Allen Meadows Tags: Perspective Source Type: research
With money running out, astronomers urge Mexico to save its giant telescope
Facing a looming funding cutoff, astronomers are urging the Mexican government to renew its support for the nation’s most prominent astronomical facility, the Large Millimeter Telescope Alfonso Serrano (LMT). The telescope will run out of money on 31 August unless the government agrees to continue to help cover its operating costs, researchers warned in two recent letters to senior officials.
Urgent action is needed to “guarantee the operation of a flagship project of Mexican science,” LMT Director David Hughes and five other researchers wrote in a
19 March letter
to Mexico’s finance secretary, Roge...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - April 4, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Association of Geriatric Depressive Symptoms and Government-Initiated Senior Employment Program: A Population-Based Study
CONCLUSION: The lower-income GSEP group experienced lower depressive symptoms and life dissatisfaction compared to non-GSEP groups regardless of income. These findings may provide essential insights for the implementation of government policies and community-based interventions.PMID:38569586 | PMC:PMC10990627 | DOI:10.30773/pi.2023.0212 (Source: Psychiatry Investigation)
Source: Psychiatry Investigation - April 3, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Soyeon Park Yeojin Kim Sunwoo Yoon You Jin Nam Sunhwa Hong Yong Hyuk Cho Sang Joon Son Chang Hyung Hong Jai Sung Noh Hyun Woong Roh Source Type: research
