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Mental Health in the Workplace

WEBAbout 63 percent of respondents to a Mental Health America survey conducted between 2015 and 2017 reported that workplace stress significantly affected their mental and …

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Health Workers’ Mental Health

WEBFrom “Vital Signs: Health Worker-Perceived Working Conditions and Symptoms of Poor Mental Health—Quality of Worklife Survey, United States, 2018–2022”: “This study …

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Occupational Health Disparities

WEBOccupational health disparities are also known as occupational health inequities, which NIOSH defines as “avoidable differences in work-related disease incidence, mental …

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Correctional Institutions and Human Health Risk

WEBThis article explores the importance of performing a facility health risk assessment at CIs to identify the cause of human health risk drivers within the built environment as well as …

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Preventing Violence Against Home Healthcare Workers

WEBWORK ENVIRONMENT Home healthcare workers, including personal care aides, home health aides, nursing assistants, and other care assistants, help clients with bathing, …

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Demographics of Healthcare Workers with COVID-19

WEBThe report is based on demographics and other information from 100,570 cases of COVID-19 among healthcare workers that were reported to CDC between Feb. 12 and July 16. …

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Finding a Balance

WEBAPPLYING BUSINESS CONCEPTS IN OEHS Paul Esposito, CIH, CSP, a member of the AIHA/CSHS task force that produced the 2020 guidance document, has been interested …

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The Art of Health and Safety

WEBThe concept of health and safety hazards in museums is one that makes sense when you think about it, though: museums house works built with materials and techniques long …

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Changing the World, One Course at a Time

WEBIn 2014, an article in Annals of Global Health stated that global occupational health and safety must be an international priority. The reasons are compelling: economic …

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Standards of Care: Competence Plus Performance

WEBA standard of care is the minimum expected performance established for a particular profession or function. Standards of care are typically based on established norms, …

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AIHA, CSHS Publish Guidance on Leading Health Metrics

WEBThe new CSHS guide defines a leading health metric as “a measurable, meaningful, actionable, evidence-based indicator that can be used to monitor, predict, influence or …

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Raising Health’s Profile

WEBAnnals of Occupational Hygiene: “ Longitudinal Assessment of Noise Exposure in a Cohort of Construction Workers,” Table 1 (October 2011). Applied Occupational and …

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Treating the Whole Worker

WEBWork environments, work processes, and work-life balance are changing, and these changes can all negatively affect worker well-being, including mental health. NIOSH …

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Heath and Safety in Museums and Art Galleries

WEBConservators play an integral part in developing pest management programs for the collection. In conjunction with the environmental health and safety (EHS) professional …

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Comparing Codes of Ethics

WEBLast November, the American Public Health Association updated its code of ethics. This code is of interest to occupational health and safety professionals because …

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The Journey to "Be Well"

WEBA critical component of a holistic journey to well-being is the recognition that safety is the foundation of the TWH approach. The effects of workplace psychosocial stress on …

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Introducing Health Product Declarations

WEBThe Health Product Declaration (HPD) Open Standard is a leading tool for reporting and disclosing the contents of building products and associated health information. Akin to, …

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Revisiting Respirators for O2 Deficiency

WEBThe O2 concentration in atmospheric air is 20.95 percent, from sea level to the highest mountain peak. However, since atmospheric pressure decreases with increasing …

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More Lessons from Early Warnings

WEBI n 2002, the European Environment Agency published an extensive series of case studies in support of the precautionary principle under the rubric “Late Lessons from Early …

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The Synergist May 2019

WEBThe Synergist 's mission is to provide AIHA members with news and information about the occupational and environmental health and safety fields and the industrial hygiene …

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Protecting Wastewater Treatment Workers

WEBAs a precaution, wastewater treatment plant workers use personal protective equipment (PPE), wash their hands frequently, and get vaccinations for Hepatitis A and …

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CONTENTS AUGUST 2015

WEBThe August 2015 issue of AIHA's magazine, The Synergist, for industrial hygienists and occupational health and safety professionals.

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