Background: The incidence of occupational skin disease (OSD) in geriatric nurses (GNs) is increasing in Germany. Objectives: A prospective controlled study of secondary individual prevention (SIP) of OSD in GNs was conducted. Methods: Two hundred and nine participants completed questionnaires prior
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The high unemployment figures in many European countries are often attributed to overgenerous unemployment benefits. However, proponents of benefit cuts tend not to recognize that unemployment benefits also facilitate longer job searches and, as a result, ultimately improve job matches. In this arti
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unemployment durationOver-educationEvent history analysisUnemployment benefits
The high rates of injury among young workers are a pressing public health issue, especially given the demand of the job market for new workers. Young and new workers experience the highest rates of occupational injuries of any age group. Incorporating occupational safety and health (OSH) information into the more than 20000 vocational and other workforce preparation programs in the United States might provide a mechanism for reducing work-related injuries and illnesses among young and new workers. We assessed the status of including OSH information or training in workforce preparation programs and found there is an inconsistent emphasis on OSH information.
The high rates of injury among young workers are a pressing public health issue, especially given the demand of the job market for new workers. Young and new workers experience the highest rates of occupational injuries of any age group. Incorporating occupational safety and health (OSH) information
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Employmenttrainingadultattitude to healthhumanHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansOccupational diseasesRisk assessmentadolescentoccupational healthoccupational safetyVocational educationcurriculumUnited Statesreviewmiddle agedModels, Educationalneeds assessmentHealth educationeducation programpublic healthagedchildoccupational accidenthealth promotionSafety Managementhealth programAccidents, OccupationalSchool Health ServicesCommunity Health ServicesGuidelinesNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
medical educationHumansInternship and ResidencyVocational educationcurriculumAustraliapostgraduate educationEducation, Medicalnoteconsultationeducation programorganizationrural health careRural Health Servicescontinuing educationEducation, Medical, Continuingpriority journalModels, Organizationalhealth care manpower
This book analyzes a range of social contexts in which human decisions shape technology in the market economy. It comprises a critical review of both a select research literature and in-depth historical studies. Material is drawn from many social science discipl
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Source:European Journal of General Practice
(2005)
Objectives: This paper outlines the development of family medicine in South Africa with special reference to the process leading to the recognition of this discipline as a medical specialty. It also examines the constraints under which the discipline has had to function, considers where the discipline should be, seeks to identify the barriers to its further development and suggests ways in which to overcome these. Methods: A short review was carried out of the available South African literature to record the advancement of the discipline and the international literature was searched for articles supporting this direction. Results: The situation in South Africa is complicated by the existence of many doctor groupings claiming to represent the generalist and the perception that family medicine only addresses the needs of middle-class citizens. A flawed consultative process leading up to the present stage has contributed to this perception. Conclusions: The available literature supports the establishment of family medicine as a speciality. Developments in South Africa, such as raising the status of Family Medicine and creating a compulsory rotation through family medicine as an extended internship and the creation of registrar posts in family medicine will advance the discipline in a positive manner, whilst possibly attempting to resolve the medical migration issues that are presently destroying Sub-Saharan Africa's health services.
Objectives: This paper outlines the development of family medicine in South Africa with special reference to the process leading to the recognition of this discipline as a medical specialty. It also examines the constraints under which the discipline has had to function, considers where the discipli
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This article uses the reports from 1,001 home-based interviews, with adults living in the United Kingdom, to describe their varying patterns of participation in lifelong, learning. It finds that 37% of all adults report no further education or training of any kind after reaching compulsory school-le
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The South Central Center for Public Health Preparedness (SCCPHP) is a collaboration among the schools of public health at Tulane University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the state health departments in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. The SCCPHP provides competency-ba
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TeachinghumanHumansArticleVocational educationcurriculumuniversityeducationUnited Statesmedical professionhealth care personnelschoolorganization and managementmethodologyeducational modelModels, Educationalcompetency-based educationhealth care needHealth educationpublic healthhealth services researchhealth care accesshealth care planningpriority journalpublic health serviceemergencygeographythreatSoutheastern United States
Source:The Journal of health administration education
(2005)
The education of students of health administration has traditionally combined both the theoretical and practical to enhance and balance the learning experience. Classroom exposure to the principles of management, law, organizations, and finance is coupled with problem solving, practicum, internship, and administrative residency experiences. However, just as recent years have seen the developmentof courses from managed care and alternative delivery systems to total quality management and continuous quality improvement, there is also emerging an awareness of the need to enhance the practical side of the learning equation. Perhaps this need is finding expression in curricular opportunities for students to learn from a participatory model known as civic engagement (CE). CE is a way of integrating academic study and community service to strengthen learning while promoting civic and personal responsibility to strengthen communities. Based on experiences with graduate and undergraduate students spanning the last ten years at Texas State University--San Marcos (Texas State), it is suggested that a CE paradigm has been developed within the Department of Health Administration that merits consideration by other programs of health administration. As a model for change, it has the potential for reforming both health administration education and most other higher education disciplines as well.
The education of students of health administration has traditionally combined both the theoretical and practical to enhance and balance the learning experience. Classroom exposure to the principles of management, law, organizations, and finance is coupled with problem solving, practicum, internship,
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cross-sectional studyhumanCross-Sectional StudiesHumansArticleVocational educationcurriculumeducationUnited Statesprofessional competenceorganization and managementorganizationOrganizational InnovationEducation, Professionalpublic relationshealth care facilityHealth Facility AdministratorsCommunity-Institutional RelationsTexas
