27 research outputs found
Waking the Sleeping Giant: Poor and Low-Income Voters in the 2020 Elections
No full textThe 2020 presidential elections saw the highest voter turnout in U.S. election history, including among poor and low-income voters (LIV) . Of the 168 million voters who cast a ballot in the general election, 58 million—or 35% of the voting electorate—were LIV. This cuts against common misperceptions that poor and low-income people are apathetic about politics or inconsequential to electoral outcomes.To tap into the potential impact of these voters in the 2020 elections, the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival (PPC:NCMR) launched a non-partisan voter outreach drive across 16 states. The drive targeted urban and rural areas and reached over 2.1 million voters, the vast majority of whom were eligible LIV. The drive had a statistically significant impact in drawing eligible LIV into the active voting electorate, showing that intentional efforts to engage these voters—around an agenda that includes living wages, health care, strong anti-poverty programs, voting rights and policies that fully address injustices of systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation and the war economy—can be effective across state borders and racial lines
The Role of Safety Management Systems in Improving Workplace Health and Organizational Success
No full textBackground: Organizational initiatives aimed at improving workplace performance and safety currently includes the deployment of Safety Management Systems (SMS). SMS includes structured policies, procedures, and tools aimed at improving safety outcomes and reducing risks.Aim: To investigate the effects of SMS on key workplace outcomes is the main aim of this research, including workplace health, safety culture, employee productivity, organizational financial performance, employee retention and satisfaction. The research also seeks to identify how safety culture mediates the relationship between SMS and these outcomes.Method: Data from 1,028 participants were analyzed using various statistical techniques in AMOS software. The methods included correlation analysis to assess relationships between variables, chi-square test for categorical comparisons, multiple linear regressions to model the direct effects of SMS on dependent variables, and ANOVA for group comparisons based on SMS implementation levels. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to test complex relationships, including indirect effects mediated by safety culture.Results: Findings indicate that SMS implementation significantly improves workplace health, employee productivity, and organizational financial performance. Organizations with higher SMS maturity report better safety records, increased employee satisfaction, and improved financial performance.Conclusion: The results underscore the importance of SMS in fostering a safer, more productive workplace. A strong SMS not only enhances workplace safety but also contributes to overall organizational success by improving employee well-being, retention, productivity and financial outcomes
LEAVES EXTRACT OF MURRAYA KOENIGII LINN FOR ANTIINFLAMMATORY AND ANALGESIC ACTIVITY IN ANIMAL MODELS
No full textThis work has been done for the investigation of the anti-inflammatory andanalgesic activity of methanol extract of dried leaves of Murraya koenigii Linn by oraladministration at dose of 100, 200 and 400 mg/kg body weight, to healthy animals.Extract was studied for its anti-inflammatory activity by using carrageenan-induced hindpaw edema in albino rats and the mean increase in paw volume and % inhibition in pawvolume were measured plethysmometrically at different time intervals after carrageenan(1% w/v) injection. Extract was also evaluated for analgesic activity using Eddy’s hotplate method and formalin induced paw licking method in albino rats. The methanolextract showed significant (P < 0.001) reduction in the carrageenan-induced paw edemaand analgesic activity evidenced by increase in the reaction time by eddy’s hot platemethod and percentage increase in pain in formalin test. The methanol extract showedanti-inflammatory and analgesic effect in dose dependent manner when compared withthe control and standard drug, diclofenac sodium (10mg/kg, p.o). These inhibitions werestatistically significant (P < 0.05). Thus our investigation suggests a potential benefit ofMurraya koenigii in treating conditions associated with inflammatory pain
The Role of Safety Management Systems in Improving Workplace Health and Organizational Success
No full textBackground: Organizational initiatives aimed at improving workplace performance and safety currently includes the deployment of Safety Management Systems (SMS). SMS includes structured policies, procedures, and tools aimed at improving safety outcomes and reducing risks.Aim: To investigate the effects of SMS on key workplace outcomes is the main aim of this research, including workplace health, safety culture, employee productivity, organizational financial performance, employee retention and satisfaction. The research also seeks to identify how safety culture mediates the relationship between SMS and these outcomes.Method: Data from 1,028 participants were analyzed using various statistical techniques in AMOS software. The methods included correlation analysis to assess relationships between variables, chi-square test for categorical comparisons, multiple linear regressions to model the direct effects of SMS on dependent variables, and ANOVA for group comparisons based on SMS implementation levels. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to test complex relationships, including indirect effects mediated by safety culture.Results: Findings indicate that SMS implementation significantly improves workplace health, employee productivity, and organizational financial performance. Organizations with higher SMS maturity report better safety records, increased employee satisfaction, and improved financial performance.Conclusion: The results underscore the importance of SMS in fostering a safer, more productive workplace. A strong SMS not only enhances workplace safety but also contributes to overall organizational success by improving employee well-being, retention, productivity and financial outcomes.Introducción: las iniciativas organizativas destinadas a mejorar el rendimiento y la seguridad en el lugar de trabajo incluyen actualmente la implantación de Sistemas de Gestión de la Seguridad (SMS). Los SMS incluyen políticas, procedimientos y herramientas estructurados destinados a mejorar los resultados en materia de seguridad y reducir los riesgos.Objetivo: investigar los efectos de los SGS en los resultados clave del lugar de trabajo es el principal objetivo de esta investigación, incluyendo la salud en el lugar de trabajo, la cultura de la seguridad, la productividad de los empleados, el rendimiento financiero de la organización, la retención y la satisfacción de los empleados. La investigación también pretende identificar cómo la cultura de la seguridad media en la relación entre los SMS y estos resultados. Método: los datos de 1028 participantes se analizaron mediante diversas técnicas estadísticas en el programa AMOS. Los métodos incluyeron análisis de correlación para evaluar las relaciones entre variables, pruebas de chi-cuadrado para comparaciones categóricas, regresiones lineales múltiples para modelar los efectos directos de los SMS sobre las variables dependientes y ANOVA para comparaciones de grupos basadas en los niveles de implantación de los SMS. Se utilizó el modelo de ecuaciones estructurales (SEM) para probar relaciones complejas, incluidos los efectos indirectos mediados por la cultura de seguridad.Resultados: los resultados indican que la implantación de los SGS mejora significativamente la salud en el trabajo, la productividad de los empleados y los resultados financieros de la organización. Las organizaciones con una mayor madurez en SMS presentan mejores registros de seguridad, mayor satisfacción de los empleados y mejores resultados financieros.Conclusiones: los resultados subrayan la importancia de los SGS para fomentar un lugar de trabajo más seguro y productivo. Un SGS sólido no sólo mejora la seguridad en el lugar de trabajo, sino que también contribuye al éxito general de la organización al mejorar el bienestar, la retención, la productividad y los resultados financieros de los empleados
The Role of Safety Culture in Reducing Incidents in High-Risk Industries
No full textIntroduction: It examines the influence of safety culture on the likelihood of incidents in high-danger industries. The goal is to see if encouraging a robust safety culture will ultimately lead to fewer incidents and better safety performance.Methods: Following that, the researchers conducted a detailed literature review to search for matching studies and data on safety and safety culture and their relationship to incidents, especially in high-risk industries. Next, a meta-analysis was performed on the findings to determine the overall impact safety culture has on incident reduction.Results: The analysis found a statistically significant positive correlation between a high level of safety culture and a decrease in incident frequency. Compared to industries with weak safety culture, industries with strong safety culture had significantly less number of incidents. This effect applied to all high-risk industries, including oil and gas, aviation, and construction. Conclusions: This study finds that safety culture is an important factor in preventing incidents in high-risk industries. Organizations expound on a robust safety culture by communication, training, and leadership. When applied properly and consistently, it can cause safety performance to be visible and improve, decrease the frequency of incidents over time, and help keep people and plants safe.Introducción: se examina la influencia de la cultura de la seguridad en la probabilidad de que se produzcan incidentes en industrias de alto riesgo. El objetivo es comprobar si el fomento de una cultura de la seguridad sólida conduce en última instancia a un menor número de incidentes y a mejores resultados en materia de seguridad. Método: a continuación, los investigadores realizaron una detallada revisión bibliográfica para buscar estudios y datos coincidentes sobre seguridad y cultura de la seguridad y su relación con los incidentes, especialmente en industrias de alto riesgo. A continuación, se realizó un metaanálisis de los resultados para determinar el impacto global de la cultura de la seguridad en la reducción de incidentes. Resultados: el análisis encontró una correlación positiva estadísticamente significativa entre un alto nivel de cultura de la seguridad y una disminución de la frecuencia de incidentes. En comparación con las industrias con una cultura de la seguridad débil, las industrias con una cultura de la seguridad fuerte tuvieron un número significativamente menor de incidentes. Este efecto se aplicó a todas las industrias de alto riesgo, incluidos el petróleo y el gas, la aviación y la construcción. Conclusiones: este estudio concluye que la cultura de la seguridad es un factor importante para prevenir incidentes en las industrias de alto riesgo. Las organizaciones desarrollan una sólida cultura de la seguridad mediante la comunicación, la formación y el liderazgo. Cuando se aplica de forma adecuada y coherente, puede hacer que los resultados en materia de seguridad sean visibles y mejoren, disminuir la frecuencia de los incidentes a lo largo del tiempo y contribuir a mantener la seguridad de las personas y las instalaciones
Healthcare Education as a Mechanism for Advancing Patient-Centric Care Frameworks
No full textHealthcare education is very important for changing the way patients are cared for, especially when it comes to promoting patient-centered frameworks that put each person\u27s wants, desires, and values first. Changing our emphasis to patient-centered approaches is more crucial than ever as it grows more difficult for healthcare systems all over to manage big numbers of complex patients and enhance outcomes. Emphasising the need of healthcare professionals knowing what they are doing and for individuals to be active in their treatment, this article explores how healthcare education might assist bring about these significant improvements. Patient-centered care (PCC) is based on the principle that, with an eye towards cooperation among healthcare professionals, people should participate in choices regarding their own treatment. Education is mostly responsible for ensuring that patients and healthcare professionals with the knowledge, tools, and attitudes required for their dynamic cooperation. It enables physicians to better understand the cultural concerns, needs, and challenges that could compromise the treatment of a patient. It also enables patients to participate actively in their treatment regimens and make independent decisions. Furthermore, healthcare education promotes the development of interdisciplinary teams, therefore enabling individuals from several healthcare disciplines to collaborate and offer improved general treatment. By means of evidence-based practices, it also creates the conditions for continuous improvement, ensuring that patient care reflects the developments in medical knowledge and technology. Future healthcare professionals also acquire from their education empathy, cultural awareness, and effective communication skills that will enable them to handle the difficulties of patient-centered care. Ultimately, healthcare education not only improves the quality of the healthcare professionals but also makes patients happier, more inclined to follow their treatment programs, and generally healthier. This article argues for investing a lot of time in healthcare education to obtain patient-centered care models adopted by many people and thus increase the flexibility, openness, and fairness of the healthcare system
Leadership and Quality of Life: Navigating Health Systems Through Crisis Management and Beyond of Life in Chronic Disease Management
No full textIntroduction: This article focuses on the leadership in health systems in crisis and its effect on the quality of life. It essentially covers how good leadership can steer through extraordinary times like now, during the COVID-19 pandemic, and make way for quality care delivery and better population health outcomes in the future.Methods: The study uses a systematic review methodology to collect and analyse literature on leadership and health systems, crisis management and quality of life. This SCOPUS and PUBMED systematic review was based on 50 articles selected for analysis through a rigorous evaluation of relevance and evidence quality.Results: We now know that leadership is the most important factor in navigating crises as well as the responder systems more generally striving to enhance life among the communities they serve. By having a clear vision, pragmatic communication and adaptability, leaders can steer their teams and organizations through volatile periods and come out with better results. Moreover, good leadership is also important for building public trust and confidence during crises, which is important to increase the level of compliance with public health measures.Conclusions: To conclude this paper, we have emphasised the vital impact of leadership on the quality of life within health systems and at all organisational levels, especially during times of crisis. It highlights the importance of leaders having the skills and qualities needed to successfully manage and navigate through extraordinary circumstances and improve overall population health outcomes. Moreover, additional studies are needed to identify the particular leadership attributes, approaches, and styles that best serve us in addressing health system crises and enhancing quality of life.Introducción: este artículo se centra en el liderazgo en los sistemas sanitarios en crisis y su efecto en la calidad de vida. Esencialmente, trata de cómo un buen liderazgo puede dirigir en tiempos extraordinarios como los actuales, durante la pandemia de covid-19, y abrir paso a una prestación asistencial de calidad y a mejores resultados de salud de la población en el futuro.Método: el estudio utiliza una metodología de revisión sistemática para recopilar y analizar bibliografía sobre liderazgo y sistemas sanitarios, gestión de crisis y calidad de vida. Esta revisión sistemática de SCOPUS y PUBMED se basó en 50 artículos seleccionados para su análisis mediante una evaluación rigurosa de la pertinencia y la calidad de las pruebas. Resultados: ahora sabemos que el liderazgo es el factor más importante en la navegación de las crisis, así como los sistemas de respuesta más en general que se esfuerzan por mejorar la vida entre las comunidades a las que sirven. Al tener una visión clara, una comunicación pragmática y capacidad de adaptación, los líderes pueden conducir a sus equipos y organizaciones a través de periodos volátiles y salir con mejores resultados. Además, un buen liderazgo también es importante para fomentar la confianza del público durante las crisis, lo que es importante para aumentar el nivel de cumplimiento de las medidas de salud pública.Conclusiones: para concluir este documento, hemos hecho hincapié en el impacto vital del liderazgo en la calidad de vida dentro de los sistemas sanitarios y en todos los niveles organizativos, especialmente en tiempos de crisis. Se destaca la importancia de que los líderes posean las habilidades y cualidades necesarias para gestionar y navegar con éxito a través de circunstancias extraordinarias y mejorar los resultados generales de salud de la población. Además, se necesitan más estudios para identificar los atributos, enfoques y estilos de liderazgo concretos que mejor nos sirven para afrontar las crisis de los sistemas de salud y mejorar la calidad de vida
Implementing Standardized Health Protocols for Enhanced Occupational Safety
No full textThe workplaces are getting more complicated in many different fields, so standard health practices need to be put in place to make sure everyone is safer. For a long period, occupational health hazards including physical injury and mental anxiety have been a concern in workplace safety management. New technology and global health issues call for robust and consistent health practices that not only satisfy legal criteria but also enable employees to remain long-term healthy. Emphasising how they increase worker safety, this article examines how standardised health rules were developed and used. The first section of the research examines attentively present workplace health policies and identifies significant areas needing improvement. It emphasises the need of creating safety guidelines that everyone can follow while also allowing enough flexibility to fit various working environments. By following established policies, companies may reduce general numbers of work-related accidents and illness, cut risks, and increase worker production. One of the primary concepts of this work is using technology to monitor individuals and ensure they obey health regulations. The article demonstrates how extremely crucial data-driven approaches such as deploying smart tech and systems that monitor your health in real time can be for maintaining workers safe. The study also examines how training courses and education may ensure that employees are suited to appropriately grasp and apply the policies. Implementing these set guidelines is not always simple. Organisations could deal with issues like not wanting to change, ignorance of the situation, and inadequate resources. The report did state, however, that proactive, frequent reviews and revisions are necessary for long-term effectiveness from procedure standardisation. Standardised health practices taken as a whole may assist to ensure workplaces are safer, safeguard workers\u27 health, and increase the entire success of a company
Implementing Standardized Health Protocols for Enhanced Occupational Safety
No full textThe workplaces are getting more complicated in many different fields, so standard health practices need to be put in place to make sure everyone is safer. For a long period, occupational health hazards including physical injury and mental anxiety have been a concern in workplace safety management. New technology and global health issues call for robust and consistent health practices that not only satisfy legal criteria but also enable employees to remain long-term healthy. Emphasising how they increase worker safety, this article examines how standardised health rules were developed and used. The first section of the research examines attentively present workplace health policies and identifies significant areas needing improvement. It emphasises the need of creating safety guidelines that everyone can follow while also allowing enough flexibility to fit various working environments. By following established policies, companies may reduce general numbers of work-related accidents and illness, cut risks, and increase worker production. One of the primary concepts of this work is using technology to monitor individuals and ensure they obey health regulations. The article demonstrates how extremely crucial data-driven approaches such as deploying smart tech and systems that monitor your health in real time can be for maintaining workers safe. The study also examines how training courses and education may ensure that employees are suited to appropriately grasp and apply the policies. Implementing these set guidelines is not always simple. Organisations could deal with issues like not wanting to change, ignorance of the situation, and inadequate resources. The report did state, however, that proactive, frequent reviews and revisions are necessary for long-term effectiveness from procedure standardisation. Standardised health practices taken as a whole may assist to ensure workplaces are safer, safeguard workers' health, and increase the entire success of a company.Los lugares de trabajo son cada vez más complicados en muchos campos diferentes, por lo que es necesario establecer prácticas sanitarias estándar para garantizar la seguridad de todos. Durante mucho tiempo, los riesgos para la salud en el trabajo, incluidas las lesiones físicas y la ansiedad mental, han sido motivo de preocupación en la gestión de la seguridad laboral. Las nuevas tecnologías y los problemas sanitarios mundiales exigen prácticas sanitarias sólidas y coherentes que no sólo satisfagan los criterios legales, sino que también permitan a los empleados mantenerse sanos a largo plazo. Haciendo hincapié en cómo aumentan la seguridad de los trabajadores, este artículo examina cómo se desarrollaron y utilizaron las normas sanitarias normalizadas. La primera sección de la investigación examina con atención las actuales políticas sanitarias en el lugar de trabajo e identifica áreas significativas que necesitan mejoras. Destaca la necesidad de crear directrices de seguridad que todos puedan seguir y que, al mismo tiempo, permitan suficiente flexibilidad para adaptarse a diversos entornos de trabajo. Siguiendo las políticas establecidas, las empresas pueden reducir el número general de accidentes y enfermedades laborales, disminuir los riesgos y aumentar la producción de los trabajadores. Uno de los principales conceptos de este trabajo es el uso de la tecnología para controlar a las personas y garantizar que cumplen las normas sanitarias. El artículo demuestra lo sumamente cruciales que pueden ser para mantener la seguridad de los trabajadores planteamientos basados en datos, como el despliegue de tecnología inteligente y sistemas que vigilen su salud en tiempo real. El estudio también examina cómo los cursos de formación y la educación pueden garantizar que los empleados estén capacitados para comprender y aplicar adecuadamente las políticas. Aplicar estas directrices establecidas no siempre es sencillo. Las organizaciones pueden enfrentarse a problemas como no querer cambiar, desconocimiento de la situación y recursos inadecuados. No obstante, el informe afirma que para que la normalización de los procedimientos sea eficaz a largo plazo es necesario realizar revisiones y exámenes frecuentes y proactivos. Las prácticas sanitarias normalizadas en su conjunto pueden contribuir a garantizar que los lugares de trabajo sean más seguros, salvaguardar la salud de los trabajadores y aumentar el éxito global de una empresa
