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Organizational Factors and Office Workers’ Health After the World Trade Center Terrorist Attacks: Long-Term Physical Symptoms, Psychological Distress, and Work Productivity
No full textObjective: To assess if organizational factors are predictors of workers' health and productivity after the World Trade Center attacks.Methods: We conducted a survey of 750 workers and compared those who had direct exposures to the World Trade Center attacks (south of Canal Street workers; primary victims) with those less directly exposed (north of Canal Street workers; other victims and non-victims).Results: South of Canal Street workers reported headache more frequently than north of Canal Street workers did (P = 0.0202). Primary victims reported headache and cough more frequently than did other victims and non-victims (P = 0.0086 and 0.0043, respectively). Defensive organizational culture was an independent predictor of cough and job stress, and job stress was an independent predictor of on-the-job productivity losses.Conclusion: Organizational variables may modify health and productivity outcomes after a large-scale traumatic event in the workplace.This research was supported in part by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Grant 5 R21 OH007713-02, and the NIEHS sponsored UMDNJ Center for Environmental Exposures and Disease, Grant NIEHS P30ES005022.This is a non-final version of an article published in final form in Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (50(2):112-25, 2008 Feb) a publication of Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. The published article is available at http://journals.lww.com/joem/Fulltext/2008/02000/Organizational_Factors_and_Office_Workers__Health.4.asp
Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice toward Clostridium Botulinum Outbreak in Home-Canned Bamboo Shoots at Pakaluang Subdistrict, Ban Luang District, Nan Province, Thailand
No full textThis study aims to assess the level of knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) toward Clostridium botulinum outbreak in home-canned bamboo shoots at Pakalung SubDistrict, Ban Luang District, Nan Province, Thailand. A cross-sectional approach was conducted to assess KAP using a structured questionnaire. A total of 280 people, randomly selected responded by face to face interview. The results indicated that the knowledge and attitude of the participants were moderate and neutral (57.9 % and 51.8 %, respectively). The prevalence of good practice level was 89.6 %. Furthermore, the knowledge was significantly associated with social-demographic characteristics (Chi-square, p<0.05) i.e. education level (p<0.001), occupation (p<0.029), monthly incomes (p<0.001). The attitude was associated with age group (p<0.001), education level (p<0.002), monthly incomes (p<0.001) and monthly incomes (p<0.001) are associated with practice level. The information gained would be utilized for health promotion and use of appropriate tools to increase more knowledge, and changing wrong beliefs concerning food habits and changing some people’s practices that might increase risk related to C. botulinum foodborne.Peer reviewed
Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) of Using Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Chilli-Growing Farmers in Huarua Sub-district, Mueang District, Ubonrachathani Province, Thailand
No full textPesticide use in Thailand has increased significant, raising concerns about potentially adverse effects on human health and environment, in particular, as a number of pesticide products have been heavily used on chilli farms. The objectives of this study were: (1) to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices on using personal protective equipment (PPE) of chilli-growing farmers to protect themselves from pesticides, (2) to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices associated with pesticide use and exposure in the chilli-growing farmers, and (3) to provide recommendations and guidelines to reduce the exposure to pesticides among farmers in Huarua Sub-District, Mueang District, Ubonrachathani Province, Thailand. A standardized questionnaire was completed through face to face interviews with 330 chilli-growing farmers. The results showed that 53% of the participants were male and 39.6% and ages ranging between 31-40 years. 71.2 % had received primary school education and most of them applied pesticides by themselves. Almost 89.4% of respondents acknowledged that they ought to wear mask, boots, and cloth while spraying. Furthermore, 83.3% knew that pesticides can pass through their body in 3 ways; ingestion, dermal contact, and inhalation. In addition, 45.5% of respondents knew that spraying should be done in the windward direction and that they should use PPE. Many of the respondents checked their equipment before using them and wore clothing while spraying. Nevertheless, 77.2 % of chilli-growing farmers had low level of knowledge, 54.5 % of the farmers were not concerned about pesticide use or exposure, and 85.0 % of farmers demonstrated a fair level of actual usage. The associations between knowledge and attitude, knowledge and practice, and attitude and practice demonstrated statistical significance with low positive correlation (0.216, 0.285, and 0.305 respectively). The results suggested that government authorities and communities should be provided with the appropriate recommendations, strategies and guidelines to prevent adverse health effects regarding to pesticide exposure of farmers in this area.Peer reviewed
Assessing and Improving Bioterrorism Preparedness Among First Responders: A Pilot Study
No full textFollowing the September 11 terrorist attacks, the vulnerability of the United States became apparent. It also became evident that there was a need for respiratory protection. The purpose of this study was to determine the prior knowledge and perceptions of emergency medical technicians with respect to bioterrorism and to enhance their current knowledge to better prepare them for possible future events. The study was also designed to create a certified pool of trainers who would be capable of fit-testing all squad members with N-100 respirators. Representatives were recruited from each of the Hunterdon County, New Jersey, rescue squads. Participants attended a train-the-trainer session. Before the session and after, they were tested on knowledge and perceptions about relevant bioterrorism issues and were given an educational presentation on bioterrorism, threatening agents, respiratory health, and proper protection, along with being introduced to the fit-test steps for N-100 respirator masks. The response rate for the training was 94 percent. The authors measured and compared responses on the pre-test and the post-test with respect to knowledge, behaviors, and perceptions, and the results indicated a change following the training. The study thus provided evidence that the train-the-trainer program is an effective method of providing public health preparedness training to members of community organizations and agencies.Reprinted with permission from the Journal of Environmental Health, a publication of the National Environmental Health Association, www.neha.org.Supported by NIEHS Grants ES07148 and ES05022 and the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute.Peer reviewe
Factors Associated with Pesticide Risk Behaviors among Rice Farmers in Rural Community, Thailand
No full textPesticide use in Thailand has increased significant, raising concerns about potentially adverse effects on human health and environment, in particular, as a number of pesticide products have been heavily used on chilli farms. The objectives of this study were: (1) to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices on using personal protective equipment (PPE) of chilli-growing farmers to protect themselves from pesticides, (2) to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices associated with pesticide use and exposure in the chilli-growing farmers, and (3) to provide recommendations and guidelines to reduce the exposure to pesticides among farmers in Huarua Sub-District, Mueang District, Ubonrachathani Province, Thailand. A standardized questionnaire was completed through face to face interviews with 330 chill-growing farmers. The results showed that 53% of the participants were male and 39.6% and ages ranging between 31-40 years. 71.2 % had received primary school education and most of them applied pesticides by themselves. Almost 89.4% of respondents acknowledged that they ought to wear mask, boots, and cloth while spraying. Furthermore, 83.3% knew that pesticides can pass through their body in 3 ways; ingestion, dermal contact, and inhalation. In addition, 45.5% of respondents knew that spraying should be done in the windward direction and that they should use PPE. Many of the respondents checked their equipment before using them and wore clothing while spraymg. Nevertheless, 77.2 % of chilli-growing farmers had low level of knowledge, 54.5 % of the farmers were not concerned about pesticide use or exposure, and 85.0 % of farmers demonstrated a fair level of actual usage. The associations between knowledge and attitude, knowledge and practice, and attitude and practice demonstrated statistical significance with low positive correlation (0.2 16, 0.285, and 0.305 respectively,). The results suggested that government authorities and communities should be provided with the appropriate recommendations, strategies and guidelines to prevent adverse health effects regarding to pesticide exposure of farmers in this area
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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