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Enhancing occupational health literacy in the context of SDGs: Evidence from Sicilian workers
Full text linkObjectives: This study aims to investigate the levels of Occupational Health Literacy (OHL) among workers in Sicilian companies and identify key predictors of elevated OHL. The research also seeks to highlight the role of OHL in promoting workplace health, reducing inequalities, and contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 3 (Health and well-being) and SDG 4 (Quality education). Study design: A cross-sectional study was conducted over a three-month period, from September to December 2024, involving a sample of 796 workers from various Sicilian companies. Methods: Participants completed three validated questionnaires: the Occupational Health Literacy Scale (OHLS), the Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire (WPAI-GH), and the EQ-5D for assessing quality of life. Logistic regression models were employed to analyze the data and identify predictors associated with elevated OHL levels. Results: Among the participants, 28.8 % demonstrated high levels of OHL, whereas 71.1 % exhibited insufficient levels. Key determinants of elevated OHL included age, gender, and education. Higher education was significantly associated with high OHL levels (p < 0.001). Conclusions: The study underscores the importance of targeted educational interventions to enhance OHL, thereby fostering workplace health and supporting the achievement of SDGs. These findings call for further research to address regional disparities and promote sustainable occupational health and safety practices
Rischi ergonomici in ambiente odontoiatrico
No full textIntroduzione
I disordini muscolo-scheletrici (MSDs) sono i disturbi più frequenti in campo odontoiatrico.
Hanno un impatto considerevole sulla qualità di vita lavorativa ed extralavorativa dei
professionisti. L’ergonomia individua i parametri più importarti per eliminare i fattori
negativi, stabilendo i criteri sui quali adeguare le procedure operative odontoiatriche.
Scopo
Descrivere attraverso la letteratura scientifica i principali disturbi e le patologie correlate
all’attività odontoiatrica e le condizioni predisponenti.
Metodi
Lo studio è stato condotto tramite articoli individuati attraverso Pubmed, MedLine e
Cochrane. Le parole chiave sono: “ergonomics”, “dentist”, “dentistry”, “posture”, “neck
pain”, “muscoloskeletal diseases”, “work”, “occupational”.
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Risultati
Gli MSDs maggiormente denunciati sono il mal di schiena, le cervicalgie, i disturbi a carico
delle mani e le tendiniti della spalla, presenti in più dell’81% degli operatori odontoiatrici. La
prevalenza di dolori muscolari o scheletrici in dentisti e studenti di odontoiatria si colloca tra
il 64 e il 93%. Le regioni corporee maggiormente interessate dal dolore sono la schiena (36
60%) e il collo (19.5- 80%). Le patologie più comuni a carico della mano comprendono le
tendiniti, sindrome di De Quervain, sindrome del tunnel carpale e la sindrome di Guyon.
Discussione
i fattori predisponenti l’insorgenza degli MSDs sono il sesso femminile, la minor esperienza
lavorativa , gli stili di vita (alimentazione non equilibrata, scarsa attività fisica e consumo di
alcol) e il tipo di specializzazione odontoiatrica. Inoltre, è dimostrabile come il lavoro
prolungato senza pause o con break insufficienti aumenti lo sviluppo di MSDs; infatti, le linee
guida prevedono che i professionisti effettuino almeno 6 minuti di riposo per ogni ora
lavorativa. La prevenzione è fondamentale e si effettua mettendo in campo alcune strategie,
quali l’utilizzo di attrezzature e strumentazioni ergonomiche, pause durante l’orario lavorativo
ed esercizio fisico regolare
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
Ergonomic risk and preventive measures of musculoskeletal disorders in the dentistry environment: an umbrella review
Full text linkVariations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Enhancing occupational health literacy in the context of SDGs: Evidence from Sicilian workers
Full text linkAppropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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