Occupational Health Barriers in South Africa: A Call for Ubuntu DOI Creative Commons
Muzimkhulu Zungu, Jerry Spiegel, Annalee Yassi

et al.

Annals of Global Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 90(1)

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Annals of Global Health is a peer-reviewed, fully open access, online journal dedicated to publishing high quality articles all aspects global health. The journal's mission advance health, promote research, and foster the prevention treatment disease worldwide. Its goals are improve health well-being people, equity, wise stewardship earth's environment. latest impact factor 2.90. supported by Program for Public Common Good at Boston College. It was founded in 1934 Icahn School Medicine Mount Sinai as Journal Medicine. partner Consortium Universities Health. From time time, publishes Special Collections, series organized around common theme Recent Collections have included "Local evidence strategies addressing NCDs Non-Communicable Diseases Tanzania", "Universal Coverage through Integrated Care", "The Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics Human Health". workers interested developing Collection strongly encouraged contact Managing Editor discuss project.

Language: Английский

Systematizing Information Use to Address Determinants of Health Worker Health in South Africa: A Cross-sectional Mixed Method Study DOI Creative Commons
Muzimkhulu Zungu, Annalee Yassi, Jonathan Ramodike

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Safety and Health at Work, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 14(4), P. 368 - 374

Published: Oct. 26, 2023

Recognizing that access to safe and healthy working conditions is a human right, the World Health Organization (WHO) calls for specific occupational safety health (OSH) programs workers (HWs). The WHO systems' building blocks, International Labour (ILO), highlight importance of information as part effective systems. This study examined how OSH stakeholders access, use, value an system (OHIS). A cross-sectional survey was conducted larger quasi experimental in four teaching hospitals. hospitals participants were purposefully selected data collected using modified questionnaire with both closed open-ended questions. Quantitative analysis themes identified qualitative analysis. Ethics approval provided by University Pretoria British Columbia. There 71 comprised hospital managers, representatives, trade unions representatives professionals. At least 42% reported poor accessibility timeliness OHIS decision-making. Only 50% had computers 27% computer skills. When existing, poorly organized needed upgrades, 85% reporting need significant reforms. 45% use decision-making their role. Given gap utilization protect worker's rights workplace, more attention warranted development well education training South Africa beyond.

Language: Английский

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PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centers: celebrating the achievement of our common goals DOI Creative Commons

Jarbas Barbosa da Silva

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 48, P. 1 - 1

Published: March 8, 2024

Language: Английский

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Infection Risk Prediction in Healthcare Settings: Lessons From COVID-19 Contact Tracing DOI Creative Commons
Salih Keskin, Ahmet Naci Emecen, Alp Ergör

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Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 6(1), P. 47 - 57

Published: March 8, 2024

Contact tracing has been recognized as a critical process in controlling infectious disease epidemics. Its objectives include early identification of potentially cases and prevention the emergence new clusters. In context severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, in-hospital contact-tracing efforts (...)

Language: Английский

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Occupational Health Barriers in South Africa: A Call for Ubuntu DOI Creative Commons
Muzimkhulu Zungu, Jerry Spiegel, Annalee Yassi

et al.

Annals of Global Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 90(1)

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Annals of Global Health is a peer-reviewed, fully open access, online journal dedicated to publishing high quality articles all aspects global health. The journal's mission advance health, promote research, and foster the prevention treatment disease worldwide. Its goals are improve health well-being people, equity, wise stewardship earth's environment. latest impact factor 2.90. supported by Program for Public Common Good at Boston College. It was founded in 1934 Icahn School Medicine Mount Sinai as Journal Medicine. partner Consortium Universities Health. From time time, publishes Special Collections, series organized around common theme Recent Collections have included "Local evidence strategies addressing NCDs Non-Communicable Diseases Tanzania", "Universal Coverage through Integrated Care", "The Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics Human Health". workers interested developing Collection strongly encouraged contact Managing Editor discuss project.

Language: Английский

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