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Selected Topics - Occupational Health and Safety
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Studies on Occupational Health and Safety at UNSW
Events
Global policies and related documents
Reports, guidelines and projects
- Development of Models of Emergency Preparedness
“The emergency preparedness models in this report can help field- and facility-based health care professionals plan for and respond to bioterrorism events or public health emergencies. The evidence-based, best-practice models provide guidance on personal protective equipment, decontamination, isolation/quarantine, and laboratory capacity. The models were developed for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)….”
- Food at Work: Workplace solutions for malnutrition, obesity and chronic disease
This report, published by the International Labour Organisation establishes a link between good nutrition and high worplace productivity. It demonstrates that ensuring that workers have access to nutritious, safe and affordable food, an adequate meal break and decent conditions for eating is not only socially important and economically viable but a profitable business practice too.
- Gender Equality, Work and Health: A Review of the Evidence
This WHO publication documents the relationship between gender, inequality and health and safety problems. It reviews gender issues in research, policies and programmes on work and health, and highlights some specific issues for women, including the types of jobs they do, as well as their need to reconcile the demands of work and family. Biological differences between women and men also are considered in relation to hazards they face in the workplace. Implications of the findings and recommendations for legislation and policy are discussed.
- Preventing Noncommunicable Diseases in the Workplace through Diet and Physical Activity
"Chronic disease, such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory disease, is responsible for more than 60% of all deaths globally and is projected to account for 47 million deaths annually in the next 25 years. The economic consequences – driven by productivity reductions and increases in costs caused by these noncommunicable diseases among workforces – are dramatic. The WHO estimates that between 2005-2015, income loss (in international dollars) could rise to as much as $558 billion in China, $237 billion in India, $33 billion in Russia and $33 billion in the UK. Not restricted to developed nations or older populations, the problem is growing fastest in low- and middle-income countries, and almost half of those who die from chronic diseases are in their productive years. Countries like Brazil, China, Russia and India currently lose more than 20 million productive life-years annually to chronic disease, and that number is expected to grow by 65% by 2030."
- Satisfied Workers, Retained Workers: Effects of Work and Work Environment on Homecare Workers' Job Satisfaction, Stress, Physical Health and Retention
The goal of this project, undertaken by the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation was to assist health system managers and policy makers develop policies and strategies to recruit and retain human resources in the homecare sector and have a satisfied, healthy workforce. Researchers worked in partnership with the agencies and the unions representing workers in the agencies to examine the effects of work and work environments on homecare workers’ emotional, mental, and physical health and intention to leave their workplaces.
- Working for a healthier tomorrow – UK National Director for Health and Work Report
"At the heart of this Review is a recognition of, and a concern to remedy, the human, social and economic costs of impaired health and well-being in relation to working life in Britain. The aim of the Review is not to offer a utopian solution for improved health in working life. Rather it is to identify the factors that stand in the way of good health and to elicit interventions, including changes in attitudes, behaviours and practices – as well as services – that can help overcome them."
Educational resources
- Arts, Craft and Theater Safety
ACTS is a not-for-profit corporation, based in New York that provides health, safety, industrial hygiene, technical services, and safety publications to the arts, crafts, museums, and theater communities worldwide.
- Global Labour Directory of Directories
This site provides access to labor web-sites worldwide.
- Health, Environment & Work
This site was established and is maintained by Raymond Aguis, Professor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the University of Manchester. It contains links to detailed information onoccupational health and safety risks in a variety of settings; including identifying hazards, assessing risks and reducing and controlling risks.
- OSH-Net
Osh.Net, an Internet gateway for occupational health and safety resources, is owned and published by WorkCare, a national, occupational health-consulting firm in the U.S.
- OSHWEB - Occupational Safety and Health Resources on the Web
OSHWEB is an index of occupational safety and health resources on the Internet. The purpose of this site is to provide a good starting point for locating occupational safety and health information from the Net. OSHWEB has been developed by the Institute of Occupational Safety Engineering at Tampere University of Technology, Finland by Teuvo Uusitalo and is now maintained by and further developed by Markku Leppänen.
Organisations and Networks
UN and multinational
Government
Non Government
- American Institute of Stress
"A non profit organization founded in 1978, to serve as a clearing house for information on all stress related subjects. Our Board of Trustees includes physicians and health professionals with expertise in various stress related subjects, including the role of stress in cardiovascular, gastrointestinal and skin disease, immune system disturbances that contribute to rheumatoid arthritis, thyroid disorders, and a host of viral linked disorders ranging from herpes and the common cold, to cancer and AIDS. Also represented are prominent lay individuals, such as Alvin Toffler and Bob Hope, who are interested in the broader aspects of psychosocial stress and its implications for the future quality of personal and public life. The late Hans Selye, Norman Cousins and Linus Pauling were among the founding members"
- Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
They provide the most comprehensive list of links regarding all aspects of health and safety
- European Agency for Safety and Health at Work - an organisation funded by the European Union, founded in 1996 and located in Bilbao (Spain)
- Industrial Accident Prevention Association (Ontario, Canada)
IAPA is a not-for-profit association with over 120,000 member firms across Ontario. Established in 1917, IAPA is dedicated to helping firms achieve safe, healthy and productive workplaces.
- Industrial Foundation for Accident Prevention (Australia)
"a Western Australian non-government, not for profit, member based organisation established to assist industry to improve occupational safety and health"
- Institute for Work & Health
"an Ontario-based research, quality improvement and education organization. The role of the Institute since its formation in 1989, has been to research the underlying factors which contribute to workplace health and disability, evaluate designated Ontario rehabilitation facilities, and provide pertinent and timely information on workplace health and rehabilitation to health care workers and stakeholders through education products and workshops."
- International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH)
"An international non-governmental professional society whose aims are to foster the scientific progress, knowledge and development of occupational health and safety in all its aspects. It was founded in 1906 in Milan as the Permanent Commission on Occupational Health. Today, ICOH is the world's leading international scientific society in the field of occupational health with a membership of 2,000 professionals from 93 countries. The ICOH is recognised by the United Nations as a non-governmental organisation (NGO) and has close working relationships with ILO, WHO, UNEP and ISSA"
- International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre
Located at the International Labour Organisation (ILO)
- International Stress Management Association
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (USA)
- Public Entity Risk Institute (PERI)
The Public Entity Risk Institute's mission is to serve public, private, and non-profit organisations as a dynamic, forward thinking resource for the practical enhancement of risk management. PERI provides synergy among existing programs and organisations and serves as a catalyst in the risk management field and a vehicle for allocating greater resources to key needs in risk management.
- Society of Toxicology (USA)
Provides rich resources on toxicology and occupational health and safety
- Swedish National Institute for Working Life
- Worksafe Australia
- Young Worker Awareness Web Site (Canada)
"Contains health and safety information for young workers, their parents, teachers, principals, employers and others. Though the information is specific to the province of Ontario, Canada (the Young Worker Awareness schools program is only available to Ontario high schools), others may also find it useful. Health and safety on the job knows no boundaries"
Academic Institutions with particular focus in this area
Key Conferences, conference and workshop reports
Coming conferences
Conference reports
Journals, Newsletters, Forums
Bibliographies, Libraries
Public health bookshops
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