Tag: Occupational Health
CDC: 32.0 and 8.0 Suicide Deaths Per 100,000 Working Men, Women
Industry groups with highest suicide rates include mining, construction, and arts, entertainment, and recreation
Occupational Exposure to Solar UVR Linked to Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer
Attributable burdens were 18,960 deaths and 0.5 million disability-adjusted life years, which almost doubled from 2000 to 2019
Changes in Work Environment Can Cut Cardiometabolic Risk
Findings seen for interventions in the information technology and long-term care sectors that reduce work-family conflict
Health Care Workers Reported More Days of Poor Mental Health in 2022
2018 to 2022 saw increase in days of poor mental health and in percentage reporting feeling burnout very often
Unique Workplace Concerns Tied to Health Worker Depression, Anxiety During Pandemic
Associations seen for working on the hospital unit, mood disturbances, and sleep disturbances with depression, anxiety
Occupational Exposure to Dust: Health Problems & Safety Tips
Shift Work Tied to Negative Impact on Cognitive Functioning
Exposure to night shift work associated with overall cognitive impairment compared with daytime work only
Nurses Report High Resiliency, Yet Many Want to Leave the Field
High resilience among nurses associated with better quality of care and contributes to job satisfaction
Exposure to Low-Dose Ionizing Radiation Linked to Solid Cancer Mortality
Estimated rate of mortality due to solid cancer increased by 52 percent per Gy with cumulative dose, lagged by 10 years
Shift Work Linked to Increased Risk for Depression, Anxiety
Smoking, sedentary time, BMI, sleep duration identified as main potentially modifiable mediators of associations
