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Recent Advances in Occupational Health

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Occupational Safety and Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 5622

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Jun-Pyo Myong

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Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea
Interests: occupational respiratory diseases; pneumoconiosis; asbestos-related lung diseases; artificial intelligence

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The major sectors in Occupational Health are hazard identification, exposure assessment, risk characterization, risk management, and risk communication. Advanced technology, epidemiologic methods, etc., can assist researchers and policy makers in making decisions on unveiled hazard identification and health risk assessment. For instance, in the past, a nationwide ER network-based monitoring system (human-based surveillance system) has helped to detect disease clusters of specific occupational toxicity; however, as well as this, a computerized active medical data monitoring system would help to identify potential hazards and prevent the actual occupational disease. This Special Issue on “Recent Advances in Occupational Health” offers an opportunity to publish high-quality papers on occupational health. This is a call for papers related to exposure analysis, job-exposure matrix, health risk analysis, emerging or re-emerging occupational diseases, new technology, occupational health, and surveillance. All manuscripts will be peer reviewed by experts in the field and will be due in July 2023.

Dr. Jun-Pyo Myong
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2500 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • exposure assessment
  • health risk analysis
  • emerging occupational disease
  • re-emerging occupational disease
  • medical surveillance
  • exposure surveillance
  • genetic analysis
  • artificial intelligence

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Bowel Health in U.S. Shift Workers: Insights from a Cross-Sectional Study (NHANES)
by Maximilian Andreas Storz, Mauro Lombardo, Gianluca Rizzo, Alexander Müller and Ann-Kathrin Lederer
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(6), 3334; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph19063334 - 11 Mar 2022
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Working outside of regular daytime hours is increasingly common in current societies and poses a substantial challenge to an individual’s biological rhythm. Disruptions of the gastrointestinal tract’s circadian rhythm and poor dietary choices subsequent to shiftwork may predispose the shift workforce to an [...] Read more.
Working outside of regular daytime hours is increasingly common in current societies and poses a substantial challenge to an individual’s biological rhythm. Disruptions of the gastrointestinal tract’s circadian rhythm and poor dietary choices subsequent to shiftwork may predispose the shift workforce to an increased risk of gastrointestinal disorders, including constipation, peptic ulcer disease, and erosive gastritis. We investigated bowel health in a US population of shift workers, using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, and compared bowel movement (BM) frequency and defecation patterns between 2007 day workers and 458 shift workers (representing 55,305,037 US workers). Using bivariate and multivariate logistic regression techniques, our results suggested no association between shiftwork status and BM frequency, bowel leakage of gas, and stool consistency. Constipation prevalence was high but comparable in both groups (6.90% vs. 7.09%). The low fiber intake observed in both groups (15.07 vs. 16.75 g/day) could play a potential role here. The two groups did not differ with regard to other nutrients that may influence BM frequency and stool consistency (e.g., carbohydrate or caffeine intake). Additional studies including food group analyses and fecal biomarkers are warranted for a better understanding of GI health in shift workers. Full article
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The Influence of Nursing Home, Ward, and Eldercare Workers on the Number of Resident Handlings Performed per Shift in Eldercare
by Stavros Kyriakidis, Matthew L. Stevens, Kristina Karstad, Karen Søgaard and Andreas Holtermann
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(21), 11040; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph182111040 - 20 Oct 2021
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The purpose of our study was to investigate which organizational levels and factors determine the number of resident handlings in eldercare. We conducted a multi-level study, stratified on day and evening shifts, including information on four levels: nursing homes (n = 20), wards [...] Read more.
The purpose of our study was to investigate which organizational levels and factors determine the number of resident handlings in eldercare. We conducted a multi-level study, stratified on day and evening shifts, including information on four levels: nursing homes (n = 20), wards within nursing homes (day, n = 120; evening, n = 107), eldercare workers within wards (day, n = 619; evening, n = 382), and within eldercare workers (i.e., days within eldercare workers; day, n = 5572; evening, n = 2373). We evaluated the influence of each level on the number of resident handlings using variance components analysis and multivariate generalized linear mixed models. All four levels contributed to the total variance in resident handlings during day and evening shifts, with 13%/20% at “nursing homes”, 21%/33% at “wards within nursing homes”, 25%/31% at “elder-care workers within wards”, and 41%/16% “within eldercare workers”, respectively. The percentage of residents with a higher need for physical assistance, number of residents per shift, occupational position (only within day shifts), and working hours per week (only within day shifts) were significantly associated with the number of resident handlings performed per shift. Interventions aiming to modify number of resident handlings in eldercare ought to target all levels of the eldercare organization. Full article
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