Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Le, Vi T.; Fulton-Kehoe, Deborah; Sears, Jeanne M.; Nkyekyer, Esi W.; Ehde, Dawn M.; Young, Morgan; Franklin, Gary M.

doi: 10.1097/jom.0000000000002520pmid: 35195110

Telehealth use among injured workers remains higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic. Greater focus on vulnerable worker populations who have lower engagement with telehealth are needed for equitable expansion of telehealth and to ensure access and continuity of care for injured workers.

Biering, Karin; Nielsen, Kent J.; Carstensen, Ole; Kærgaard, Anette; ,

doi: 10.1097/jom.0000000000002494pmid: 35143452

Most shocks were not severe and caused a minor decrease in an individual’s health, which however, returns to the individual’s habitual reporting of symptoms.

Sarria-Santamera, Antonio; Kuntuganova, Anargul; Alonso, Marcos

doi: 10.1097/jom.0000000000002497pmid: 35081589

38.5% of the Spanish working population reports pain, 5.1% severe pain. Pain is associated with a high utilization of health services, but, more importantly, with a significant reduction in the ability to continue their work performance. Interventions to minimize the significant costs inflicted by pain should be implemented.

Brandt-Rauf, Paul W.; Yuhasz, Stacieann

doi: 10.1097/jom.0000000000002516pmid: 35604647

Kaplan, Robert S.; Chukwura, Chizoba L.; Gorman, Gregory H.; Lee, Vivian S.; Good, Chester B.; Martin, Kathleen L.; Ator, Gregory A.; Parkinson, Michael D.

doi: 10.1097/jom.0000000000002504pmid: 35121690

Objective:Women's health has demanded more attention from employers as women integrated into the workforce. Traditionally male-dominant fields and occupations require special attention to workplace design, physical standards for entry, employment practices, equipment, and health monitoring. This editorial summarizes the Defense Health Board's (DHB) review of Active Duty Women's Health and its recommendations grounded in a woman's career life-cycle.Methods:The DHB reviewed the Department of Defense and foreign militaries’ current women's health services, relevant policies and practices, peer-reviewed scientific literature, and subject matter expert interviews.Results:The DHB's recommendations centered on a comprehensive approach to education, health care access and treatment, professional workforce development, workplace standards and equipment, and accountable outcomes metrics to guide improvement.Conclusions:Employers can learn how to reduce morbidity, leading to a healthier and more productive female workforce.

Inoue, Shunsuke; Nagata, Tomohisa; Nagata, Masako; Tateishi, Seiichiro; Fujino, Yoshihisa; Mori, Koji

doi: 10.1097/jom.0000000000002476pmid: 35467602

Improving the psychosocial work environment and alleviating the symptoms are important for preventing presenteeism due to diarrhea and constipation symptoms, which are frequent in the workplace.

Arbury, Sheila; Collins, Natasha R.; Magtahas, Janette; Holmes, Mikki; Hodgson, Michael J.

doi: 10.1097/jom.0000000000002482pmid: 35019893

OSHA inspections represent represent a “passive” surveillance system, with outcomes, citations or hazard alert letters, ie, recommendations, an indirect indicator of problem severity suggesting some recent improvement. Criteria statements developed from OSHA program recommendations represent a simplified self-assessment tool and support the distinction between OSHA citations and recommendations.

Xavier, Paula Brustolin; Garcez, Anderson; Silva, Janaína Cristina da; Cibeira, Gabriela Herrmann; Germano, Antonino; Olinto, Maria Teresa Anselmo

doi: 10.1097/jom.0000000000002493pmid: 35081588

This study revealed that obesity was significantly associated with increasing age, living with a partner, lower education level, and ex-smoking status among industrial workers in Brazil. These findings indicated that intervention strategies need to take into account these characteristics in order to prevent obesity among industrial workers.

Sagna, Asséga Sylvain; Seydi, Aïssatou Goundo; Gueye, Modou Mbacké; Fall, Mame Thioro Aïssatou; Mansuy, Jean Michel

doi: 10.1097/jom.0000000000002496pmid: 35081593

Our article suggests that Occupational health care services in developing countries should resort and popularize Covid-9 Rapid Diagnostic Tests to contribute to the fight against the pandemic and all its consequences on the production potential of companies, especially.

Galanis, Petros; Moisoglou, Ioannis; Vraka, Irene; Siskou, Olga; Konstantakopoulou, Olympia; Katsiroumpa, Aglaia; Kaitelidou, Daphne

doi: 10.1097/jom.0000000000002463pmid: 35467601

Our study provides a timely assessment of COVID-19 vaccination status among healthcare workers and identifies specific factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine uptake. By understanding these factors, policymakers and scientists will be able to develop novel strategies to improve COVID-19 vaccine uptake among healthcare workers.