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Health and safety officers may have a positive impact on the number of contamination control practices followed in Florida fire departments.

This study assessed the association of co-exposure to psychosocial factors with depression and anxiety in Korean workers.

All data were from the 2017 Korean Working Conditions Survey.

Males and females who perceived organizational injustice, hid their emotions at the workplace, felt they were paid inappropriately, and had no support from managers were more likely to report depression and anxiety. Males who reported long working hours, no ability to influence decisions, work pressure, and no ability to apply their own ideas at the workplace were more likely to report depression and anxiety. Co-exposure to a greater number of psychosocial factors had stronger associations with depression and anxiety in men and women.

Employers should reduce depression and anxiety in their workers by providing comprehensive interventions that protect them from co-exposure to work stressors.

Employers should reduce depression and anxiety in their workers by providing comprehensive interventions that protect them from co-exposure to work stressors.

To determine predictors associated with longitudinal changes in colorectal cancer (CRC) prevalence in farm and non-farm rural residents in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Data from the Saskatchewan Rural Health Study were collected from 8261 individuals nested within 4624 households at baseline survey in 2010 and 4867 individuals (2797 households) at follow-up survey in 2014. The study sample consists of 5599 individuals (baseline) and 3933 at (follow-up) (more than or equal to 50 years).

The prevalence of CRC increased over time among rural farm (baseline 0.8%; follow-up 1.3%, P < 0.05) and non-farm (baseline 1.4%; follow-up 2.0%, P > 0.05) residents. Longitudinal predictors of CRC prevalence were quadrant, location of home, mother ever had cancer, age, body mass index (BMI), sex, radiation, natural gas.

Longitudinal changes in prevalence of CRC among farm and non-farm residents appear to depend on a complex combination of individual and contextual factors.

Longitudinal changes in prevalence of CRC among farm and non-farm residents appear to depend on a complex combination of individual and contextual factors.

The aim of this study was to better understand current treatment trends and revision rates for lumbar disc herniation (LDH) in the workers' compensation (WC) population compared with other payer types.

This was a retrospective analysis of outpatient claims data from Florida and New York during 2014 to 2016.

WC patients were less likely to undergo discectomy in Florida (15% vs 19%; P < 0.001) and New York (10% vs 15%; P < 0.001). The odds of WC patients undergoing revision discectomy were 1.5 times greater than patients covered by private payers or all other non-WC payers (P = 0.002).

WC patients undergo discectomy significantly less often than non-WC counterparts, which may be related to a higher risk of reoperation. New evidence-based treatments, such as annular repair, may be critical to advancing care in this unique population.

WC patients undergo discectomy significantly less often than non-WC counterparts, which may be related to a higher risk of reoperation. New evidence-based treatments, such as annular repair, may be critical to advancing care in this unique population. Businesses are struggling to re-open as the world continues to deal with the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The reopening of businesses will require employers to implement safe return-to-work strategies through evaluation, testing, work modifications, and development of appropriate workplace policies. There will be unique challenges along the way as no one approach will be ideal for all workplaces and industries. This document is intended to provide return-to-work guidance for both employers and the occupational and environmental medicine physicians who will be supporting businesses in implementing safe return-to-work strategies.

In Philadelphia, a scrapyard fire generated PM2.5 concentrations >1000 μg/m. We assessed whether this was associated with pediatric emergency department visits for respiratory diagnoses.

Retrospective observational study using electronic health record data from a local, academic pediatric hospital.

Compared to the two-week period before the fire, patients living directly north of the fire (downwind) had a significant difference in all asthma diagnoses (OR = 3.02, P = 0.03); asthma and upper respiratory infection (OR = 17.3, P = 0.01); overall admissions (OR = 3.04, P = 01); asthma admissions (OR = 4.45, P = .01); and asthma and upper respiratory infection admissions (OR = 15.0, P = 0.01). We did not observe any significant differences among visits or admissions from patients residing in other adjacent zip codes.

A localized, transient increase in PM2.5 was associated with increased pediatric emergency department visits for asthma among patients living downwind of the fire.

A localized, transient increase in PM2.5 was associated with increased pediatric emergency department visits for asthma among patients living downwind of the fire.

We explored associations between occupation and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk behaviors including attempted weight loss, physical activity, smoking, and restaurant meal and sugary beverage consumption.

We used NYC Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2013 to 2014 data, and coded free-text, occupational question responses using 2010 US Census Bureau Classification. CVD risk behaviors were compared across occupational categories, using regression to adjust for demographics.

There were health behavior differences across occupational categories. selleck inhibitor Construction/transportation/maintenance workers smoked more and were less likely than management to attempt weight loss, service workers were less likely to eat restaurant-prepared meals, sales/office workers were less likely to be physically active (all P < 0.05). Adjusting for demographics, differences in health behaviors were reduced, but remained present.

Knowledge of occupational disparities may aid chronic disease prevention by identifying populations for targeted interventions.