Prevalence and Risk Factors of Respiratory Problems Among Solid Waste Collectors in the Philippines

Background Respiratory problems, such as aspiration pneumonia, are major causes of morbidity and mortality in children with cerebral palsy (CP) and greatly affect the quality of life of these children. Nevertheless, there is limited data on the incidence and risk factors of aspiration pneumonia in children with CP in Indonesia. Objective To determine the incidence and risk factors of aspiration pneumonia in children with cerebral palsy.Methods In children with CP aged 1-18 years, incidence of pneumonia was studied prospectively for 6 months and the prevalence of the risk factors was studied cross-sectionally. At baseline, we evaluated subjects’ by history-taking, physical examination, risk factors, and chest X-ray to assess the incidence of silent aspiration. Subjects were followed-up for six months to determine the incidence of overt or silent aspiration pneumonia.Results Eight out of 36 subjects had one or more episodes of aspiration, consisting of silent aspiration (2/36) and clinically diagnosed aspiration pneumonia (7/36). Subjects with more severe gross motor dysfunction experienced more episodes aspiration pneumonia, although it was not statistically significant (p = 0.06), while dysphagia (P=0.2) and nutritional status (P=0.11) were not associated with pneumonia or silent aspiration.Conclusion Twenty-five percent of children with CP experienced aspiration pneumonia during the 6-month study period, with gross motor dysfunction as a possible risk factor.

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Occupational Risk Assessment of Municipal Solid Waste Collectors in a City Subdivision in the Philippines

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing - Advances in Physical, Social & Occupational Ergonomics ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-51549-2_15 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 109-115

Author(s):

Jose Raymund Z. Apostol ◽

Jerika Danielle F. Clemente ◽

Adrienne Camille R. Diaz de Rivera ◽

Joaquin Miguel A. Javier ◽

Benette P. Custodio

Keyword(s):

Risk Assessment ◽

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste ◽

The Philippines ◽

Occupational Risk

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Radiation risk factors in incidence anortality among exposed individuals of East Kazakhstand m

Central Asian Journal of Global Health ◽

10.5195/cajgh.2013.105 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2 ◽

Author(s):

Kazbek Apsalikov ◽

Talgat Muldagaliev ◽

Rustem Apsalikov ◽

Shinar Serikkankyzy ◽

Zaure Zholambaeva

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Radiation Dose ◽

Radiation Risk ◽

Test Site ◽

Epidemiological Studies ◽

Long Term Effects ◽

Respiratory Problems ◽

East Kazakhstan ◽

Effects Of Radiation ◽

The Moment

Introduction: Lengthy clinical and epidemiological studies at the Research Institute of Radiation Medicine and Ecology have discovered basic patterns of long-term effects from ionizing radiation in population groups exposed to radiation risk. Methodology for calculating injury from radiation risk factors has been developed and implemented to minimize the effects of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site (SNTS).Material and methods: We analyzed materials from the database of the Scientific Medical Register that were exposed to radiation as a result of SNTS. We analyzed both male and female populations of the Abay, Beskaragai and Zhanasemei, Kokpekti (control) areas of East-Kazakhstan region (EKR) from 2008-2012. These populations were split into three groups allocated by the generation. The first group represented persons born from the period of 01/01/1930 -08/01/1949 and their children born from the period of 10/09/1949-12/31/1962. The second group were persons born after 01/01/1963. The third group served as the control and were persons who immigrated to these areas after 1990.Results: There was an increased incidence of cancer (21.5%, p < 0.000734), cardiovascular diseases (10.2%); respiratory problems (9.6%), gastrointestinal issues (9.1%, p < 0.00371-0.00679) in the first group. The effect of the radiation dose has not been fully stuided among the subjects in the second group.The major causes of excess mortality in the first group were neoplams (30.6%), hypertension (23.8%), and myocardial infarction (22.6%). The effects of radiation influenced mortality in the second group were 2-2.5 times lower than the first group.Conclusion: There is a correlation between the size of the radiation dose, the risk profile, and age at the moment of radiation exposure with trends of morbidity and mortality in the radiation exposed areas.

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Municipal Solid Waste Management in the Philippines

Municipal Solid Waste Management in Asia and the Pacific Islands - Environmental Science and Engineering ◽

10.1007/978-981-4451-73-4_14 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 281-297 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Albert Altarejos Magalang

Keyword(s):

Waste Management ◽

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste Management ◽

The Philippines ◽

Municipal Solid Waste Management

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Comparative Study on Heavy Metals Contained in Leachates from Solid Waste Disposal Sites and in Road Deposits in Japan and in the Philippines.

Journal of Japan Society on Water Environment ◽

10.2965/jswe.25.657 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 25 (11) ◽

pp. 657-660 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Taro URASE ◽

Kazuo NADAOKA ◽

Osamu KUSAKABE ◽

Fernando SIRINGAN ◽

Ken-ichiro MIYASHITA ◽

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Keyword(s):

Heavy Metals ◽

Comparative Study ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Waste Disposal ◽

The Philippines ◽

Solid Waste Disposal

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Rapid Triage of Mental Health Risk in Emergency Medical Workers: Findings From Typhoon Haiyan

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness ◽

10.1017/dmp.2017.37 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 19-22 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Lauren Sylwanowicz ◽

Merritt Schreiber ◽

Craig Anderson ◽

Carlos Primero D. Gundran ◽

Emelie Santamaria ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Risk Factors ◽

The Philippines ◽

Stepped Care ◽

Post Traumatic Stress ◽

Emergency Medical ◽

Patient Health ◽

Post Traumatic ◽

Subclinical Depression

AbstractObjectiveTo determine the ability of a novel responder mental health self-triage system to predict post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in emergency medical responders after a disaster.MethodsParticipants in this study responded to Typhoon Haiyan, which struck the Philippines in November 2013. They completed the Psychological Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (PsySTART) responder triage tool, the PTSD Checklist (PCL-5) and the Patient Health Questionnaire-8 (PHQ-8) shortly after responding to this disaster. The relationships between these 3 tools were compared to determine the association between different risk exposures while providing disaster medical care and subsequent levels of PTSD or depression.ResultsThe total number of PsySTART responder risk factors was closely related to PCL-5 scores ≥38, the threshold for clinical PTSD. Several of the PsySTART risk factors were predictive of clinical levels of PTSD as measured by the PCL-5 in this sample of deployed emergency medical responders.ConclusionsThe presence of a critical number and type of PsySTART responder self-triage risk factors predicted clinical levels of PTSD and subclinical depression in this sample of emergency medical workers. The ability to identify these disorders early can help categorize an at-risk subset for further timely “stepped care” interventions with the goals of both mitigating the long-term consequences and maximizing the return to resilience. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2018;12:19–22)

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