scholarly journals THE ISSUES OF WORKERS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROTECTION FROM HARMFUL OCCUPATIONAL END ENVIROMENRAL EXPOSURES

2012 ◽  
Vol 67 (12) ◽  
pp. 47-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. F. Izmerov ◽  
O. V. Sivochalova ◽  
M. A. Fesenko ◽  
E. I. Denisov ◽  
G. V. Golovaneva
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Birth Defects ◽  
Environmental Exposures ◽  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
Health Protection ◽  
Medical Surveillance ◽  
Demographic Situation ◽  
Health Disorders

The problem of workers reproductive health protection from harmful occupational and environmental exposures is amongst the national priorities due to demographic situation in Russia and decrease of the manpower. Some issues of women's reproductive health disorders are considered from occupational health standpoint. The demographic and epidemiological data on pregnancy course and outcome, birth defects, children’s morbidity etc. are presented and discussed. Some proposal as to risk management and medical surveillance of reproductive health, including legal instruments are put forward. 

scholarly journals Can Periodical Examinations of Employees Be Useful in Detection of Glycaemia Impairment and Improving Patients’ Adherence to Medical Recommendations?

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrzej Marcinkiewicz ◽  
Wojciech Hanke ◽  
Paweł Kałużny ◽  
Agnieszka Lipińska-Ojrzanowska ◽  
Marta Wiszniewska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
Diagnostic Process ◽  
Medical Surveillance ◽  
Effective Prevention ◽  
Working Age ◽  
Health Physician ◽  
Medical Recommendations ◽  
Prevention Of Diabetes

Worldwide epidemiological data indicates insufficient diagnosis of diabetes as an increasing problem of public health. Searching for solutions in this disadvantageous situation, occupational medicine health services seem to open up a unique opportunity to recognize some abnormalities in early steps, especially among the asymptomatic working-age population. 316 workers underwent obligatory prophylactic examinations. In patients with twice assayed FGL ≥ 126 mg/dl (7.0 mmol/l) the additional intervention was implemented, including further diagnostic process and therapy in General Practice (GP), followed by examination by an occupational health specialist within 3 months. The diagnosis of previously unknown diabetes was established among 2.5% of examined workers. All patients referred to the GP due to detected glycaemia impairment visited their doctor and finished the diagnostic process, took up therapy constrained by the occupational health physician to show the effects of intervention within 3 months. Prophylactic medical check-ups allow improved compliance and medical surveillance over glycaemia impairment in patients with prediabetes states, unknown diabetes or uncontrolled clinical course of diabetes. Considering fasting glucose level during mandatory prophylactic examination helps effective prevention of diabetes and its complications and thus give public health system benefits.

Occupational health risks of working women of wallpaper manufactures

2020 ◽  
pp. 721-721
Author(s):  
N. N. Pichugina ◽  
Y. V. Eliseeva
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Health Disorders ◽  
Production Conditions

Calculated professional risk of health disorders in workers of the main specialties of double-printing production. Professional conditionality of a number of diseases connected with production conditions is revealed.

scholarly journals Caribbean Consortium for Research in Environmental and Occupational Health (CCREOH) Cohort Study: influences of complex environmental exposures on maternal and child health in Suriname

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. e034702
Author(s):  
Wilco Zijlmans ◽  
Jeffrey Wickliffe ◽  
Ashna Hindori-Mohangoo ◽  
Sigrid MacDonald-Ottevanger ◽  
Paul Ouboter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Fish Consumption ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Environmental Exposures ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Environmental And Occupational Health

PurposeThe Caribbean Consortium for Research in Environmental and Occupational Health prospective environmental epidemiologic cohort study addresses the impact of chemical and non-chemical environmental exposures on mother/child dyads in Suriname. The study determines associations between levels of environmental elements and toxicants in pregnant women, and birth outcomes and neurodevelopment in their children.ParticipantsPregnant women (N=1143) were enrolled from December 2016 to July 2019 from three regions of Suriname: Paramaribo (N=738), Nickerie (N=204) and the tropical rainforest interior (N=201). Infants (N=992) were enrolled at birth. Follow-up will take place until children are 48 months old.Findings to dateBiospecimens and questionnaire data on physiological and psychosocial health in pregnant women have been analysed. 39.1% had hair mercury (Hg) levels exceeding values considered safe by international standards. Median hair Hg concentrations in women from Paramaribo (N=522) were 0.64 µg/g hair (IQRs 0.36–1.09; range 0.00–7.12), from Nickerie (N=176) 0.73 µg/g (IQR 0.45–1.05; range 0.00–5.79) and the interior (N=178) 3.48 µg/g (IQR 1.92–7.39; range 0.38–18.20). 96.1% of women ate fish, respective consumption of the three most consumed carnivorous species, Hoplias aimara, Serrasalmus rhombeus and Cichla ocellaris, known to have high Hg levels, was 44.4%, 19.3% and 26.3%, respectively, and was greater among the interior subcohort. 89% frequently consumed the vegetable tannia, samples of which showed presence of worldwide banned pesticides. 24.9% of pregnant women had Edinburgh Depression Scale scores indicative of probable depression.Future plansFish consumption advisories are in development, especially relevant to interior women for whom fish consumption is likely to be the primary source of Hg exposure. Effects of potentially beneficial neuroprotective factors in fish that may counter neurotoxic effects of Hg are being examined. A pesticide literacy assessment in pregnant women is in progress. Neurodevelopmental assessments and telomere length measurements of the children to evaluate long-term effects of prenatal exposures to toxicant mixtures are ongoing.

scholarly journals Ecological perspectives of the women reproductive health in the region

2005 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-92
Author(s):  
V. A. Medic ◽  
N. В. Timofeeva
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Health Protection ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Intensive Study ◽  
Social Sphere

The article discloses the problem of the women reproductive health in the Novgorod region. Intensive study of the annual reports of the Health Protection Committee for the last 11 years was done. Besides, analysis of 150 questionnaires of the women in childbirth was carried on; determination of the harmoniums status and two detoxication genes was inspected among 100 reproductive women in Borovichi and Staraya Russa areas. The identified deflections of the showings and taking into account ecological reproductive principles will allow reaching really solid decisions not only in social sphere, but also in obstetrics and environmental protection.

scholarly journals The analysis of complex influence of the adverse ecological/ professional factors on reproduction health of the women

2003 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-46
Author(s):  
Vitaly F. Bezhenar ◽  
Evgeny F. Kira ◽  
Yuri V. Tsvelev ◽  
А. E. Antushevich ◽  
А. M. Nikiforov
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Clinical Manifestations ◽  
Toxic Chemical ◽  
Radiation Accident ◽  
Chemical Production ◽  
Occupational Factors ◽  
Treatment And Prevention ◽  
Comprehensive Examination ◽  
Health Disorders ◽  
Complex Influence

As a result of the study and generalization of the results of a comprehensive examination of 3339 women, the main mechanisms of occurrence, clinical manifestations and dynamics of reproductive health disorders in women under the combined influence of unfavorable environmental and occupational factors (radiation accident, toxic chemical production) were established and the main directions for their diagnosis, treatment and prevention were substantiated.

The Value of HAZWOPER Medical Surveillance

AAOHN Journal ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 59 (11) ◽  
pp. 465-467
Author(s):  
R. Gail Huss ◽  
Kristen N. Williamson ◽  
Kimberly L. Alvis ◽  
David J. Hewitt
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Hazardous Materials ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Surveillance Program ◽  
Medical Surveillance ◽  
Testing Program ◽  
Chemical Exposures ◽  
High Prevalence

Medical surveillance is mandated for workers with potential exposure to hazardous materials. However, little guidance is provided regarding the components of a medical surveillance testing program for these individuals. This article describes the medical surveillance program for a group of 72 employees who respond to hazardous material releases throughout the United States. Conditions related to chemical exposures were not identified in this group. However, several non-occupational health conditions were identified, including a relatively high prevalence of one or more signs of metabolic syndrome. Medical surveillance may provide valuable information regarding an individual's underlying health status and non-occupational health conditions to be addressed at an early stage.

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