scholarly journals The use of Information and Communication Technologies by sex workers to manage occupational health and safety: a scoping review. (Preprint)

10.2196/26085 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Therese Bernier ◽  
Amika Shah ◽  
Lori E. Ross ◽  
Carmen Logie ◽  
Emily Seto
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication

scholarly journals The use of Information and Communication Technologies by sex workers to manage occupational health and safety: a scoping review. (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Therese Bernier ◽  
Amika Shah ◽  
Lori E. Ross ◽  
Carmen Logie ◽  
Emily Seto
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Sex Work ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Information And Communication

BACKGROUND In many countries sex work is criminalized, driving sex work underground and leaving sex workers vulnerable to a number of occupational health and safety (OHS) risks, including violence, assault and robbery. With the advent of widely accessible information and communication technologies (ICTs), sex workers have begun to use electronic OHS tools to mitigate these risks. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to explore the use of ICTs by sex workers in managing OHS risks and strategies to reduce these risks. This paper aims to answer the following question: What is known about sex workers’ usage of information and communication technologies in the delivery of OHS strategies? METHODS A literature review following the methodological framework of Arksey et al and Levac et al was conducted to analyze studies describing the usage of ICTs by sex workers to mitigate OHS risks. Experimental, observational, and descriptive studies, as well as protocol papers, were included in this scoping review. RESULTS Of the 2477 articles initially identified, 41 met the inclusion criteria. 71% of the studies (N=29) were published between 2015 and 2019. In the studies, the Internet was the predominant ICT (58%), followed by text messaging (24%), and assorted communication technologies associated with mobile phones without Internet access (17%) (e.g., interactive voice response (IVR), voice-mail). In 56% of the studies (N=23), sex workers located in high income countries created the OHS strategies (e.g., bad date lists, violence prevention) and shared them via the Internet. In 24% of the studies (N=10), mostly in LMICs, organizations external to sex work developed and sent, via text message, OHS strategies focused on STI/HIV. In 20% (N=8) of the studies, external organizations collaborated with the sex worker community in the development and study of OHS strategies communicated via ICTs; through this collaboration, concerns other than STI/HIV (e.g., sexual and reproductive health, mental health) emerged. CONCLUSIONS While there has been an increase in studies on the use of ICTs by sex workers for managing OHS over the past five years, the knowledge around how to optimally leverage ICTs for this purpose remains scarce. Recommendations to further the use of ICTs by sex workers for OHS include (1) that external organizations collaborate with sex workers in the design of ICT interventions to mitigate OHS risks, (2) to examine whether ICTs used in LMICs would have applications in high income countries as a substitute to the Internet in sharing OHS strategies, and (3) to explore the creation of innovative secure online communities using existing or alternative digital technologies that could be used by sex workers to manage their occupational health and safety

scholarly journals ICT-Enabled Mobile Work: Challenges and Opportunities for Occupational Health and Safety Systems

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (20) ◽  
pp. 7498
Author(s):  
Swantje Robelski ◽  
Sabine Sommer
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Work Arrangements ◽  
Mobile Work ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Safety Systems

The development and dissemination of new technologies has brought forward a rise in flexible work arrangements, such as mobile work. In the literature, mobile work has mostly been discussed from a microergonomic perspective, considering detachment, stress, strain, and life-domain balance. However, the macroergonomic or institutional perspectives have often been neglected, although for occupational health and safety (OHS) management, as well as occupational health and safety systems, many questions remain unanswered. Therefore, in the present paper, information and communication technologies (ICT)-enabled mobile work is described taking into account institutional and regulative, as well as company-related, requirements. As the literature-based analysis was able to show, existing regulations cover many aspects of mobile work arrangements but also offer starting points for a more concrete protection of mobile workers. Furthermore, there are challenges regarding the enforcement of regulation. In this regard, new technologies might offer the chance to improve the interactions between institutional and company-related occupational health and safety systems. Additionally, 278 co-funded research projects in Germany were categorized, yielding 18 projects on new ways of work, of which another eleven projects addressed different aspects of mobile work. The project analysis revealed that current research focuses on tools and strategies for designing communication and cooperation. In conclusion, the examination of research trends can be used to generate new knowledge for better OHS management and effective OHS systems.

scholarly journals Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) Enabling Integrated Primary Care for Complex Patients: A Protocol for a Scoping Review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farah Tahsin ◽  
Alana Armas ◽  
Apery Kirakalaprathapan ◽  
Heather Cunningham ◽  
Mudathira Kadu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Integrated Primary Care ◽  
Multiple Chronic Conditions ◽  
Care Model ◽  
Primary Care Model ◽  
Complex Patients ◽  
Information And Communication

Abstract IntroductionAn increasing number of individuals are living with multiple chronic conditions, often combined with psychosocial complexities. For these patients with complex conditions, an integrated primary care model that provides care coordination and a team-based approach can help manage their multiple needs. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are recognized as a critical enabler of integrated primary care. A better understanding of the use of ICTs in an integrated care setting and how ICTs are being leveraged would be beneficial to identify knowledge gaps and could lead to successful implementation for ICT-based interventions.ObjectiveThis study will systematically scope the literature on the topic of ICT-enabled integrated healthcare delivery models for patients with complex care needs to identify which technologies have been used in integrated primary care settings. MethodThis study protocol outlines a scoping review of the peer-reviewed literature, using Arksey and O’Malley’s (enhanced by Levac et al.) scoping review methodology. Peer-reviewed- literature will be identified using a multi-database search strategy. The results of the search will be screened, abstracted, and charted in duplicate by 6 research team members. DiscussionThe key findings of the study will be thematically mapped to describe the implemented ICTs aimed for complex patients within the integrated primary care model and interactions of the elements (ICT, health model, and targeted patients). This review will be the first step to formally identify how ICT is used to support integrated primary health care models. The results will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations, and special interest groups.

scholarly journals Occupational Health and Safety of Immigrant Workers in Italy and Spain: A Scoping Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (22) ◽  
pp. 4416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia Arici ◽  
Elena Ronda-Pérez ◽  
Tishad Tamhid ◽  
Katsiaryna Absekava ◽  
Stefano Porru
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Occupational Injuries ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Warning Signs ◽  
Immigrant Workers ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
Occupational Risk Factors

The main aim of the present study was to summarize the available literature on the topic of occupational health and safety (OH&S) among immigrant workers (IMWs) in Italy and Spain. We conducted a scoping review, searching Medline, Social Sciences Citation Index, PsycINFO, CINAHL Plus, SciELO, and EMBASE for peer-reviewed articles, published in English, Italian, or Spanish, between 1999–2018. 34 studies were included, 28 with quantitative methodology and 6 with qualitative. Main findings were that, compared to natives, IMWs in Italy and Spain showed higher prevalence of low-skilled jobs and of perceived discrimination at work; higher physical demands, poorer environmental working conditions, and more exposure to occupational risks (e.g., ergonomic and psychosocial hazards); a greater risk of occupational injuries; worse general and mental health; and a plausible worsening of their health status, especially in Spain, as a result of the economic crisis. The findings of the present scoping review constitute warning signs that indicate the need for a holistic global response to ensure that adverse OH&S outcomes among IMWs workers are improved and that equitable access to health care is guaranteed. Such a response will require a concrete and evidence-based approach to prevent and monitor occupational risk factors and associated outcomes in the workplaces.

scholarly journals Reimagining Sex Work Venues: Occupational Health, Safety, and Rights in Indoor Workplaces

2021 ◽  
pp. 207-230
Author(s):  
Brooke S. West ◽  
◽  
Anne M. Montgomery ◽  
Allison R. Ebben
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Sex Work ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Critical Element ◽  
Sex Worker ◽  
Safety Standards

AbstractThe setting in which sex workers live and work is a critical element shaping health outcomes, in so far that different venues afford different sets of risk and protective factors. Understanding how contextual factors differ across venue types and influence health outcomes is thus essential to developing and supporting programmes promoting the rights and safety of people in sex work. In this chapter, we focus primarily on indoor workplaces, with the goals of: (1) elucidating unique social, economic, physical, and policy factors that influence the well-being of sex workers in indoor workplaces; (2) highlighting sex worker-led efforts in the Thai context through a case study of the organisation Empower Thailand; (3) describing best practices for indoor settings; and (4) developing a framework of key factors that must be addressed to improve the rights and safety of sex workers in indoor workplaces, and to support their efforts to organise. The chapter draws attention to convergences and divergences in key challenges that sex workers encounter in indoor venues in different global contexts, as well as opportunities to advance comprehensive occupational health and safety programmes. Indoor venues pose important potential for establishing and implementing occupational health and safety standards in sex work and also may provide substantial opportunity for collective organising given the close proximity of people working together. However, any efforts to improve the health and safety of sex workers must explicitly address the structural conditions that lead to power imbalances and which undermine sex worker agency and equality.

scholarly journals Teletrabajo: modalidad en expansión

2020 ◽  
pp. 121-133
Author(s):  
Josefa Montalvo Romero
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Working Relationship ◽  
Regulatory Issues ◽  
Working Model ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
At Home

RESUMEN: El presente artículo tiene como objeto de estudio la viabilidad del teletrabajo como una alternativa ante las situaciones globales de salud que vivimos. Caracterizado por la deslocalización del trabajo y el uso de tecnologías de la información y comunicación, la adaptación de este modelo de trabajo supone la posibilidad de alcanzar ventajas para todas las partes integrantes de la relación de trabajo y para la sociedad en general, desde la productividad y la flexibilidad laboral a la motivación y la satisfacción. Sin embargo, presenta retos importantes en materia de seguridad laboral y salud ocupacional que deben resolverse. En términos generales, el cómo se ha encarado la temática regulatoria y normativa no ha ido más allá de la extensión de disposiciones legislativas existentes de trabajo a domicilio hacia el teletrabajo, dejando vacíos temáticos en cuanto a relaciones sindicales, a riesgos domésticos y laborales en el hogar y a costos vinculados a la tecnología.Palabras clave: Teletrabajo, Tecnologías, Flexibilidad, Seguridad. ABSTRACT: The purpose of this article is the feasibility of telework as an alternative to the global situations we live in. Characterized by the relocation of work and the use of information and communication technologies, the adaptation of this working model implies the possibility of achieving advantages for all the integral parts of the working relationship and for society at large, from productivity and work flexibility to motivation and satisfaction. However, it presents significant occupational safety and occupational health challenges that need to be addressed. Overall, how the regulatory and regulatory issues have been addressed has not gone beyond the extension of existing home-working legislative provisions towards telework, leaving thematic gaps in trade union relations, domestic and labour risks at home and technology-related costs.Keywords: Telework, Technologies, Flexibility, Security.

Decriminalisation of sex work in the post-truth era? Strategic storytelling in neo-abolitionist accounts of the New Zealand model

2020 ◽  
pp. 174889582091889 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynzi Armstrong
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Sex Work ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Sex Work Policy ◽  
Knowledge Claims

In the context of on-going debates regarding sex work laws, in most jurisdictions forms of criminalisation continue to dominate. Despite decades of sex workers calling for the decriminalisation of sex work and collectively organising against repressive laws, decriminalisation remains uncommon. New Zealand was the first full country to decriminalise sex work with the passing of the Prostitution Reform Act in 2003, which aimed to improve occupational health and safety. Several empirical studies have documented positive impacts of this framework. However, despite this, neo-abolitionists persistently describe the New Zealand model as a failed approach. This article examines neo-abolitionist knowledge claims regarding the New Zealand model and in doing so unpacks the strategic stories told about this approach, considering the implications for sex work policy making.

Boards of directors' influences on occupational health and safety: a scoping review of evidence and best practices

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Ebbevi ◽  
Ulrica Von Thiele Schwarz ◽  
Henna Hasson ◽  
Carl Johan Sundberg ◽  
Mandus Frykman
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Boards Of Directors ◽  
Leadership Behavior ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type

PurposeTo review the literature and identify research gaps in the role and influence boards of directors of companies have in occupational health and safety (OHS).Design/methodology/approachThis was done in a scoping review built on a structured search in MEDLINE (PubMed), EMBASE, PsycINFO, Sociological Abstracts, CCInfoWeb, EconLit, Web of Science, CINAHL and gray literature. Citations and reference lists were tracked. Inclusion criteria were publication in English. Exclusion criteria were studies covering companies using subcontractors to arrange OHS, or with <250 employees.FindingsForty-nine studies were included. The majority contained empirical data (n = 28; 57%), some were entirely normative (n = 16; 33%), and a few contained normative claims far beyond empirical data (n = 5; 10%). Empirical studies gave no insight into the scope of impact of board activities on OHS, and no studies assess the causal mechanisms by which board activities influence OHS outcomes. Most studies focused on both health and safety (n = 20; 41%) or only safety (n = 15; 31%). Context might explain the focus on safety rather than health, but is not clearly elucidated by the studies. Several studies are describing leadership behavior, although not framed as such. A narrative summary is presented to facilitate future research.Research limitations/implicationsFuture research should include: (1) which board activities influence OHS, (2) how board activities influence OHS, (3) the influence of context and (4) the leadership role of boards of directors.Originality/valueThis study identifies a total lack of research on the basic mechanics of the relationship between boards and OHS.

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