scholarly journals Occupational health practices among dental care professionals before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Work ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Sean Banaee ◽  
Denise M. Claiborne ◽  
Muge Akpinar-Elci
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Dental Care ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Health Practices ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
The Public ◽  
Healthy Work

BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has posed a substantial burden on dental care professionals. While dentistry is known as one of the most exposed and high-risk professions, dental care professionals are indeed at even greater risk. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess knowledge, attitudes, occupational health practices, personal protective equipment usage, and mental stressors during COVID-19 pandemic among dental care professionals. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among dental care professionals who were subscribers to a dental hygiene journal using a self-administered online survey (n = 1047 respondents). Cross-tabulations were performed to determine differences in the responses to the statements related to different domains. RESULTS: COVID-19 impacted the healthy work-life balance (p <  0.001) and caused sleeping difficulty among the respondents (p <  0.001). Moreover, a lower response on changing respirators and gloves for each patient compared with before viral pandemic was observed (p <  0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Ongoing training on infection control, occupational health practices, and PPE usage can prevent the transmission of COVID-19 among dental care professionals and the public. Lack of adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) is a burden for applying occupational health practices in dental clinics and present a risk to the public. COVID-19 may contribute to developing psychological stress and disrupt healthy work-life balance among dental professionals.

THE BROADENED SCOPE OF A PERSON-CENTERED APPROACH TO WORK, HEALTH, AND WELL-BEING

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 9-16
Author(s):  
Werdie Van Staden
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Work Context ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Role Players ◽  
Healthy Work ◽  
Health And Well Being

Background: Person-centered medicine (PCM) broadens the practical scope in health practice beyond patient-centered medicine. Objectives: The objective of this article is to consider what a broadened scope mean in understanding how employment/work relates to the promotion of health and well-being of the patient and the practitioner. Method: The conceptual scope of PCM is applied in considering the connections of work with health and well-being. The scope of occupational health is accordingly expanded in accounting for the work and well-being of the patient and the practitioner. Results: PCM puts the person and people before their work. It recognizes that an employed person, whether patient or practitioner, works in a context that is interpersonal and in which all the role players contribute to a healthy milieu. This means that a healthy work–life balance should not be pursued merely as an attribute of an individual, but as a pursuit to which all role players should actively contribute and take joint responsibility. Both the employer and the employee should accordingly invest in a healthy work–life balance, for example. An employer that recognizes in a person-centered way its role in the well-being of its employee is investing in the employee as a valued asset not merely by attending to the person’s ill health and the prevention of ill health and burnout (as is commonly the objective in occupational health programs), but by promoting his or her positive health and well-being. Furthermore, PCM guides the pursuit of a person’s well-being in a healthy work context by accounting for the person’s subjective experiences, values, preferences and interests. Conclusion: PCM provides for an approach to a healthy work context in which the patient or the practitioner may flourish through active investments for which both the employer and the employee should take responsibility.

scholarly journals A healthy work–life balance can enhance research

Nature ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 477 (7362) ◽  
pp. 27-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Overbaugh
Keyword(s):  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Healthy Work

Preventing Burnout

2015 ◽  
pp. 50-62
Author(s):  
Irene H. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Chronic Illnesses ◽  
Stressful Events ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Occupational Success ◽  
Healthy Work ◽  
Number Of Publications

The essential administrator in higher education must maintain a healthy work-life balance. The process of attempting to balance the demands and expectations of career, personal life, interpersonal relationships, partnerships, and family has been explored extensively over the last decade. Achieving a sense of work-life balance is both physically and psychologically necessary to promote life satisfaction, wellness, and occupational success. Many challenges and responsibilities confront administrators daily, some of which they have little or no control over and are commonly labeled as stressors. A large number of publications and media address the topics of stress and burnout-related health issues which may lead to chronic illnesses. This chapter explores stress and strategies to help individuals in administrative careers cope with the day-to-day stressful events and/or situations in their personal or work-life. The information included will dispel the idea, take two aspirins and call the doctor in the morning!

scholarly journals Work-Life Balance in Great Companies and Pending Issues for Engaging New Generations at Work

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (24) ◽  
pp. 5122 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Isabel Sánchez-Hernández ◽  
Óscar Rodrigo González-López ◽  
María Buenadicha-Mateos ◽  
Juan Luis Tato-Jiménez
Keyword(s):  
Labor Relations ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
Corporate Websites ◽  
On Line ◽  
Healthy Work ◽  
Low Levels

The changing nature of employment and work causes new demands in society, such as work-life balance, that has emerged in labor relations as an important aspect of a healthy work environment. In this context, Best Companies to Work for are a reference in caring for their staff, and it is well known that new generations—that frequently use the Internet to be informed—are making their decisions as job seekers by checking and comparing corporate websites. In order to learn from the best companies, but also to discover what could be improved by identifying the gaps, this study observes the current work-life balance practices in the last Best Companies to Work for awarded by Fortune. The main contribution of this work is the development of a weighted index for benchmarking purposes considering the preferences of new generations at work. The study demonstrates that the best companies still report low levels of work-life balance information. The main implication drawn from the study, due the requirements of new generations at work and the rapidly emerging field of e-recruiting, is the need for human resource departments to fit work and personal life in a fluid way, while maintaining a healthy balance. It is also recommended for companies to improve their disclosure of work-life practices on line for attracting talent from Millennials and Generation Z.

Work-family balance of female parliamentarians in Ghana

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ummu Markwei ◽  
Michael Kubi ◽  
Benedicta Quao ◽  
Esther Julia Attiogbe
Keyword(s):  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Political Careers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Organizational Policies ◽  
Family Balance ◽  
Healthy Work ◽  
Female Employees ◽  
Work Family

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the challenges female parliamentarians in Ghana face in their attempt to balance their professions and families. Design/methodology/approach This is a qualitative study which explores the nature of strain female MP’s in Ghana encounter in their struggle to achieve a work-life balance. Findings It is concluded that most female parliamentarians in Ghana go through tough times in trying to juggle career with family life. The study revealed that the MPs adopt strategies such as prioritizing roles, limiting official duties at home and using social support to help them cope with the pressures of their roles. The organizational policies put in place to aid female employees to achieve a healthy work-life balance did not yield much result for the participants in this study. Originality/value The originality of this paper lies in it being the first study that qualitatively explores the complex challenges female parliamentarians face in their political careers and family lives in Ghana.

Factors Related to Work-Life Balance among Occupational Health Nurses In Thailand

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 1492
Author(s):  
Naritsara Sripo ◽  
Wonpen Kaewpan ◽  
Surintorn Kalampakorn ◽  
Jutatip Sillabutra
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance

scholarly journals Motivasi Kerja Pada Perempuan Bali Yang Sudah Menikah Dalam Perspektif Work-Life Balance

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
Ni Wayan Sinthia Widiastuti ◽  
I Gusti Ngurah Putra Suryanata
Keyword(s):  
Work Motivation ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Formal Sector ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
The Public ◽  
Culture Tradition

ABSTRACTWomen who have married initially only played a role in the domestic sector, which is focused on the nature of women biologically, namely taking care of the household. Current development through the influence of globalization and meeting the need to encourage women to play a role in the public sector. Especially in Bali, which is very thick with their culture tradition when a woman takes on the role as a breadwinner, as a housewife, and active in society, so that Balinese women play three roles. The purpose of the research is to explain the work motivation of Balinese women who work in a work-life balance perspective. This study used a qualitative method with a phenomenological approach. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling technique. Informants in this study consisted of seven people including four people working in the informal sector and three people working in the formal sector, with the criteria of women, ethnic Balinese, Hindus, married, having children, working. The technique of data collection is done by semi-structured interviews. This research shows a picture of married Balinese women in maintaining balance or often referred to as work-life balance and encouragement that makes Balinese women decide to work, even though they know many roles that are carried out.

EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Werdie Van Staden ◽  
James Appleyard
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Empirical Relationship ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Work Style ◽  
Health Physician

If you are an employee or employer, occupational health physician, or a physician concerned with the work–life balance of your patient, this fourth issue on work–life balance and burnout is for you. It culminates in practical guidance captured in the Tokyo Declaration on Work–Life balance together with five articles that clarifies the golden reach of person-centered medicine (PCM) in occupational health of both a clinician and a patient. How this golden reach extends much further than patient-centered medicine is captured in the first article. An employed person, whether patient or practitioner, works within an interpersonal context in which all role players including the employer should actively contribute in nurturing an employee’s well-being and work–life balance. The second article engages with the reach of PCM in reporting on the personality features needed to cope with (or avert) unemployment as is evident in a comparison between 245 long-term unemployed individuals and a control group of 1,948. The third article articulates how the golden reach of PCM is informed by the empirical relationship between work engagement and burnout. The fourth article considers the work–life balance among Japan’s physicians in the context of ongoing work style reform. The fifth article underscores that a person-centered work environment is crucial in addressing the challenges of burnout among physicians and medical students.

Spreading Work and Supporting Incomes

2021 ◽  
pp. 125-148
Author(s):  
Cynthia Estlund
Keyword(s):  
Work Life ◽  
Free Time ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Income Support ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Support Measures ◽  
Human Labor ◽  
Healthy Work

Chapter 7 focuses chiefly on the project of work spreading—that is, shifting work from those with too much of it toward those with too little of it. The overall aim is to spread the benefits of both work and free time through a more equitable and healthy work-life balance across the society. Some work spreading can be accomplished by supporting workers’ own choices to work less; other work-spreading techniques will be more challenging and controversial, like those that take aim at the long-hours culture of many high-end workplaces. Work spreading needs to be coupled with income-support measures, which are briefly addressed here. But work spreading is the linchpin of mitigating the losses (in work and income) and spreading the gains (in free time) of a future in which machines gradually supplant human labor in a growing range of tasks.

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