Application of Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics-6 Items (SAVE-6) to Public Workers for Measuring Their Anxiety Response During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Objective: This study aimed to compare the adaptability of the adapted version of Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics-9 (SAVE-9) for public workers and the SAVE-6 scale and to validate them among public workers who are on the frontline of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.Methods: A total of 300 public workers responded to the anonymous online survey during April 1–12, 2021. Principal component analysis was conducted with varimax rotation to explore the factor structure of this scale. Confirmatory factor analysis was also used to explore construct validity. Spearman correlation analysis of the scale with the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) was performed to explore the convergent validity. The cut-off score in accordance with the mild degree of generalized anxiety symptoms (GAD-7 score of 5) was defined using the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis.Findings: The single-structure model of each scale (the adapted version of SAVE-9 and SAVE-6) was adopted based on the results of the parallel analysis. Because SAVE-6 showed good construct validity, but the adapted version of SAVE-9 did not, we adopted to apply the SAVE-6 scale to assess the anxiety response of public workers in response to the viral epidemic. SAVE-6 showed good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.817; McDonald's Omega = 0.818) and good convergent validity with GAD-7 (rho = 0.417, p < 0.001) and PHQ-9 (rho = 0.317, p < 0.001) scale scores. The appropriate cut-off score for SAVE-6 was determined to be ≥ 16.Conclusion: The SAVE-6 scale, as compared to the public workers' version of SAVE-9, is a reliable and valid rating scale to assess the work-related stress and anxiety of public workers due to the viral epidemic.

Sociodemographic disparity in health-related behaviours and dietary habits among public workers in China: a cross-sectional study

ObjectiveWe aimed to estimate the distribution of health-related behaviours and dietary habits by sociodemographics among public workers in China.DesignCross-sectional study.SettingA representative sample was obtained from 10 government-run institutions in Hunan province of China.ParticipantsA total of 5029 public workers were included in this study.Primary and secondary outcome measuresPrevalence on their sociodemographic characteristics, health-related behaviours and dietary habits. Socioeconomic status (SES) scores were calculated by multiplying ordinal numerical values assigned to consecutive categories of education level and annual household income. Multivariate logistic regression analysis and categorical principal component analysis were used to estimate differences in health-related behaviours and dietary habits by sociodemographics.ResultsThe distribution of health-related behaviours and dietary habits was varied by sociodemographic groups. Middle-aged groups (41–60 years) were more likely to smoke (for men, 34.5%), use alcohol (for men, 22.5%), and have short sleep duration (for men, 36.3%; for women, 39.6%). Young participants (≤30 years) were more likely to have multiple unhealthy behaviours and dietary habits. Those in low-SES have a significant higher rate of smoking (ORadj=1.46, 95% CI: 1.15 to 1.85) and leisure-time physical inactivity (ORadj=1.18, 95% CI: 1.02 to 1.37), but a lower rate of late sleeping (ORadj=0.69, 95% CI: 0.57 to 0.83) than those in high-SES. Notably, older men (≥51 years) with low-SES preferred the ‘smoked and pickled foods and dessert’ and ‘fish and nut’ pattern. In high-SES groups, 41–50 year old people preferred the ‘traditional foods’ and ‘cereals and dairy product’ pattern. No difference in dietary patterns by sociodemographics was found among women (p<0.05).ConclusionsOur findings of the disparity distribution of health-related behaviours and dietary habits by specific gender, age and SES among Chinese public workers have important policy implications for developing targeted health interventions to facilitate health-related behaviours and dietary habits in this population.

Sobre las posibilidades de reforma del modelo de empleo público español: límites constitucionales y jurídicos al modelo actual y sus sistemas de acceso

Laburpena: Lan honetan, gure herrialdean enplegu publikoaren araubide juridikoa eta, zehazki, sarbide moten araubide juridikoa erorarazi dituzten gidalerro tradizional batzuk berrikustea komeni dela azaltzen da. Pilatutako eskarmentuak erakusten duenez, Espainiako gaurko sistemak zenbait arazo praktiko dauzka. Bada, arazo horiei erreparatuta eta eskarmentu konparatuan inspiratuta, hainbat irtenbide zehatz proposatzen dira hemen. Gure ustez, irtenbideok arazorik gabe bateratu daitezke Konstituzioak gai honetan dituen printzipioekin, eta enplegu publikoaren eredua oro har hobetzen lagunduko lukete; zehazki, enplegu publikora baldintza beretan sartzeko sistemei dagokienez. Hala nola: justifikazio objektiboa dagoenean bakarrik erreserbatzea funtzionarioei lanpostuak; probak aldatzea, gaitasunak erakusteari garrantzi handiagoa emateko; oposaketa tradizional askoren oztopo sozioekonomikoak ezabatuko dituzten BAME motako sistemak ezartzea eta, are, gizarteratzeko arazoak dituzten eta ingurune anitzagoetatik datozen taldeen artean edo praktika-programetatik abiatuta etorkizuneko langileak bilatzeko programekin esperimentatzea. Resumen: En este trabajo se expone la conveniencia de revisar algunas de las pautas tradicionales con las que se ha declinado en nuestro país el régimen jurídico del empleo público y, en particular, de los modos de acceso. A la luz de algunos de los problemas de tipo práctico que la experiencia acumulada muestra que presenta el actual sistema español, e inspirados en la experiencia comparada se proponen diversas soluciones concretas que, a nuestro juicio, serían perfectamente compatibles con los principios constitucionales en la materia y ayudarían a mejorar el modelo de empleo público en general y, específicamente, los sistemas de acceso a este en condiciones de igualdad: limitar la reserva a personal funcionario a puestos de trabajo donde haya una justificación objetiva para ellos, modificar las pruebas para dar más importancia a la demostración de capacidades, sistemas de tipo MIR que eliminen las barreras socioeconómicas de muchas oposiciones tradicionales e incluso la experimentación con programas de búsqueda de futuros y futuras trabajadoras entre grupos con problemas de inclusión y procedentes de entornos más diversos o a partir de programas de prácticas. Abstract: This paper reviews some of the traditional patterns of the Spanish legal framework applicable to public employment and, in particular, to its recruitment systems. In light of some of the practical problems our system presents and inspired by foreign experiences, we put forward a series of specific solutions which, in our opinion, would be perfectly compatible with the Spanish constitutional principles in this field and would help to improve the Spanish public employment system in general and, more specifically, recruitment under conditions of strict equality. These proposals include limiting civil servant positions to those for which there is an objective reason to be classified as such, increasing the weight given to the evaluation of qualitative skills in evaluation processes for access to public employment, MIR-type systems that eliminate some of the socio-economic barriers of traditional competitive examinations and even experimental programs or internship projects so as to enhance the chances of recruiting future public workers among groups with inclusion problems and from more diverse backgrounds.

Empathy in PSI: Where we stand and where to go from here

The influence of emotions is very significant in PSIT, since these professionals usually find themselves interpreting in communicative situations in which the people that they provide a service to suffer some kind of emotional distress. This can be particularly challenging for interpreters, since many codes of conduct on the ethics of the profession highlight neutrality as one of the main features that they must respect. In the case of empathy, a value expected to be offered by public workers, many studies have highlighted the importance it has to improve interactions. However, this topic has not been developed in depth in many research studies up to date. Therefore, the aim of this article is to conduct a systematic review of the studies published in the field of PSIT with relation to empathy and how it affects the profession. We will limit the review to studies published from 2000 to 2020. In the conclusions we will reflect on the importance of conducting this kind of studies to review current research needs and establish future directions.

Kesiapan Pekerja Dalam Protokol Kesehatan di Tatanan Baru Era Pandemi Covid-19 Di Hotel XX

n protecting workers from the corona virus: COVID-19, the employment preparedness for preventive action must be carried out in accordance with health protocol. Preventive efforts are best practices to reduce the impact of COVID-19 at XX Hotels. Hotel XX has conducted a feasibility evaluation of the health protocol for the employment preparedness. This protocol aims to handle the prevention of Covid-19, especially for workers, guests and stakeholders. While the vaccine has not been given to the public/workers, the prevention of positive cases of Covid-19 expects all parties to implement the health protocol. The health protocol assessment results in XX Hotel show that the assessment achievement was 97% above the minimum 90%. Therefore, workers can be feasible to work according to the implementation of the health protocol and work with WFO (work from the office) in a new normal and get a certificate of eligibility for the health protocol.

Some Precautionary Measures to Avoid COVID-19 Spread Among Workers

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a SARS-CoV-2 virus-caused It is critical for every worker to prepare for COVID-19 now to eliminate the impact of COVID-19 epidemic conditions on companies, staff, consumers and the public. Workers must maintain employee social distance activities and monitor the flow of customers; regular and sufficient hand-washing, facilities and surface sanitation for workers; and maintain stay for sick worker’s home or go home if they feel ill. As well as the organization should put in place the proceeding safety precautions at all places of work such as public Health Laws and Procedures, reducing the meeting and if applicable join meetings by mobiles, cleaning the workplace always with disinfecting fluids and training the workers on wearing the protective equipment's and avoid the closing contact between.

Scientific Collaboration at National Institute of the Atlantic Forest (Brazil) on Scopus Database: Analysis of Institutional Domain

Domain analysis by means of scientific collaboration enables evidencing aspects that are involved in the establishment of relationships between researchers and institutions, such as the influence of institutional management models for the development of collaborative networks. This article aims to analyze the domain through the scientific collaboration network of the National Institute of the Atlantic Forest (INMA), a research unit currently affiliated to the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), formerly known as the Professor Mello Leitão Museum of Biology (MBML), in order to acknowledge the institutional research identity in its historical journey as a public institution. It is thus analyzed how co-authorship constitutes this network and what research profile it reveals. Co-authorship analysis is adopted as a methodology, as well as the analysis of administrative documents with the survey and categorization of employees, regarding their types of ties to the institution, combined with searches in the Scopus database for the corroboration of institutional affiliations. A corpus of 138 articles published by 41 researchers from 1993 to 2019 is consolidated in this base, which represents 44% of the Institute’s total research collaborators (93 collaborators). Of these 41, 92.5% have temporary links, such as scholarship holders and/or volunteers, with the remaining being public workers. It is recognized that the citation impact of the scientific production of scholarship holders, consigned to the Institute, is less than the citation impact of the volunteers' and public workers' production. It is evidenced that eight of the ten publications with the greatest impact and thematic prominence correspond to the field of zoology, with emphasis on the fields of herpetology and primatology. Macro-level collaborative relations are more intense with the United States, in both areas mentioned, covering 16% of the total corpus of articles in cooperation with that country. Zoology, besides its greater impact, accounts for more than half of the corpus production (65.9%).On the other hand, botany is responsible for 30.4% of the corpus, with its dispersed international cooperation in a broad variety of countries. Individual authorship articles are 57% consigned to botany. In summary, the accomplished analysis will contribute to the development of institutional domain analysis methodologies that present scientific collaboration as a basic procedure.