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Occupational safety and health aspects of voice and speech professions.

A well-functioning voice is an essential tool for one third of the labour force. Vocal demands vary to a great extent between the different voice and speech professions. In professions with heavy vocal loading (e.g. school and kindergarten teachers), occupational voice disorders threatening working ability are common. Vocal loading is a combination of prolonged voice use and additional loading factors (e.g. background noise, acoustics, air quality) affecting the fundamental frequency, type and loudness of phonation or the vibratory characteristics of the vocal folds as well as the external frame of the larynx. The prevention and treatment of occupational voice disorders calls for improved occupational safety and health (OSH) arrangements for voice and speech professionals. On the basis of epidemiological and acoustic-physiological research, the presence of risk to vocal health can be substantiated. From the point of view of the physical load on the vocal apparatus, loading-related physiological changes (adaptation) may play a role in the occupational risk. Environmental factors affect vocal loading changes. In teaching professions, the working environment is shared with children, who benefit from amendments of OSH legislation concerning their teachers.

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PubMed2005

[Evidence-based evaluation of the effect of Type IV Allergies on the reduction of fitness for work. Survey of occupational skin diseases].

Evidence-based guidelines about the distribution of type IV allergens of the European standard series in different professions and its occupational relevance are missing. Based on published data, epidemiological investigations, work related knowledge about industrial processes, and allergen specific properties, recommendations are given about the clinical impact in the working environment for the following allergens: acrylates/methacrylates, epoxy resins, dichromate, cobalt, nickel, formaldehyde, (chlor-)methylisothiazolone, p-phenylendiamine, colophony, thiurame, mercaptobenzothiazole, dithiocarbamate, n-isopropyl-n'-phenyl-p-phenylendiamine, fragrance mix, composite mix, and neomycinsulfate. These recommendations might improve the clearance rate and allergological evaluation of the occupational relevance of different delayed type sensitizations or allergens.

Allergens↗
PubMed1991

Occupational stress and burnout in the nursing profession. A model for prevention.

1. Work overload, lack of control over one's work, non-supportive work environment, limited job opportunity, role ambiguity, rotating shift work, and machine paced work are occupational stressors that have been suggested as factors contributing to psychological disorders. 2. The model of occupational stress defined in this article utilizes organizational social support and coping strategies as buffering agents with the potential to decrease occupational stress and burnout. 3. Although this model and suggested methods for measurement of components in the model were developed for the investigation of stress in health care populations, the model can be applied to other work settings.

Burnout, Professional↗
PubMed1998

Quality management of occupational health services: the necessity of a powerful medical profession.

Over the past few years there has been a growing interest in quality management in occupational health services. In this article the central role of the medical profession in this area is highlighted from a personal point of view. It is argued that a powerful and active profession is needed as a countervailing power in the field of tension between employees and the company, and for balancing the interests of these two main clients. Therefore, the medical profession should develop a policy on quality and apply quality management on national and local levels to reach a high professional level. In this way the profession can maintain the clinical autonomy that is necessary to be a countervailing power. Elements of such quality management are national guidelines, local peer review and intercolleagual visitation. These activities must be incorporated in the quality management of the occupational health services unit.

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PubMed2006

Issues in practice based learning in nursing in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland: Results from a multi professional scoping exercise.

The first year (2003-2004) of a three year nationally funded project focused on completing a scoping exercise on the nature of practice education in five selected health care professions: Dietetics, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Radiography (). A survey questionnaire, focus groups and secondary sources were used to collect data. Profession specific contributors completed the analysis of results. Resulting case studies were combined to produce a cross-professional overview of current issues in practice-based learning. The nursing case study identified areas of good practice such as; the mentorship model; the development of new support roles; and joint responsibility between Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) and Health Service areas for practice assessment. However, there were variations in the application of these areas of good practice throughout the United Kingdom (UK). Issues included; an inadequate supply of qualified mentors; formal recognition of the mentor role; and lack of knowledge of the relative impact of the differing mentor preparation programmes. In comparing the five professions, all had statutory requirements regarding the nature of practice learning but each profession differed in how this was managed and organised. The need for formal preparation, recognition and reward for the mentor/practice educator role was recognised with collaborative working across the professions a recommendation in order to achieve national improvement in the quality of practice learning support for health care professions.

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