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Objective: To identify how the nursing students evaluate the teaching-learning used in the discipline of Nursing Care in Occupational Health and the importance of the discipline for academic training. Method: Quantitative research, descriptive, developed with academics from the School of Nursing of the Federal University of Rio Grande who attended this discipline. We used self-report instrument with closed questions arranged in Likert scale, covering three categories: goals of the discipline, teaching methods and teacher performance in the teaching-learning process. The data were quantified using descriptive statistics. Results: The 78 scholars highlighted the importance of the discipline for professional practice and the theory-practice relationship for learning quality; it is necessary their participation in the construction of the teaching methodology. Conclusion: The academic evaluation, important teaching tool, allows identifying actions that can improve the training and performance of the nurse, entering the academic and co-responsible.

BACKGROUND: The Brundlandt Report (Our Common Future), from 1987, provided just a generic notion of sustainable development, leaving to the political, academic and social milieus the formulation of the technical foundations of sustainability. Within this context, category workers' health was neglected. OBJECTIVE: The present paper discusses the central relevance of work and its relationship to health for the development of sustainability as anchored in the respect for the life and health of workers. METHODS: Based on the qualitative scientific paradigm and the dialectical method, the theoretical and empirical research conducted in the presented study adopted an epistemological perspective grounded on three basic principles: constructive nature of interpretative knowledge, interactive nature of the research process and significance of singularity as a level of knowledge production through a dialogical process. RESULTS: Based on the analysis performed, subject workers' health in its relation to sustainable development was subjected to an epistemological discussion. CONCLUSION: To fully substantiate this notion, the idea of sustainable development implies a thorough involvement of ergonomics and other fields of knowledge related to work.

Estudo por métodos mistos e de abordagem construcionista social, com objetivo de analisar a condução do Planejamento Estratégico Situacional em saúde para levantamento das demandas relacionadas a saúde do trabalhador com duas equipes da Estratégia Saúde da Família, realizado em maio a junho de 2018. Realizou-se observação ativa do território, entrevista com informantes-chave, análise de dados secundários e roda de discussão. As equipes possuíam 1637 famílias cadastradas, todas as casas são de tijolo, 80,1% com tratamento da água em domicílio e 99,6% com abastecimento pela rede pública. A coleta do lixo é pública, 99,9% possui rede de esgoto e 99,5% energia elétrica. A observação ativa indicou predominância de comércio informal. Equipamentos sociais foram identificados, como igrejas, bancos, centro comunitário para prática desportiva, escolas públicas e um Centro de Referência para a Assistência Social, bem como uma universidade pública. As áreas de abrangência apresentam características de moradores de classe média baixa, com pessoas em situação de pobreza. Os informantes-chave relataram que existem atividades ocupacionais domiciliares, frequentes entre as mulheres em idade produtiva. No adoecimento relacionado ao trabalho o sofrimento mental e depressão foram apontados como recorrentes e a inexistência de ações intersetoriais. No plano de ação, optou-se o problema "Hipertensão Arterial, Diabetes Mellitus e Sofrimentos Mentais como as doenças frequentes entre os usuários trabalhadores". O nó-crítico selecionado para a elaboração do plano de ação foi "Organização do processo de trabalho das equipes com fragilidades nas investigações/reconhecimento das condições de saúde do usuário trabalhador". O estudo propõe o fortalecimento e construção de competências que atuem na modificação da realidade social das coletividades, em consonância ao debate atual brasileiro na proteção e promoção da saúde e, prevenção de danos à saúde do trabalhador.

Introduction: Automotive Gas Station's (AGS) workers are exposed to risks such as chemicals, physical risks, explosions and violence. Gas Stations are also on rivers, lakes and oceans, in boats without propulsion, classified by the National Petroleum Agency (NPA) as Floating Gas Stations (FGS). The Amazon region concentrates 95.0% of the FGS in Brazil, and they are fundamental for the transportation of people, cargo and services. Objective: Intervene in the risks associated with the health of FGS's workers, through an interdisciplinary and multi-institutional approach. Method: The study is qualitative and the methodology is an intervention research with the use of adapted checklist and interviews. Results: Specificities of FGS, irregularities found, worker's interviews and measures to mitigate the risks are described. Certain irregularities are similar to those reported for the AGS, added to others resulted from the specificities of the FGS. Precarious environments, conditions and work processes were found and there were reports of complaints related to benzene intoxication. Conclusions: AGS have been the subject of research and interventions, but there are no publications about FGS, specific legislation and actions to minimize the risks. The study generated collective learning and institutional cooperation to protect and improve workers' quality of life. ; Introdução: Os trabalhadores em postos revendedores de combustíveis automotivos (PRCA) são expostos a riscos químicos, físicos, explosões e violência. Os postos de combustíveis também estão presentes nos rios, lagos e oceanos em embarcações sem propulsão, classificadas pela Agência Nacional de Petróleo (ANP) como Postos Revendedores Flutuantes (PRF). A Amazônia concentra 95,0% dos PRF do Brasil, e eles são fundamentais para o deslocamento de pessoas, de cargas e de serviços. Objetivo: Intervir de forma inaugural nos riscos associados à saúde dos trabalhadores de PRF, mediante uma abordagem interdisciplinar e pluri-institucional. Método: O estudo é qualitativo e o método, a pesquisa-intervenção com a utilização de roteiro de inspeção adaptado e entrevistas. Resultados: Foram analisados: as especificidades dos PRF; as não conformidades encontradas; os relatos dos trabalhadores e as medidas adotadas para mitigação dos riscos identificados. Certas não conformidades são semelhantes às relatadas nos PRCA e se somam a outras decorrentes das especificidades dos PRF. Precárias relações e situações de trabalho foram encontradas e houve relato de queixas possivelmente relacionadas à intoxicação por benzeno. Conclusões: Os PRCA têm sido objeto de pesquisas e intervenções; mas sobre os PRF inexistem publicações, normas específicas e ações de minimização do risco. O estudo gerou aprendizado coletivo e cooperação institucional para proteção e melhor qualidade de vida para os trabalhadores.

Este artigo visa contribuir para as reflexões sobre a construção de uma pesquisa nacional, no Brasil, que aborde a relação entre trabalho e saúde dos trabalhadores. Uma pesquisa que produza conhecimentos para subsidiar as ações dos atores sociais nos seus diferentes espaços, como o da negociação coletiva e da construção de políticas públicas, e sobre os determinantes do processo saúde-doença, dado que, se a sociedade tiver como objetivo resolver o problema do sofrimento, do adoecimento e dos acidentes vinculados ao trabalho, não será possível manter o foco apenas nas consequências desses eventos, sendo necessário também atuar sobre suas causas. Para realizar tal reflexão, será utilizado a European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), aplicada nos países da União Europeia (UE) desde 1990, que traz informações sobre como as diferentes dimensões do trabalho vêm impactando a saúde dos trabalhadores, servindo como importante referência para a elaboração de políticas públicas objetivando melhoria das condições de vida e trabalho dos trabalhadores europeus. ; This article is a contribution to the ongoing discussion concerning the desirability of a national enquiry in Brazil that would study the relationship between work and worker's health. This enquiry would supply data to bolster social partner's actions in their diverse environments, such as collective bargaining and public policies. Better understanding the determinant factors in the health-sickness process provides essential knowledge for curbing ever increasing work-related suffering, sickness and accidents. One should not only focus on the consequences, but also on the causes of these problems. We based our approach on the European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), which has been implemented in all EU countries since 1990. This survey allows a better understanding of how varying work aspects can impact worker's health and has become essential reference when developing public policies seeking to improve living conditions for European workers.

Objective: To know the scientific literature about the nursing worker's health. Method: Bibliography review of literature published from 2005 to 2010. It was used the databases LILACS and SCIELO and BDENF, with intersection between the descriptors nursing and worker's health, 20 studies were selected. Results: Most publications on nursing worker's health discuss biosecurity, exposure to biohazards, occupational stress and its prevention and control measures. There are still few published studies about this issue in primary care or family health strategy, with most studies conducted in hospitals, mainly in university hospitals. Conclusion: The research on occupational health of nursing is important because it can contribute significantly to the improved quality of life of nursing staff.

The Social Worker's Guide to Child and Adolescent Mental Health provides a comprehensive guide to working with children and young people who are experiencing mental health problems, and equips the reader with the knowledge and skills to provide the best service to these vulnerable young people. The first part of the book considers what role social work can play in child and adolescent mental health, and explores key ideas related to mental health and young people, including attachment issues, children's emotional development and common and complex mental health problems. The author then covers

Edward H Tobe University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey/School of Osteopathic Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ, USA Abstract: A healthy, productive workforce improves the socioeconomic interests and stability of society. In the early 20th century, federal worker's compensation law was modified from intentional and unintentional negligence tort law to a no-fault system; this was designed to optimize the outcome of work-related injuries for both employers and employees. It was recognized that the integrity of the worker's health was essential to society. Each state independently legislated medical and fiscal management of occupational injuries and illness. The state of New Jersey presently has a system to evaluate the complex processes that the worker and worker's family experience after a work-related injury. The current legislation may encourage antipathy and mental regression during a vulnerable period of the worker's life. Reflecting on potential legislative shortcomings may stimulate ideas to create improved treatment outcomes. Keywords: labor, law, injury, insurance, occupational medicine

"Information was gathered from Federal and State health, labor, and environmental agencies, as well as from groups with special concerns regarding the incidences of impaired health and safety to family members resulting from exposure to hazardous substances found at the workplace of another family member. Workers have been found to inadvertently carry home hazardous materials on their clothes, skin, hair, tools, and in their vehicles. Some of the resulting health effects reviewed in this report include chronic beryllium (7440417) disease, asbestosis and mesothelioma, lead (7439921) poisoning, neurological effects and mental retardation caused by lead exposure, deaths and neurological effects from pesticide exposure, chemical burns from caustic substances, chloracne and other effects from chlorinated hydrocarbon exposure, neurological effects from mercury (7439976), abnormal development from estrogenic substances, asthmatic and allergic reactions from dusts, liver angiosarcoma from arsenic (7440382), dermatitis from fibrous glass, status epilepticus from chemical exposure, and diseases from infectious agents. Preventive measures which were found to be effective when used in the workplace or at home were noted. Also discussed were procedures for decontaminating home and clothing, applicable Federal and State laws, responses to incidents of workers' home contamination, and recommendations for future research and education." - NIOSHTIC-2 ; 1. Health effects of workers' home contamination -- 2. Sources of workers' home contamination -- 3. Levels of contamination in homes and cars -- 4. Preventive measures -- 5. Decontamination procedures -- 6. Review of existing federal and states laws -- 7. Responses to incidents of home contamination -- 8. Recommendations and conclusions -- Appendix 1. The Workers' Family Protection Act -- Appendix 2. Federal Register Notice 58 FR 60202 - 60204 -- Appendix 3. Letters Requesting Information -- Appendix 4. Acknowledgments -- Appendix 5. Glossary ; "September 1995." ; Numbered retroactively as: DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 95-123 ; Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-142).