A Repository for Publications on Basic Occupational Health Services and Similar Health Care InnovationsBOX text:
Background: Occupational health services are not available for more than 80% of the global workforce. This pertains especially to informal workers, workers in agriculture and in small enterprises, and self-employed. Many are working in hazardous conditions. The World Health Organization, the Interna...
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| description | Background: Occupational health services are not available for more than 80% of the global workforce. This pertains especially to informal workers, workers in agriculture and in small enterprises, and self-employed. Many are working in hazardous conditions. The World Health Organization, the International Labor Organization, the International Commission on Occupational Health, and the World Organization of Family Doctors promote as part of a solution, basic occupational health services (BOHS) integrated in primary or community health care. Quality information on this topic is difficult to find. The objective of this study is to develop an open access bibliography, a repository, referring to publications on BOHS and similar innovations, to support progress and research. Methods: The database design and sustaining literature searches (PubMed, Google Scholar, SciELO) are described. For each publication selected, basic bibliographic data, a brief content description considering copyright restrictions, and a hyperlink are included. Results: Searches resulted in a database containing 189 references to publications on BOHS such as articles in scientific journals, reports, policy documents, and abstracts of lectures. A global perspective is applied in 43 publications, a national or regional perspective is applied in 146 publications. Operational and evaluative research material is still scarce. Examples of references to publications are shown. Conclusion: The repository can inspire pioneers by showing practices in different countries and can be used for reviews and in-depth analyses. Missing publications such as from China, Russia, Japan, Republic of Korea, and Spanish/Portuguese speaking countries, can be added in the future, and translated. Search functions can be developed. International collaboration for the promotion of occupational health coverage for all workers must be intensified. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-111d0f6dc6054f068ee2ad8c6281d4952023-08-02T07:50:50ZengElsevierSafety and Health at Work2093-79112023-03-011415058A Repository for Publications on Basic Occupational Health Services and Similar Health Care InnovationsBOX text:Frank J. van Dijk0Suvarna Moti1Foundation Learning and Developing Occupational Health (LDOH), Leiden, the Netherlands; Corresponding author. Learning and Developing Occupational Health Foundation, Nachtegaallaan 15, 2333 XT, Leiden, the Netherlands.Consultant Public Health Specialist, Mumbai, IndiaBackground: Occupational health services are not available for more than 80% of the global workforce. This pertains especially to informal workers, workers in agriculture and in small enterprises, and self-employed. Many are working in hazardous conditions. The World Health Organization, the International Labor Organization, the International Commission on Occupational Health, and the World Organization of Family Doctors promote as part of a solution, basic occupational health services (BOHS) integrated in primary or community health care. Quality information on this topic is difficult to find. The objective of this study is to develop an open access bibliography, a repository, referring to publications on BOHS and similar innovations, to support progress and research. Methods: The database design and sustaining literature searches (PubMed, Google Scholar, SciELO) are described. For each publication selected, basic bibliographic data, a brief content description considering copyright restrictions, and a hyperlink are included. Results: Searches resulted in a database containing 189 references to publications on BOHS such as articles in scientific journals, reports, policy documents, and abstracts of lectures. A global perspective is applied in 43 publications, a national or regional perspective is applied in 146 publications. Operational and evaluative research material is still scarce. Examples of references to publications are shown. Conclusion: The repository can inspire pioneers by showing practices in different countries and can be used for reviews and in-depth analyses. Missing publications such as from China, Russia, Japan, Republic of Korea, and Spanish/Portuguese speaking countries, can be added in the future, and translated. Search functions can be developed. International collaboration for the promotion of occupational health coverage for all workers must be intensified.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791123000033Informal sectorOccupational healthOccupational health servicesPrimary health carePublic health |
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| title | A Repository for Publications on Basic Occupational Health Services and Similar Health Care InnovationsBOX text: |
| title_full | A Repository for Publications on Basic Occupational Health Services and Similar Health Care InnovationsBOX text: |
| title_fullStr | A Repository for Publications on Basic Occupational Health Services and Similar Health Care InnovationsBOX text: |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Repository for Publications on Basic Occupational Health Services and Similar Health Care InnovationsBOX text: |
| title_short | A Repository for Publications on Basic Occupational Health Services and Similar Health Care InnovationsBOX text: |
| title_sort | repository for publications on basic occupational health services and similar health care innovationsbox text |
| topic | Informal sector Occupational health Occupational health services Primary health care Public health |
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