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Special issue "Proceedings of ICOH Occupational Health for Health Worker (OHHW2019) Conference"
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Abstract
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| Around a third of the world’s population is affected by forced migration. Health workers are not only part of this migration population, they also play a role in meeting the special needs of migrants. This situation gives rise to a number of problems concerning the occupational health of health workers and inadequate access to health care. At the OHHW 2019 conference, experts from six continents and 41 countries around the globe discussed the different aspects of this topic under the title: “Occupational Health for Health Workers in Times of Global Shortage of Health Workers.” The OHHW 2019 was the 11th Conference organized by the ICOH Scientific Committee of Occupational Health for Health Workers (SCOHHW). The SC Women, Health and Work (SCWHW) and the SC Occupational and Environmental Dermatosis (SCOED), the Working Group of Occupational Infectious Agents of ICOH (WGOIA) and the International Social Security Association, Section Healthcare and Welfare (ISSA) collaborated. Many colleagues were involved in putting together the program for OHHW 2019. I would like to thank them all for their valuable support. My particular thanks go to Gwen Brachman, USA, (Chair) and Anton De Schryver, Belgium, (Secretary of the SCOHHW), Acran Salmen-Navarro, USA, Igor Bello, Venezuela, Fouad M. Fouad, Lebanon, Ehi Iden, Nigeria, Swen Malte John, Germany, and Mary Ross, South Africa. Furthermore, we thank the BGW (Institution for Statutory Accident Insurance and Prevention in the Health and Welfare Services) for its financial and technical support. From a journalistic point of view our conference report takes you through a selection of keynote presentations which highlight the current debate not only for a specialist audience but also for other interested parties. We start with some general data on the situation of health workers, followed by insights and perspectives from different countries such as Syria, Lebanon, the USA, Croatia or Venezuela. Further topics include “Protecting health workers from TB”, “Occupational skin disease in health workers” as well as gender issues. As around 80% of the health workforce are women, topics such as maternity leave are very important. In addition, the occupational hazards that female health workers are exposed to are often gender-typical. This report offers some impressions of the many different aspects of the topic discussed at the conference. If you want read on and dive deeper into the subject, see the scientific publications from the conference, available in the Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) “Proceedings of ICOH Occupational Health for Health Workers (OHHW2019) Conference”. We hope you enjoy the read! |
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English
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Source (journal)
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International journal of environmental research and public health. - Basel, 2004, currens
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11th International Joint Conference OHHW2019 on Occupational Health for Health Workers Hamburg, 22-24 October, 2019, Hamburg, Germany
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Publication
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(Basel, Switzerland)
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2020
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1660-4601
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(2020)
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E-only publicatie
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