{"title":"Characterisation (and mischaracterisation) of occupational injuries in portuguese jurisprudence. An analysis from 2011 to 2021.","authors":"Glória Rebelo, António Almeida","doi":"10.12961/aprl.2024.27.04.06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12961/aprl.2024.27.04.06","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Based on Portuguese case law, this study examined the characterisation and mischaracterisation of occupational injuries in the Portuguese court system. A content analysis was carried out, namely on how the Portuguese courts understand the characterisation and mischaracterisation (requirements) of occupational injury sentences. Case law was collected and analysed from listed decisions by the higher courts (Supreme Court of Justice and the Portuguese Courts of Appeal), between 2011 and 2021. A total of 330 judicial decisions were identified and analysed; groups of descriptors were categorised and sub-themes were identified. The sub-theme 'concept and scope of the injury' was identified in 80 decisions and 'mischaracterisation of injuries' in 46 decisions. This analysis reflects the Portuguese courts' understanding of the extent to which occupational injuries are characterised, which will be important to safeguard the system of compensation for occupational injuries in Portugal.</p>","PeriodicalId":101300,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de prevencion de riesgos laborales","volume":"27 4","pages":"395-402"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143607730","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maria Florencia Grande Ratti, Diana Hongn, Inés Ichazo, Sofía Rossetti, Delfina Murature, Bernardo Julio Martinez, Romina Yasmin Perez Manelli
{"title":"[Health caregivers: perspectives, motivations, interests, and work challenges].","authors":"Maria Florencia Grande Ratti, Diana Hongn, Inés Ichazo, Sofía Rossetti, Delfina Murature, Bernardo Julio Martinez, Romina Yasmin Perez Manelli","doi":"10.12961/aprl.2024.27.04.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12961/aprl.2024.27.04.05","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Population aging leads to chronic diseases and dependency on daily activities, making caregivers essential. The aim was to explore the perceptions and concerns of these workers.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>In 2023, a qualitative study that included ten individual and semi-structured interviews with caregivers was conducted in a tertiary hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The obtained material was subjected to thematic content analysis, and through triangulation, the text was coded by emerging dimensions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Women predominated (90%), middle-aged (52 years), with low education and training through experience. Five major topics emerged: (a) responsibilities and functions; (b) working conditions; (c) emotions and bonding issues; (d) communication problems; and (e) vision and experience of the health system. Work tasks included emotional support, communication with the team (doctor and family), and delegation of household tasks. Communication problems were highlighted due to technical language, lack of time, and recognition of their role. The lack of continuity in post-discharge follow-up was a systematic problem, although they positively valued the information in the epicrisis. Work difficulties included long hours, episodes of violence (physical, verbal, psychological, or emotional), low salaries, and informal hiring methods (without rights that protect rest or health). Despite this, they expressed dedication and empathy toward patients.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study's results provide valuable information for improving the working conditions and safety of healthcare workers, highlighting the need to improve both their work environment and their social recognition.</p>","PeriodicalId":101300,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de prevencion de riesgos laborales","volume":"27 4","pages":"373-391"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143607721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Paola Astrid Cañón Lara, Carlos Julio Lozano Piedrahita
{"title":"[Evaluation of inhalation exposure to chemical agents in a physics laboratory using the Coshh Essentials method].","authors":"Paola Astrid Cañón Lara, Carlos Julio Lozano Piedrahita","doi":"10.12961/aprl.2024.27.04.08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12961/aprl.2024.27.04.08","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Chemical risk assessment is crucial for establishing actions that eliminate, reduce, or control the risk of occupational diseases. Traditionally, this assessment is conducted through quantitative hygienic methods, which are often costly for organizations. The COSHH Essentials methodology offers a simple and cost-effective alternative, which was applied in a physics laboratory in Colombia with the aim of evaluating inhalation risks from chemical substances. The specific hazards of a series of chemical agents were reviewed, and the potential exposure analysis was carried out, considering factors such as volatility or dustiness and the amount used, as a preliminary approach to chemical risk assessment. Four risk levels were established, allowing for the definition of actions to maintain exposure at safe levels, preventing the risk of occupational diseases caused by inhalation. This methodology can be applied in other laboratories; its qualitative approach provided a rapid and systematic assessment of potential risk, at a reduced cost.</p>","PeriodicalId":101300,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de prevencion de riesgos laborales","volume":"27 4","pages":"419-434"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143607718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Characterization of occupational exposure to high temperatures based on regional ecological data. Argentina, 2005-2023].","authors":"Marcelo Amable, Rosana Abrutzky, Viviana García","doi":"10.12961/aprl.2024.27.04.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12961/aprl.2024.27.04.04","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Exposure to high temperatures was evaluated with regional climate data provided by the National Meteorological Service, applying occupational exposure parameters. Methods: The provinces were characterized during 2005-2023 with maximum, average and minimum temperatures, and daily humidity percentages. Days with dangerous temperatures were defined as 28ºC and 90% humidity. And days with tiring temperatures form 25ºC to 28ºC along with humidity greater than 85% and less than 90%.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Seven northwest and northeast provinces are identified as having an increased risk of health effects from dangerous temperatures. The map is expanded by analyzing the tiring temperatures, including six other central provinces with a temperate climate, and recording tiring temperatures during the winter semesters. We identified thirteen regions with greater frequency and intensity of exposure to high temperature and humidity and an increasing trend of dangerous temperatures in the analyzed period. It was found that in many provinces the occupational risk due to high temperatures is not only a summer situation.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Taking into account climate scenarios projected for 2030, there will be a significant increase in the number of days with dangerous temperatures in most provinces, while days with tiring temperatures increase only in some provinces such as Córdoba and Buenos Aires in the template zone. They concentrate the largest proportion of the working population, so and increase in occupational injuries could be expected due to high temperatures.</p>","PeriodicalId":101300,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de prevencion de riesgos laborales","volume":"27 4","pages":"360-372"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143607709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Disinfection in the food industry: generation of total chlorinated haloacetic acids as a consequence of industrial hygiene malpractice].","authors":"Borja Garrido Arias","doi":"10.12961/aprl.2024.27.04.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12961/aprl.2024.27.04.01","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101300,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de prevencion de riesgos laborales","volume":"27 4","pages":"347-353"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143607715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Brian Johan Bustos-Viviescas, Carlos Enrique García Yerena, Javit Enrique Luna Manjarres
{"title":"[Can artificial intelligence help prevent suicide in healthcare workers?]","authors":"Brian Johan Bustos-Viviescas, Carlos Enrique García Yerena, Javit Enrique Luna Manjarres","doi":"10.12961/aprl.2024.27.04.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12961/aprl.2024.27.04.02","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101300,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de prevencion de riesgos laborales","volume":"27 4","pages":"354-356"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143607706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[What happens after breast cancer treatment? A perspective from the consequences in working life].","authors":"Jennifer Angie Fernández Chávez","doi":"10.12961/aprl.2024.27.04.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12961/aprl.2024.27.04.03","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101300,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de prevencion de riesgos laborales","volume":"27 4","pages":"357-359"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143607728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Mental health in healthcare professionals after Covid-19].","authors":"Beatriz Talavera-Velasco","doi":"10.12961/aprl.2024.27.04.09","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12961/aprl.2024.27.04.09","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An interview with Beatriz Talavera-Velasco.</p>","PeriodicalId":101300,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de prevencion de riesgos laborales","volume":"27 4","pages":"435-439"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143607724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sofía Romero Gil, Marina Morcillo Martin, Paula Pereira Velicia, Kelly González Anselmo, José María Ramada, Fernando G Benavides
{"title":"[A case of COVID-19 in a healthcare professional is recognized in the first instance as an occupational disease].","authors":"Sofía Romero Gil, Marina Morcillo Martin, Paula Pereira Velicia, Kelly González Anselmo, José María Ramada, Fernando G Benavides","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101300,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de prevencion de riesgos laborales","volume":"27 3","pages":"301-302"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143607657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Night work and endometrial cancer].","authors":"Laura Costas","doi":"10.12961/aprl.2024.27.03.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12961/aprl.2024.27.03.10","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Interview with Laura Costas.</p>","PeriodicalId":101300,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de prevencion de riesgos laborales","volume":"27 3","pages":"330-333"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143607694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}