Nuri Purwito Adi, Bonnie Medina Pahlavie, Koji Mori
{"title":"Expansion of basic occupational health service through public health center: policy and practice from Indonesia.","authors":"Nuri Purwito Adi, Bonnie Medina Pahlavie, Koji Mori","doi":"10.1539/eohp.2023-0018-OW","DOIUrl":"10.1539/eohp.2023-0018-OW","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Indonesia is an archipelago nation that structures its health services through a stratified system. The public health center serves as the institution responsible for providing primary care services and undertaking various public goods initiatives, including promoting occupational health among workers in the informal sector. Integrated Occupational Health Services Post (Indonesian: Pos Upaya Kesehatan Kerja [Pos UKK]) is a community-based initiatives supported by public health centers that aims to address health-related issues among workers through a community participation model. Although the program appears to be well-suited to the country's conditions, several challenges have emerged. This paper introduces the practical application of the program in the Province of Jakarta.</p>","PeriodicalId":520443,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and occupational health practice","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11841771/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143589593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The use of digital health technology to provide mental health services for employees in Japan.","authors":"Hisashi Eguchi, Noriko Kojimahara, Satoru Kanamori, Kotaro Imamura, Naomichi Tani, Takeshi Ebara","doi":"10.1539/eohp.2023-0016-CT","DOIUrl":"10.1539/eohp.2023-0016-CT","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520443,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and occupational health practice","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11841777/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143589537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recognition of Reviewers.","authors":"","doi":"10.1539/eohp.5.A1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1539/eohp.5.A1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520443,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and occupational health practice","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11841798/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143589590","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cost-effectiveness of adding a <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> antibody test to the upper gastrointestinal series in gastric cancer screening at the workplace.","authors":"Motoko Nakatani, Sachie Inoue, Isao Kamae","doi":"10.1539/eohp.2023-0010-OA","DOIUrl":"10.1539/eohp.2023-0010-OA","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong><i>Helicobacter pylori</i> infections increase gastric cancer risk. Detecting and eradicating <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> infections and implementing a follow-up strategy should be considered by occupational health practitioners. This study aimed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of adding an <i>H. pylori</i> antibody (HPA) test to current gastric cancer screening using upper gastrointestinal series (UGI) at the workplace in Japan.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The data of Japanese people aged ≥40 years were collected from PubMed and evaluated in two cohorts: UGI (X-ray examination)+HPA test and UGI only. A Markov model was used for the cost-effectiveness analysis of the UGI+HPA test and UGI-only cohorts. The main outcomes were cost, quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs), and incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs). The impact of uncertainty was assessed using one-way sensitivity analyses (OWSA) and probabilistic sensitivity analyses (PSA).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A base-case analysis showed that the UGI+HPA test strategy was less costly (-US$1,039 and -US$1,496) and more effective (0.415 and 0.437 QALYs) than the UGI-only strategy in the 40- and 50-year-old groups, respectively. The UGI+HPA test strategy was assessed as a dominant strategy. In the OWSA, the tornado diagram showed negative expected costs and positive QALY gains within the established ranges for all parameters. In the PSA, more than 95% of the simulations demonstrated ICER <5 million yen (US$51,674; US$1=96.76 yen)/QALY.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This modeling study suggests that gastric cancer screening using UGI+HPA test followed by eradication and annual opportunistic screening, compared with UGI only, resulted in lower costs and greater QALY gains for both 40- and 50-year-old groups at the workplace.</p>","PeriodicalId":520443,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and occupational health practice","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11841776/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143589586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Koki Ono, Kiyoaki Arakawa, Daisuke Yamada, Keigo Matsumoto
{"title":"A scoping review of eye-tracking metrics as an indicator of negative mental health-related outcomes and its possible applicability in remote work situations.","authors":"Koki Ono, Kiyoaki Arakawa, Daisuke Yamada, Keigo Matsumoto","doi":"10.1539/eohp.2023-0006-RA","DOIUrl":"10.1539/eohp.2023-0006-RA","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This scoping review aims to examine the existing use of eye-tracking technologies being applied to measure negative mental health-related outcomes. The review was guided by the following questions: 1) What eye-tracking methods are currently in use?; and 2) What type of negative mental health-related outcomes are these methods being applied to for estimation? Results will be evaluated to determine their prospective implementation in remote work as a mental health indicator.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A scoping review was conducted in order to collect data from a range of sources and evaluate many distinct research methodologies. A scoping review was chosen for this study to widely report on the research currently being conducted, rather than answer a specific question from a focused set of evidence. On May 26, 2022, a systematic search of the scientific literature was conducted to identify any eye-tracking methods that have been used to measure stress and anxiety.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Out of an initial 5,356 eligible articles, a total of 14 articles were included in this scoping review. Estimation outcomes also ranged from various mental health-related outcomes with the most common outcome relating to stress and fatigue. Other outcomes included sleepiness, drowsiness, arousal, frustration, hypervigilance, defensive state, peritraumatic dissociation, and anxiety.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Preliminary results show a very promising connection between eye metrics and negative mental health-related outcomes, which are very relevant to workplace mental health as well.</p>","PeriodicalId":520443,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and occupational health practice","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11841809/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143589585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Odgerel Chimed-Ochir, Tatsuhiko Kubo, Oyundari Batsaikhan, Yui Yumiya, Koji Mori, Ning Liu, Tetsuya Morita, Fuyu Miyake, Yoshihisa Fujino
{"title":"Job stress in a multinational corporation: cross-country comparison between Japan and Vietnam.","authors":"Odgerel Chimed-Ochir, Tatsuhiko Kubo, Oyundari Batsaikhan, Yui Yumiya, Koji Mori, Ning Liu, Tetsuya Morita, Fuyu Miyake, Yoshihisa Fujino","doi":"10.1539/eohp.2023-0009-OA","DOIUrl":"10.1539/eohp.2023-0009-OA","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The current study aimed to identify workplace stress and how stress factors differed in employees of a multinational company's subsidiaries in Japan and Vietnam.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>For the study, a total of 340 Japanese and 379 Vietnamese workers were included from their corresponding subsidiaries of a multinational company headquartered in Japan. The data were anonymously collected via an online pre-administered questionnaire between November 2021 and February 2022. A brief Job Stress Questionnaire was used to assess the job stress. Doubly robust estimation combines a multivariate regression model with a propensity score model to identify the adjusted difference of job stress between workers in two companies.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Japanese employees included 292 males and 48 females, with an average age of 45.5 years. Vietnamese workers comprised 91 males and 288 females, with an average age of 36.5 years. Japanese workers reported higher level of job stress (odds ratio [OR] 1.37, <i>p</i><.001), family dissatisfaction (OR 1.25, <i>p</i><.001), and job dissatisfaction (OR 1.31, <i>p</i><.001) than Vietnamese workers. Supervisor support had the lowest ranking in both countries (Mean 2.61; SD, 1.14 in Japan and mean 2.08; SD, 1.34 in Vietnam). The largest score differences between Japanese and Vietnamese workers were observed for family support (Diff=-1.25, <i>p</i><.001) and colleague support (Diff=-1.20, <i>p</i><.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Although we have herein focused on the factors with the poorest perception and the highest gaps between the two countries, the managers in each country should be mindful of the other factors that appeared to be significant job stressors in their subsidiaries for further prevention of job stress.</p>","PeriodicalId":520443,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and occupational health practice","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11841804/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143589589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Estimation of air change rate by CO<sub>2</sub> sensor network in workplace with COVID-19 outbreak.","authors":"Shinji Yokogawa, Yo Ishigaki, Hiroko Kitamura, Akira Saito, Yuto Kawauchi, Taisei Hiraide","doi":"10.1539/eohp.2023-0007-OA","DOIUrl":"10.1539/eohp.2023-0007-OA","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study aimed to measure the air change per hour (ACH) in a workplace that spanned 880 m<sup>2</sup> and had a ceiling height of 3 m. This workplace experienced clusters of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, and the study measured ACH before and after remediation. The objective was to provide a quantitative estimate of ACH in various compartments.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A network of CO<sub>2</sub> sensors was set up in the workplace. The data from the sensors were analyzed using a generalized linear mixed model and dynamic time distortion to estimate the ACH in each area.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>During the cluster outbreak, the ACH was in the range of 0.408 to 1.178/hour (<i>p</i><.001), which was relatively low and likely contributed to the outbreak. Additionally, the room's ventilation was imbalanced due to partitioning. However, the ACH improved significantly from 1.835 to 2.551/hour (<i>p</i><.001) by simply opening the windows and allowing natural ventilation.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Based on the evidence that the transmission of COVID-19 was contained following the enhancement of ventilation, an ACH rate of below 2/hour was the primary factor in developing COVID-19 clusters within the facility under investigation.</p>","PeriodicalId":520443,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and occupational health practice","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11841786/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143589588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Erratum: Recommendation of occupational exposure limits (2022-2023) [Environ Occup Health Practice. 2022; 4: eohp.ROEL2022].","authors":"","doi":"10.1539/eohp.5.E1","DOIUrl":"10.1539/eohp.5.E1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1539/eohp.ROEL2022.].</p>","PeriodicalId":520443,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and occupational health practice","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11841779/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143589587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}