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Work characteristics in long-term temporary workers and temporary-to-permanent workers: A prospective study among Finnish health care personnel KU Leuven
In this study, the authors seek to account for possible transitions from temporary to permanent employment in relation to perceived psychosocial work characteristics, i.e. job insecurity, workload, job control and organizational communication. The study compared three groups of Finnish hospital workers utilizing a two-wave design with a two-year time lag: (1) workers who were temporarily employed at Time 1 but permanently employed at Time 2 ...
Peer workers’ perceptions and experiences of barriers to implementation of peer worker roles in mental health services : a literature review Universiteit Gent
CHWs + mHealth. An assessment of mHealth interventions utilized by community health workers in low and middle-income countries Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
The growth of mobile networks and access to mobile phones has led to the design of health interventions reliant on the utilization of existing infrastructure. The use of mobile phones to improve health outcomes is known as mobile health (mHealth). One health domain within which mHealth technology is currently used is in assisting community health workers in delivering maternal health care in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Community ...
An early warning mobile health screening and risk scoring app for preventing in-hospital transmission of COVID-19 by health care workers : development and feasibility study Universiteit Gent
Background: Hospitals have been identified as very high-risk places for COVID-19 transmission between health care workers and patients who do not have COVID-19. Health care workers are the most at-risk population to contract and transmit the infection, especially to already vulnerable patients who do not have COVID-19. In low-income countries, routine testing is not feasible due to the high cost of testing; therefore, presenting the risk of ...
Burden and outcome of HIV infection and other morbidities in health care workers attending an Occupational Health Program at the Provincial Hospital of Tete, Mozambique Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Objectives To investigate the burden and outcome of HIV infection and other morbidities amongst a Mozambican hospital staff. Methods Within an occupational health service set up in April 2008 in the provincial hospital of Tete, Mozambique, we offered to all staff members an initial clinical, laboratory and radiological screening and followed them up prospectively until April 2010. Results A total of 47.5% of 423 health workers attended the ...
Utilization of HIV and tuberculosis services by health workers in Uganda: implications for occupational health policies and implementation Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Health promotion practice of rural health workers in Bolivia; a qualitative exploration Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Health promotion practice of rural health workers in Bolivia; a qualitative exploration Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Improving access to maternal health services among rural hard-to-reach fishing communities in Uganda, the role of community health workers Universiteit Gent
Objectives: To explore whether community health worker household-based maternal health visits improve antenatal care and skilled birth attendance among hard-to-reach fishing villages on Lake Victoria, Uganda. Methods: This quasi-experimental 18-month prospective study involved 486 consenting women aged 15-49 years, who were pregnant or had a pregnancy outcome in the past 6 months, from 6 island fishing communities. The community health worker ...