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1.
In. Caribbean Public Health Agency. Caribbean Public Health Agency: 60th Annual Scientific Meeting. Kingston, The University of the West Indies. Faculty of Medical Sciences, 2015. p.[1-75]. (West Indian Medical Journal Supplement).
Monografia em Inglês | MedCarib | ID: med-17944

RESUMO

OBJECTIVES: To analyze the occupational injury data claims from the Grenada National Insurance Scheme (GNIS) and the Dominica Social Security (DSS). DESIGN AND METHODS: Permission was sought and received from St George's University Institutional Review Board (IRB) as well as the directors of the GNIS and DSS to obtain and then analyze their electronic injury claims data sets over the past 10 years. RESULTS: Over the 2005-2013 period, a total of 1,396 occupational injury claims were received by the DSS whereas a total of 4,507 claims were received by the GNIS. Injury claims from males significantly outnumbered claims from females. For both islands, most claims came from those within the 20-49 years age range. In Dominica, the Wholesale & Retail sector (246 claims) and Construction sector (235 claims) were the economic sectors from which the highest number of injury claims were reported while in Grenada, the Construction Sector (1,076 claims) and the Social & Related Community Services (996 claims) sectors had the highest number of claims. Lower limb injuries, fractures, and lacerations were the top three occupational injuries claimed for in Dominica whereas in Grenada they were trauma, lacerations, and fractures. CONCLUSIONS: While there was a significant difference in the total number of injury claims filed with the numbers recorded by the GNIS significantly higher than those recorded by the DSS, the the types of injury claims were similar. For both islands, the construction sector yielded the highest number of injury claims.


Assuntos
Acidentes de Trabalho , Saúde Ocupacional , Formulário de Reclamação de Seguro , Formulário de Reclamação de Seguro/tendências , Granada , Dominica
2.
West Indian med. j ; 48(4): 227-30, Dec. 1999. ilus, tab
Artigo em Inglês | MedCarib | ID: med-1565

RESUMO

This paper reviews the frequency of inoculation injures, which occurred in hospitals in Trinidad and Tobago from 1991 to 1997, inclusive. A total of 397 cases of inoculation injuries were detected. Significantly more of this injures occurred during diagnostic or therapeutic procedures (231, or 58.2 percent: G=41.2, df 9, p < 0.001) than during disposal of needles and other sharps (136, or 34.3 percent), certain situations remote from patient care (21, or 5.2 percent), and "rogue incidents" related to unsafe disposal with later injury to janitors or others (9, or 2.3 percent). No statistically significant monthly or seasonal variations occurred in the incidence of reported inoculation injuries. The two institutions that saw the largest number of patients, the Port-of-Spain General and San Fernando General Hospitals, accounted for the largest number of cases of inoculation injury, with 139 (35.0 percent) and 135 (34.0 percent), respectively. Interestingly enough, there were 42 reported inoculation incidents at the St. Ann's Hospital for the Mentally Impaired and 23 (52.5 percent of these were bites, most of them occurring during attempted procedures. Nurses were the main recipients of inoculation injuries (287 cases, or > 72 percent), followed by doctors (9.3 percent), and ward maids (6.2 percent). The main modes of inoculation were needle sticks (305, pr 76.8 percent). Bites (34, 8.6 percent) injuries with sharps other than needles (29, or 7.3 percent), and splashes (29, or 7.3 percent) were the other types seen. One recipient was found to be infected with HIV following accidental inoculation. The infection control methodologies used in hospitals in Trinidad and Tobago was reviewed and recommendations for preventing injuries are outlined.(AU)


Assuntos
Humanos , Acidentes de Trabalho/estatística & dados numéricos , Recursos Humanos em Hospital , Ferimentos Penetrantes Produzidos por Agulha/epidemiologia , Trinidad e Tobago/epidemiologia , Incidência , Infecções/transmissão , Controle de Infecções
3.
Rev. panam. salud publica ; 5(1): 66-67, Jan. 1999.
Artigo em Espanhol | MedCarib | ID: med-16912

RESUMO

Work-related accidents and illnesses cause significant economic and social losses in Latin America and the Caribbean. However, the lack of reliable and systematized data on that situation makes it harder for health authorities and business operators to make decisions and for workers and the general public to take steps to improve working conditions, reduce risks, and prevent those accidents and illnesses. To address that concern, the Program on Workers' Health of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) coordinated the Project on Systematizing Basic Data on Workers' Health in the Countries of the Americas. A report on the project issued in August 1998 contains results, conclusions, and recommendations based on data collected from 10 countries of the Region: Barbados, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. As a follow-up to this research, PAHO is working to compile more specific information on occupational health in the countries of the Region, through an approach that would improve the quality of the information and make it easier to compare the data that is collected (AU)


Assuntos
Humanos , Saúde Ocupacional , América Latina , Região do Caribe , Acidentes de Trabalho , Medição de Risco , América
4.
Kingston; s.n; 1996. 69 p. tab, gra.
Tese em Inglês | MedCarib | ID: med-498

RESUMO

The health problems of workes in four companies in the manufacturing sector of Jamaican industry were explored in a sample of ninety seven workers. The workers were interviewed using a structured questionnaire containing five sections; personal profile, occupational history, perceptions, attitude and recommendations. Over 50 percent of the workers reported having an accident with an associated injury while working, and more than 27.8 percent were of the perception that health-related risks associated with working conditions were high. The incidence of work related injuries in these companies is discussed, as well as factors associated with their occurence. The implications of these results are examined relative to the present coping mechanisms aimed at work injury prevention. Occupational health has not received much legislative attention in the past. Recent proposals for a new National Industrial Policy for Jamaica do not suggest imminent action in terms of injury prevention policies.(Au)


Assuntos
Adulto , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Adolescente , Riscos Ocupacionais/estatística & dados numéricos , Ferimentos e Lesões/epidemiologia , Acidentes de Trabalho , Coleta de Dados , Jamaica
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Kingston; 1994. 83 p.
Monografia | MedCarib | ID: med-7718

RESUMO

The rising incidence of occupational injuries continues to place a severe burden on the Bahamian economy. This study examined all data relating to injuries reported to the N.I.S., Bahamas (1992) for medical compensation. These secondary data were complemented with information on attitudes and perceptions towards safety in the work place obtained by use of a questionnaire administered to 69 members of the kitchen staff of two specially selected hotels in the Bahamas. The secondary data (524 injuries) revealed that the modal injuries were sprains and strains (27.9 percent). Government workers and the hotel industry accounted for 29.6 percent and 20.8 percent of the total injuries respectively. Overall, females were more likely to sustain fractures, dislocations, sprains, strains (p<0.014). Further, injuries that included sprains and strains were highly likely to affect the trunk than other parts of the body (p<0.02). The questionnaire data revealed that subjects who reported "unavailability of protective gears" and "experiencing discomfort from wearing protective gears" were more likely to report work-related injuries in the past year (p<0.02). These findings suggest the need for gender-specific interventions in relation to females and their increased susceptibility to particular injuries. Further, there is need for increased surveillance of work places to ensure the provision and use of protective gears. Also, manufacturers should give much consideration to the reports of discomfort experienced by some workers while wearing protective gear (AU)


Assuntos
Adolescente , Adulto , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Masculino , Feminino , Humanos , Acidentes de Trabalho , Indenização aos Trabalhadores , Bahamas , Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde , Segurança , Viagem , Ferimentos e Lesões/etiologia
6.
West Indian med. j ; 41(Suppl 1): 59, April 1992.
Artigo em Inglês | MedCarib | ID: med-6536

RESUMO

The objectives of this prospective, 4-month study were to determine the incidence and types of injuries at Guymine (a bauxite mining company) and evaluate the factors which predispose to injuries at the work site. From June 1 to September 30, 1991, 86.5 percent (77) of all full-time employees referred for involvement in an industrial accident were seen by one of the investigators and information on the injury was collected, using a designed questionaire. There were 69 males and 8 females and most of the injured were in the age ranges 20-24 and 35-44 years. The incidence rate (IR) in males was 29.5/1,000 and 8/1,000 in females. The IR was highest in labourers (220/1,000), increased with increasing work experience and was highest in the mines (58.4/1,000). Most accidents occurred during the day-light hours and injuries most frequently involved the hands and fingers. Hazardous practices by workers and defective agencies were the main predisposing factors. Forty-four point four per cent of work sites were in a poor condition. About one year of work time was lost due to injuries during the study (AU)


Assuntos
Humanos , Masculino , Feminino , Acidentes de Trabalho/estatística & dados numéricos , Mineração , Guiana , Categorias de Trabalhadores , Traumatismos da Mão
8.
In. Cruickshank, Robert; Standard, Kenneth L; Russell, Hugh B. L. Epidemiology and community health in warm climate countries. Edinburgh, Churchill Livingstone, 1976. p.419-422.
Monografia em Inglês | MedCarib | ID: med-10171
9.
Kingston; s.n; 1975. 134 p. tab.
Monografia em Inglês | MedCarib | ID: med-10236

RESUMO

The study reviews Occupational Health - what it is, its modern practice and how it has developed over time. The situation in Jamaica is examined critically and two occupational health surveys are carried out. (AU)


Assuntos
Humanos , Saúde Ocupacional , Indústrias , Categorias de Trabalhadores , Pessoal de Saúde , Jamaica , Segurança , Condições de Trabalho , Acidentes de Trabalho
10.
West Indian med. j ; 10(2): 141, June 1961.
Artigo em Inglês | MedCarib | ID: med-7577

RESUMO

On a group of sugar estates having an average daily labour force of 3,400, over the period 1953-1959, a total of 14,493 injuries at work claiming to be entitled to workmen's compensation, have been reported. Of these 80 percentreceived workmen's compensation. This resulted in the loss of 225,805 working days or 1 day lost for every 381/2 man-days worked and to an average of 91/2 days per year for each worker employed (AU)


Assuntos
Humanos , Indenização aos Trabalhadores , Acidentes de Trabalho , Guiana , Trinidad e Tobago
12.
West Indian med. j ; 8(2): 135, June 1959.
Artigo em Inglês | MedCarib | ID: med-7513

RESUMO

The Sugar Estate Medical Service of British Guiana started in 1952. It is administered by the Sugar Producers' Association, and was created in order to provide medical care for Sugar Estate workers and their families. Previous medical arrangements on the Sugar Estates dating back to the times when immigration from India was still active, had become obsolete, and the Government Medical Officers, however willing were unable, with many other commitments, to devote enough time to the residents of the Sugar Estates. The total rural and suburban population of British Guiana was estimated in 1958 to be 413,5550. Of this number 97,712 are resident on Sugar Estates. At present, there are five regional Estate Hospitals in addition to dispensaries on estates where no hospital is situated. Besides the Medical Adviser of the Sugar Producer's association with headquarters in Georgetown, there are five Medical Officers resident on the estates. This paper is an attempt to outline some aspects of medical service on the Sugar estates of West Demerara over the six years, 1952-1958. About 20,00 persons are eligible for medical treatment in this district, and in 1958- a typical year- 8,019 patients were seen by the Medical Officer. Accidents at work, Workmen's Compensation and the recently introduced Sickness Benefit Scheme are discussed as well as some conditions touching the health, safety and possibly the efficiency of the labour force, e.g. heat effects and toxic reactions from agricultural compounds used in the fields. Finally, some notes are given on some of the diseases commonly seen in the day to day practice on the Sugar Estates (AU)


Assuntos
Humanos , Cuidados Médicos , Trabalhadores Rurais , Acidentes de Trabalho , Indenização aos Trabalhadores , Doenças dos Trabalhadores Agrícolas , Guiana
13.
Carib Med J ; 6(5): 341-2, 1944.
Artigo em Inglês | MedCarib | ID: med-4015
14.
Artigo em Inglês | MedCarib | ID: med-16871

RESUMO

A survey of veterinary occupational hazards was conducted by questionnaire in Trinidad. Forty-four out of seventy veterinarians responded to the questionnaire. Bites were the major cause of injuries to veterinarians in small animal practices (50.9 percent) and mixed practices (37.7 percent). In equine practices, 33.3 percent of the reported injuries were due to clinicians being stepped on by animals. The total number of days lost due to injuries, reported by veterinarians for their entire careers was not substantial, 33 days in small animal practices, 24 days in mixed practices, and 28 days in equine practices. Lost days from work-related injuries averaged two days per practitioner. The number of years in veterinary practice for respondents in the study ranged from one year to thirty years with the modal class being 1-5 years. The study showed that the highest use of radiography was by the the two equine veterinarians, taking an average of 14 x-rays per week per practitioner. Nine of the thirteen female respondents in small animal practice reported using anaesthetic gases. The highest exposure to anaesthetic gases (5.13 hours per week per user) was found in this category. Only ten (50 percent) of the practitioners who used gaseous anaesthesia employed a scavenger system when using gaseous anaesthetics. Anti-neoplastic drugs were found to be used, on average, once per month by veterinarians in the survey. Allergies, job-related automobile accidents, and violent crimes were also reported. Despite a high exposure to zoonotic diseases, there were few reports of veterinarians contracting disease (AU)


Assuntos
Humanos , Médicos Veterinários , Acidentes de Trabalho/estatística & dados numéricos , Trinidad e Tobago , Licença Médica
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