[One case report of pneumoconiosis in porcelain teeth workers].

Porcelain tooth technology is widely used in the treatment of oral diseases, but there are few reports on the possible occupational hazard factors in the process of porcelain tooth production. Porcelain teeth production will produced a large amount of silica dust and metal dust during the grinding process. The technical workers who have been engaged in this work for a long time are very prone to pneumoconiosis due to their poor personal protection awareness. This paper analyzed the clinical data of a pneumoconiosis patient engaged in porcelain tooth making, and analyzed the possible occupational hazard factors in the process of porcelain teeth production, so as to improve the understanding of relevant enterprises, technical workers and medical personnel on the disease and reduce the risk of porcelain teeth production workers suffering from pneumoconiosis.

Lembrar, reconhecer, reverenciar: lugares de memória para os trabalhadores técnicos da Fiocruz / Remember, recognize, revere: spaces for the memory of the technical staff at Fiocruz

Resumo O artigo reflete sobre as justificativas do projeto "Lugar de memória: história e vida dos trabalhadores técnicos da Fiocruz", uma iniciativa de educação patrimonial que relaciona o patrimônio arquitetônico do campus Manguinhos com a memória e as muitas histórias dos auxiliares de laboratório que atuaram no Instituto Oswaldo Cruz em seus trinta primeiros anos de existência. O propósito do projeto foi estabelecer um lugar de memória para os trabalhadores técnicos da instituição, compondo um diálogo entre passado e presente da história da Fiocruz e integrando espaços virtuais a ambientes históricos.

Abstract This article reflects on the justifications for the "Lugares de Memória: história e vida dos trabalhadores técnicos da Fiocruz" project, a heritage education initiative linking the architectural heritage of the Manguinhos campus to the memory and many histories of the laboratory assistants who worked at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (Fiocruz) during its first thirty years of existence. The objective was to establish a space for memory for the institution's technical staff by creating a dialog between the past and present in the history of Fiocruz and integrating virtual spaces and historical environments.

Factors increasing the risk of inactivity among administrative, technical, and manual workers in Warszawa public institutions.

OBJECTIVES: The research aims to assess the level of physical activity among administrative, technical, and manual workers employed in Warszawa public institutions and to analyze the factors that increase the risk of failing to meet World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study comprised 373 employees of randomly selected institutions. A short version of International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) was applied. The correlation between the mean values of duration, days, MET-min/week of efforts, gender, and type of work was analyzed using the Tukey's honest significant difference (HSD) test, while the correlation between the level of physical activity and the socio-demographic characteristics was assessed with the Chi2 test. The strength of the relationship between socio-demographic characteristics and fulfilment of WHO standards was expressed by the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI). The significance level was p = 0.05. RESULTS: High levels of physical activity were declared by 41.8% of the manual workers, 14.7% of the administration staff, and 7.3% of the technicians; 19%, 31.5% and 54.5%, respectively, reported low levels of physical activity. Factors determining the fulfilment of the WHO recommendations include: the nature of work (p = 0.003), education (p = 0.004), and income (p = 0.003). The risk of being inactive nearly doubles in the case of administration staff (31.5%) and increases more than 4 times in the case of technicians (54.5%). Respondents with secondary school education (31.6%) are exposed to a 3-fold higher risk of inactivity, while in respondents with higher education (37.2%), the level of the risk is 4-fold higher. Compared to those in the highest income group (23.4%), people who earn less (34.1%) are inactive almost twice as often. CONCLUSIONS: Urgent intervention is necessary in all studied groups: increased energy expenditure for recreation and locomotion, educational offers of employers to promote healthy lifestyle, management of leisure time budget, and strategies for changing behavior.

Cargas de trabalho de profissionais técnico-administrativos de uma instituição pública de ensino superior / Workloads of technical-administrative professionals at a public institution of higher education

Resumo: A saúde do trabalhador tem se deparado com novos desafios advindos, por exemplo, da pandemia da covid-19 e da indústria 4.0, o que implica na inevitabilidade de refletir sobre as cargas de trabalho nesse contexto. A dissertação que se segue tem como objetivo analisar as cargas de trabalho presentes no processo laboral dos técnico-administrativos de uma instituição pública de ensino superior no contexto da pandemia da covid-19. Sugere-se também reconhecer as estratégias utilizadas para o enfrentamento dessas cargas no meio laboral. Trata-se de uma pesquisa do tipo exploratória e descritiva, de natureza qualitativa. O estudo se dá na região sul do Brasil. Para esse fim, propõe-se a criação e testagem de um instrumento para identificar as cargas de trabalho que podem causar impactos negativos ou desgaste desses trabalhadores. Os pesquisadores Asa Laurell e Mariano Noriega (1989) orientam o referencial teórico do estudo, a partir do conceito de Cargas de Trabalho, classificadas em físicas, químicas, biológicas, mecânicas, fisiológicas e psíquicas. A coleta de dados se estabelece a partir da aplicação do instrumento criado, um questionário aplicado por meio de entrevista (presencial ou online), com 31 técnico-administrativos que exercem o cargo de secretário(a) nas coordenações de cursos de graduação de uma universidade pública federal. O tratamento dos dados se dá com base na Análise de Conteúdo Temática de Laurence Bardin (2016), com a proposição de duas categorias finais: a primeira sobre o reconhecimento das cargas de trabalho dos técnico-administrativos. Nessa categoria são apresentadas as cargas de trabalho que causam ou podem gerar algum tipo de desgaste nos trabalhadores. O percurso de investigação mostra que as cargas mais reconhecidas pelos trabalhadores pesquisados, a partir de sua percepção do processo de trabalho, são as psíquicas e fisiológicas, com atenção para as condições ergonômicas do trabalho. A segunda categoria, sobre as estratégias individuais e coletivas utilizadas por esses trabalhadores para o enfrentamento das cargas de trabalho, evidencia que os técnico-administrativos utilizam mecanismos individuais e coletivos como medidas protetivas contra os agravos decorrentes do labor, porém esses fatores de proteção requerem aprimoramento. Esses achados corroboram com o que traz a literatura sobre a presença dessas cargas nos ambientes de trabalho, principalmente nas áreas de prestação de serviços e atendimento a pessoas. Uma vez reconhecida a existência das cargas de trabalho, pode-se propor medidas de promoção à saúde e prevenção de doenças dos técnico-administrativos.

Abstract: Worker's health has faced new challenges arising, for example, the covid-19 pandemic and Health 4.0, which implies the inevitability of reflecting on workloads in this context. Therefore, the following dissertation aims to analyze the workloads present in the work process of administrative technicians at a public institution of higher education in the context of the covid-19 pandemic. It is also suggested to recognize the strategies used to face these workloads in the work environment. This is an exploratory and descriptive research, with a qualitative nature. The study takes place in the southern region of Brazil. This academic work proposes the creation and testing of an instrument (questionnaire) to identify the workloads that can cause negative impacts or cause wear on these Workers. Researchers Asa Laurell and Mariano Noriega (1989) guide the theoretical framework of the study, based on the concept of Workloads, classified as physical, chemical, biological, mechanical, physiological and psychological. For the data collection, the questionnaire was applied through interviews (in person or online), with 31 administrative technicians who work as secretary in the coordination of undergraduate courses at a federal public university. Data treatment is based on Laurence Bardin's Thematic Content Analysis (2016), with the proposition of two final categories: the first one is the recognition of administrative technical workers workloads. This category presents the workloads that cause or may generate some type of wear on workers. The investigation shows that the workloads most recognized by the surveyed, based on their perception of the work process, are psychic and physiological, with attention to the ergonomic conditions of work. The second category, about the individual and collective strategies used by these workers to handle with workloads, shows that the administrative technical workers use individual and collective mechanisms as protective measures against the damage resulting from work, but these protection factors require improvement. These findings corroborate with what the literature brings about the presence of these loads in work environments, especially in the areas of service provision and assistance to people. Once the existence of workloads is recognized, measures can be proposed to promote health and prevent diseases for these administrative technical workers.

The mediating effect of coping strategies between perceived stress and mental health status of scientific and technical workers / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

Objective To investigate the mental health and the general well-being among Hangzhou scientific and technical workers,and the mediating effect of coping strategies in perceived level of stress and mental health status.Methods A stratified cluster sampling method were developed among engineering technicians,agrotechnicians,researchers,health works and teaching staff.510 participants were evaluated with perceived stress of different types,Trait Coping Style Questionnaire (TCSQ),General Well-Being Schedule (GWB),and Self-Reporting Questionnaire 20 (SRQ-20).Results There was significant difference among sub-groups with different educational backgrounds,different occupation,and different age group for total scores of perceived stress (F=5.026,5.637,6.421,P＜0.01).Female had significantly higher scores than male on total scores of negative coping factor of TCSQ,total scores SRQ-20 (26.33±6.29,4.36±3.84 vs 24.93±5.68,3.32±3.53) (all P＜0.05).Total scores of negative coping factor of TCSQ,total scores of positive coping factor of TCSQ,and total scores of perceived stress were the significant predictors of both total scores SRQ-20 and total scores of GWB (all P＜0.001).Both total scores of positive coping factor of TCSQ and total scores of negative coping factor of TCSQ mediated the effects of perceived stress on total scores of SRQ-20 (23.87％,29.33％,respectively) and total scores of GWB (24.29％,23.24％,respectively).Conclusion There do exist the mediating effects between coping strategies in perceived stress and mental health status,the improvement of coping modes of scientific and technical workers can be regarded as a useful intervention strategy to improve their mental health status.