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Sleep Health ; 4(2): 135-140, 2018 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29555125

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Sleep duration and sleep schedule variability have been related to negative health and well-being outcomes in children, but little is known about Australian Indigenous children. METHODS: Data for children aged 7-9 years came from the Australian Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children and the National Assessment Program-Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN). Latent class analysis determined sleep classes taking into account sleep duration, bedtimes, waketimes, and variability in bedtimes from weekdays to weekends. Regression models tested whether the sleep classes were cross-sectionally associated with grade 3 NAPLAN scores. Latent change score modeling then examined whether the sleep classes predicted changes in NAPLAN performance from grades 3 to 5. RESULTS: Five sleep schedule classes were identified: normative sleep, early risers, long sleep, variable sleep, and short sleep. Overall, long sleepers performed best, with those with reduced sleep (short sleepers and early risers) performing the worse on grammar, numeracy, and writing performance. Latent change score results also showed that long sleepers performed best in spelling and writing and short sleepers and typical sleepers performed the worst over time. CONCLUSIONS: In this sample of Australian Indigenous children, short sleep was associated with poorer school performance compared with long sleep, with this performance worsening over time for some performance indicators. Other sleep schedules (eg, early wake times and variable sleep) also had some relationships with school performance. As sleep scheduling is modifiable, this offers opportunity for improvement in sleep and thus performance outcomes for these and potentially all children.


Assuntos
Desempenho Acadêmico/etnologia , Desempenho Acadêmico/estatística & dados numéricos , Havaiano Nativo ou Outro Ilhéu do Pacífico/psicologia , Sono , Austrália , Criança , Feminino , Humanos , Estudos Longitudinais , Masculino , Havaiano Nativo ou Outro Ilhéu do Pacífico/estatística & dados numéricos , Fatores de Tempo
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J Appl Anim Welf Sci ; 21(4): 347-361, 2018.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29419326

RESUMO

Little is known about the horse health management practices of Australian horse caregivers (owners). This article presents findings from a convenience sample of 505 horse owners who participated in an online survey. No large-scale welfare issues were identified, but there were some areas of potential concern, including owners who did not regularly deworm their horses (4%), a lack of strategic parasite control (3.1%), and a lack of regular dental care (11%). Several participants did not have their horse's hooves regularly shod or trimmed (2%), and 14% had an unqualified person maintain their horse's hooves. One in five owners (19%) did not vaccinate their horses against tetanus. The findings are discussed in relation to current Australian horse health guidelines and traditional sources of horse health information, together with recommendations for providing horse owners with relevant information in relevant forms.


Assuntos
Criação de Animais Domésticos/métodos , Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde , Doenças dos Cavalos/prevenção & controle , Doenças dos Cavalos/psicologia , Bem-Estar do Animal , Animais , Austrália/epidemiologia , Feminino , Doenças dos Cavalos/epidemiologia , Cavalos , Humanos , Masculino , Serviços Preventivos de Saúde/métodos , Inquéritos e Questionários , Medicina Veterinária/métodos
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Work ; 56(1): 91-97, 2017.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28128782

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Understanding what influences reporting is critical to underpinning the knowledge base around reporting behaviour and assisting in developing effective strategies to increase reporting levels within an organisation. Universities should investigate reporting behaviour in their own organisation and investigate why differences exist between different job profiles. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate hazard reporting in an Australian University and to assess what factors (employment type, level of safety responsibility and prior injury) influence reporting behaviour. METHODS: A total of 256 university employees and postgraduate students completed a survey on their hazard reporting. RESULTS: The study indicated that demographic variables such as department type, role in the organisation, level of safety activity in role, and prior injury effected the reporting of hazards. Issues for non-reporting were also found to support findings in other studies. A unique finding was that while teaching-focused academics were not more likely to have been injured at work they were more likely to have reported a hazard, while researchers were less likely to report despite not being more or less likely to have received an injury. CONCLUSIONS: Although this study indicates there are differences in an organisations hazard reporting based on demographics and prior injury occurrence further research is required to evaluate the impact across other organisations and sectors.


Assuntos
Comportamento de Ajuda , Gestão de Riscos/métodos , Gestão de Riscos/normas , Estudantes/psicologia , Adulto , Austrália , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Traumatismos Ocupacionais/psicologia , Cultura Organizacional , Gestão de Riscos/estatística & dados numéricos , Estudantes/estatística & dados numéricos , Inquéritos e Questionários , Universidades/organização & administração , Universidades/normas , Universidades/estatística & dados numéricos , Local de Trabalho/estatística & dados numéricos
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Ind Health ; 53(3): 293-9, 2015.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25752253

RESUMO

Youth are vulnerable to sleep loss and fatigue due to biological, social and psychological factors. However, there are few studies addressing the risk that sleep loss and fatigue pose for youth in the workplace. The aim of this study was to explore work health and safety (WHS) issues for young workers and develop strategies and solutions for improved WHS outcomes, with a focus on issues related to fatigue, using a mixed-method, multi-stage approach. Participants either completed a survey (n=212) or took part in focus groups (n=115) addressing WHS for young workers, or attended a Future Inquiry Workshop (n=29) where strategies for improving youth WHS were developed. Fatigue was identified as a significant problem by the majority of young workers and was associated with unpredictable working time arrangements, precarious employment, high workload, working overtime and limited ability to self-advocate. Participants identified six key areas for action to improve WHS outcomes for young workers; 1) develop expertise, 2) give young workers a voice, 3) improve education and training, 4) build stakeholder engagement, 5) increase employer awareness of WHS responsibilities and, 6) improve processes for employers to manage and monitor WHS outcomes. The application of these directives to fatigue is discussed.


Assuntos
Fadiga/etiologia , Doenças Profissionais/etiologia , Saúde Ocupacional , Admissão e Escalonamento de Pessoal , Adolescente , Adulto , Austrália , Criança , Feminino , Grupos Focais , Processos Grupais , Humanos , Masculino , Privação do Sono/complicações , Inquéritos e Questionários , Tolerância ao Trabalho Programado , Equilíbrio Trabalho-Vida , Carga de Trabalho , Adulto Jovem
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Accid Anal Prev ; 45 Suppl: 32-5, 2012 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22239928

RESUMO

There are many factors that may affect the sleep behaviour and subsequent fatigue risk of shift workers. In the Australian rail industry the emphasis is primarily on the impact of working time on sleep. The extent to which factors other than working time might affect the sleep behaviour of employees in the large and diverse Australian rail industry is largely unknown. The present study used sleep, work and fatigue diaries completed for two weeks, in conjunction with actigraphy, to understand the contribution of demographic and health factors to sleep behaviour in 40 rail safety workers. Both shift type and having dependents were significant predictors of sleep duration (P<.05). Sleep duration was greatest prior to night shifts, followed by afternoon shifts and morning shifts. Participants with dependents got significantly less sleep than participants without dependents. Both timing of sleep and smoking were significant predictors of sleep quality (P<.05). Day sleeps were associated with lower subjective sleep quality than night sleeps and smokers reported poorer sleep quality than non-smokers. These findings indicate that factors other than working time have the potential to influence both the sleep duration and subjective sleep quality of rail safety workers.


Assuntos
Fadiga/fisiopatologia , Ferrovias , Privação do Sono/fisiopatologia , Transtornos do Sono do Ritmo Circadiano/fisiopatologia , Sono/fisiologia , Tolerância ao Trabalho Programado/fisiologia , Adulto , Idoso , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Admissão e Escalonamento de Pessoal , Segurança , Inquéritos e Questionários
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