38 research outputs found
Examining the health and well-being of Fly-in Fly-out workers and their partners: a multi-method approach
The Research employed multi-method designs to examine the health and associated work productivity loss cost in FIFO workers and their partners in Australia. This work demonstrates that psychological distress, alcohol intake, sleep problems and overweight/obesity are recurrent and ongoing concerns among many FIFO workers and their partners, and their important impact on productivity loss, and provides evidence of important daily variability in potentially modifiable aspects of FIFO work that could be targeted in future intervention
Health and wellbeing of rotation workers in the mining, offshore oil and gas, and construction industry : a systematic review
The study was funded by Aberdeen-Curtin Alliance Curtin International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (CIPRS). BY-AA is a recipient of Aberdeen- Curtin Alliance PhD CIPRS and Research Stipend Scholarship. Acknowledgements The authors extend their sincere gratitude to Ms Diana Blackwood and Ms Vanessa Varis, Librarian for Faculty of Health Sciences, at Curtin University for their professional assistance in developing the review search strategy.Peer reviewedPublisher PD
Application of Ecological Momentary Assessment in Studies with Rotation Workers in the Resources and Related Construction Sectors : A Systematic Review
Funding Information: This study was supported by the Aberdeen-Curtin Alliance Curtin International Postgraduate Research Scholarship and Research Stipend Scholarship awarded to Bernard Yeboah-Asiamah Asare (Curtin ID: 17619778; Aberdeen ID: 51987326). Acknowledgments The authors would like to express their appreciation to Ms Diana Blackwood and Ms Vanessa Varis, Librarians for the Faculty of Health Sciences at Curtin University for their professional assistance in developing the review search strategy.Peer reviewedPublisher PD
Rotation work in the resources sector : a systematic review of the impact on workers’ families
Open Access through the T&F Agreement Acknowledgements We express our sincere gratitude to Ms Diana Blackwood and Ms Vanessa Varis, Librarians for the Faculty of Health Sciences at Curtin University for their professional assistance in developing the review search strategy. Funding: The study was supported by the Aberdeen-Curtin Alliance International Postgraduate Research Scholarship and Research Stipend Scholarship awarded to Bernard Yeboah Asiamah Asare (Curtin ID: 17619778; Aberdeen ID: 51987326)Peer reviewe
Health and Related Behaviours of Partners of Fly-in Fly-out Workers in Australia : A Cross-sectional Study
OA via the T&F Agreement Research Funder Aberdeen-Curtin Alliance Curtin International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (CIPRS) and Research Stipend Scholarship scheme of the University of Aberdeen, Scotland and Curtin University, AustraliaPeer reviewedPublisher PD
Health and Related Behaviours of Partners of Fly-in Fly-out Workers in Australia : A Cross-sectional Study
OA via the T&F Agreement Research Funder Aberdeen-Curtin Alliance Curtin International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (CIPRS) and Research Stipend Scholarship scheme of the University of Aberdeen, Scotland and Curtin University, AustraliaPeer reviewedPublisher PD
Impact of fly-in fly-out work on health behaviours and affective states : A daily diary study
Funding Information: We thank Mineral Resource Limited, Australia for supporting the study and advertising the study to their employees. We also extend our sincere thanks to all FIFO workers for taking part and contributing to this study. The study was funded by the Aberdeen‐Curtin Alliance International Postgraduate Research Scholarship and Research Stipend Scholarship of the University of Aberdeen, Scotland and Curtin University, Australia, awarded to Bernard Kwadwo Yeboah Asiamah‐Asare (Curtin ID: 17619778; Aberdeen ID: 51987326). Mineral Resources Limited, Australia also supported the study by providing AUD 200 shopping voucher to the winner of a raffle draw as reimbursement for study participation. The Mineral Resources Limited played no role in the design of the study, data collection and analysis, interpretation of study findings, preparation or decision to submit this manuscript for publication.Peer reviewe
Cost of Health-Related Work Productivity Loss among Fly-In Fly-Out Mining Workers in Australia
Sufficient knowledge on the work productivity impact of the health of fly-in fly-out (FIFO) workers in the mining sector in Australia is lacking. This study examined the impact of health and lifestyle behaviours on the work productivity of FIFO workers in the mining industry in Australia. FIFO workers completed an online questionnaire on health and work productivity loss measures. Linear regressions were used to model annual work productivity losses through absenteeism, presenteeism and total productivity loss. Workers with a high risk for health conditions were, on average, associated with 3.87% more productivity loss (absenteeism: 1.27% and presenteeism: 2.88%) than those with low risk. Workers who had multiple health risks classified as medium (3–4 health conditions) and high (5 or more health conditions) reported 1.75% and 7.46% more total productivity loss, respectively, than those with fewer multiple health risks (0–2 health conditions). Health conditions were estimated to account for an annual additional productivity cost due to absenteeism of AUD 8.82 million, presenteeism of AUD 14.08 million and a total productivity loss of AUD 20.96 million per 1000 workers. FIFO workers with high health risks experience more absenteeism, presenteeism and overall productivity loss. These measures provide strong economic justifications that could support the need for targeted workplace health interventions
Towards a cervical cancer-free future: women’s healthcare decision making and cervical cancer screening uptake in sub-Saharan Africa
Objective: We investigated the association between women’s healthcare decision making and cervical cancer screening uptake in sub-Saharan Africa.
Design: Secondary data from the Demographic and Health Surveys of six countries in sub-Saharan Africa were used. We employed multilevel binary logistic regression modelling.
Setting: Sub-Saharan Africa.
Participants: Women aged 15–49 years in Benin (n=5282), Côte d’Ivoire (n=1925), Cameroon (n=7558), Kenya (n=6696), Namibia (n=1990) and Zimbabwe (n=5006).
Primary outcome measures: Cervical cancer screening uptake.
Results: The overall prevalence of cervical cancer screening across the six sub-Saharan African countries was 13.4%. Compared with women whose healthcare decisions were made solely by husbands/partners/someone else, the likelihood of cervical cancer screening uptake was significantly higher among women who took healthcare decisions in consultation with their husbands/partners (aOR=1.38; 95% CI 1.19 to 1.59), but highest among those who made healthcare decisions alone (aOR=1.66; 95% CI 1.44 to 1.91). Women aged between 40 and 45 years (aOR=5.18; 95% CI 3.15 to 8.52), those with higher education (aOR=2.13; 95% CI 1.57 to 2.88), those who had ever heard of cervical cancer (aOR=32.74; 95% CI 20.02 to 53.55), read newspaper or magazine at least once a week (aOR=2.11; 95% CI 1.83 to 2.44), listened to the radio at least once a week (aOR=1.35; 95% CI1.18 to 1.52) and those in households with richest wealth index (aOR=1.55; 95% CI 1.20 to 2.00) had significantly higher odds of screening for cervical cancer compared to their counterparts.
Conclusion: Women who are able to make autonomous healthcare decisions and those who practice shared decision making are more likely to uptake cervical cancer screening. Therefore, policy interventions should focus on empowering women to be able to take autonomous healthcare decisions or shared decision making while targeting subpopulations (ie, multiparous and rural-dwelling women, as well as those in other religious affiliations aside from Christianity) that are less likely to uptake cervical cancer screening. Also, the radio and print media could be leveraged in raising awareness about cervical cancer screening to accelerate cervical cancer screening uptake in sub-Saharan Africa
Outcome of life-threatening arrhythmias among patients presenting in an emergency setting at a tertiary hospital in Accra-Ghana
Funding Information: We express our appreciation to the authorities at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital for their support and to the participants of this important study. Publisher Copyright: © 2022, The Author(s).Peer reviewedPublisher PD