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

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

Cigarette smoking during breastfeeding in Papua New Guinea: Prevalence and demographic and socio-economic predictors

Background Cigarette smoking during breastfeeding is reported to contribute to significant changes in the composition of breast milk not only by reducing its protective features but also affecting infants' response to breastfeeding and breast milk. However, studies on the prevalence of cigarette smoking and associated factors during breastfeeding are limited in Papua New Guinea (PNG). This study estimates the prevalence of cigarette smoking and its association with demographic and economic factors among breastfeeding women in PNG. Methods We used weighted survey data from the 2016-2018 PNG Demographic and Health Survey (PNGDHS). A weighted sample of 3, 822 women who were breastfeeding during the survey were included in the study. The outcome variable in the present study is current cigarette smoking. A multiple logistic regression analysis was used to estimate the association between current cigarette smoking status and socio-demographic and economic variables of breastfeeding women. The regression analysis results were reported using adjusted odds ratios (aOR) with their respective 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Results From the weighted sample, the prevalence of cigarette smoking among breastfeeding women was 21.9%; of which 60.8% smoked daily. The mean number of cigarettes smoked in the last 24 hours preceding the survey was 6.05(SD = 5.99). Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that breastfeeding women who were from the Momase (aOR: 2.337, CI: 1.786-3.058, p<0.001) and Highlands (AOR: 1.589, CI: 1.213-2.082, p = 0.001), had no religious affiliation (aOR: 3.665, CI: 1.235-10.877, p = 0.019), and households with daughters as household heads (aOR: 1.901, CI: 1.231-2.935, p = 0.004) and being in more than one union (aOR: 2.374, CI: 1.805-3.123, p<0.001) were significantly more likely to smoke cigarette compared to women from southern region, those affiliated to Anglican church, those with husband as household heads, and being in one union respectively. Conclusion Cigarette smoking among breastfeeding women in PNG is relatively high, and region of residence, religion, relationship to household head, and the number of unions remain independent predictors. Interventions should target the individual socio-economic and cultural contexts within which breastfeeding occurs