Screening practice and misplaced priorities

To estimate cancer screening coverage among a large sample of Greek individuals. 7012 adults from 30 Hellenic areas were surveyed. Tests included: faecal occult blood test, sigmoidoscopy, chest X-ray, urine test, testicular examination, trans-rectal ultrasound, full blood count, skin examination, digital rectal examination, PSA, Pap test, mammography, clinical breast examination (CBE), self breast examination and breast ultrasound. Eighty-eight percent of males and 93% of females declared being interested in cancer screening; 37.8% of men and 37.9% of women had had a medical consultation for screening purpose in the previous 2 years. Less than 2% reported having received screening for colorectal cancer or skin malignancies. Screening for cervical cancer, mammography and CBE was reported by 39.6%, 22.8% and 27.9% of females respectively. Twenty percent of males reported screening for prostate cancer. The actual opportunistic screening approach presents important deficiencies with displaced priorities in test performance and a low proportion of individuals undergoing recommended tests

Psychosocial risks factors among psychologists: what are we talking about?

Mental health professionals, as psychologists, have a demanding and emotionally exhausting profession which makes it susceptible to occupational risks, namely psychosocial risks. The three psychology specialties recognized in Portugal, Education Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Work Psychology, are expose to different working contexts. The purpose of this study was to evaluate psychosocial risks factors and their differences between the three psychology specialties. 339 psychologists participated in the study and results identified high demands and work intensity, lack of autonomy, high levels of emotional demands and some significant factors including, employment relations.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Highly enhanced adsorption of lead ions on chitosan granules functionalized with poly(acrylic acid)

10.1021/ie060514sIndustrial and Engineering Chemistry Research45237897-7904IECR

Promoting a decent work context and access to sustainable careers in the framework of the fourth industrial revolution

The fourth industrial revolution has transformed the world of work and the interactions between individuals and their social, political, and economic environment. This revolution exacerbated older problems and generated new ones. Over-stimulation at work, stress and burnout, and under-stimulation, boredom or loss of meaning due to increased abstraction of tasks, are examples of such problems. To analyze these changes and new challenges, this chapter describe the implications of this new revolution for the job market and for individuals. Thereafter, the chapter presents various career counseling theories and models that acknowledge this new reality. These models aim to strengthen individuals’ ability to manage their career paths, to promote access to decent work and decent lives, and to promote wellbeing. Finally, the life design intervention will be presented as an example of an intervention that aims at promoting access to sustainable careers. The current goals of technological advance could threaten the access to decent work and contradict a vision of society that puts the free-will of individuals in the first place. For this reason, lifelong career counseling will be crucial in helping individuals manage their career path in this dynamic world of the fourth industrial revolution