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ArticleNew solutions : a journal of environmental and occupational health policy : NS2016

Occupational Hazards in the Thai Healthcare Sector.

Mathuros Tipayamongkholgul, Pipat Luksamijarulkul, Barbara Mawn, Pornpimol Kongtip, Susan Woskie

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Article in New solutions : a journal of environmental and occupational health policy : NS, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mathuros TipayamongkholgulMahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Pipat LuksamijarulkulMahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Barbara MawnUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell, MA, USA barbara_mawn@uml.edu.
Pornpimol KongtipMahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Susan WoskieUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell, MA, USA.
Mahidol University · THUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell · US

Funding

1/2-GEOHealth Hub: Improving Agricultural Health in Southeast Asia-ThailandU01TW010091 · FIC · MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY · PI KONGTIP, PORNPIMOL, WOSKIE, SUSAN · 2015 to 2020
$1.8M
1/2 Occupational Health Research, Policy & Capacity Building in Thailand-ThailandR24TW009558 · FIC · MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY · PI KONGTIP, PORNPIMOL · 2012 to 2014
$172k
2/2-Occupational Health Research, Policy & Capacity Building in Thailand-USR24TW009560 · FIC · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL · PI WOSKIE, SUSAN · 2012 to 2014
$127k
FIC NIH HHS 1R24TW009560FIC NIH HHS 4R24TW009558FIC NIH HHS R24 TW009558FIC NIH HHS R24 TW009560FIC NIH HHS U01 TW010091
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Healthcare personnel work in vulnerable conditions that can adversely impact physical and/or mental health. This paper aims to synthesize the state of knowledge on work-related illnesses, injuries, and risks experienced by Thai healthcare workers. We found that Thai healthcare personnel, like others worldwide, are at risk for injury related to needle sticks and sharp instruments; infectious diseases due to biological hazards exposure such as airborne pathogens and patient secretions; muscle pain due to workload and long duration of work; and psychological disorders related to stressful working conditions. Because detailed surveillance data are limited for the Thai healthcare workforce, we recommend that additional surveillance data on Thai healthcare workers' health outcomes be collected. Future research efforts should also focus on evidence-based interventions in order to develop methods to prevent and treat occupational health injuries and illnesses acquired in the workplace for Thai healthcare sector workers.

Indexed as

Accidents, OccupationalCommunicable DiseasesHazardous SubstancesHealth Care SectorHumansMusculoskeletal DiseasesOccupational DiseasesOccupational ExposureOccupational HealthOccupational InjuriesPublic Health SurveillanceRisk FactorsStress, PsychologicalThailandWorkplaceHazardous Substanceshealthcare workersoccupational hazardsoccupational safetyThailand

Identifiers

PMID26956017
PMCPMC5812467
OpenAlexW2296178925

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