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Work-related disability is an increasingly important issue in businesses and organizations, in terms of cost and competitiveness as well as being an obvious social and ethical issue. Preventing and Managing Injury and Disability at Work is an evidence-based, state-of-the-art research work revealing what works best in the prevention of workplace disability. It takes into account the changing nature of the workplace and work force; the newest evidence on what constitutes effective early and staged multi modal interventions in the workplace; psychological risk perception; and the essential linking of the workplace, the clinician, the insurer and the worker in the recovery process and in the prevention of subsequent disability events at work. ... Read more

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Qualitative Research in Occupational Therapy provides an overview of the need for qualitative inquiry of occupation, occupational therapy practices and the experiences of occupational therapy clients.It also explains and illustrates the natural fit between the beliefs and assumptions of occupational therapy and those of the qualitative paradigm of scientific inquiry.In addition to overviews of types of studies and the major strategies of research data collection, this text distinguishes itself from most others by including a series of narratives on the research journey.In addition, reprints of select published studies illustrate the richness of qualitative studies in occupational therapy.Keywords: Occupational Therapy, Occupational Therapist, OT, Research ... Read more

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It normally takes years for industrial hygienists to develop the strong investigative skills needed to accurately identify the causes of work-related health problems. In far less time, you can acquire successful investigative strategies from this collection of intriguing case studies drawn from the experience of Lester Levin - a safety professional who has been investigating and solving occupational health problems for nearly 40 years.

An Investigative Approach to Industrial Hygiene: Sleuth at Work opens by outlining how the profession grew out of the need to combat the growing threats to health, particularly epidemics, brought on by rapid industrial progress. It discusses the economic, sociological, technological, and legal obstacles that slowed the development of effective industrial hygiene practices.

The 12 case studies read like mystery stories. In "The Fire Next Door," "No Sense of Danger," and "The Plastic Makers' Infirmity," you will see how a veteran industrial hygienist probes into the origins of workplace illness and, in each case, solves the problem. Along the way, your own growing investigative skills will be tested as you yourself look for telltale clues to each mystery.

The book concludes by spotlighting cosmetologists and firefighters - two professional groups with distinctively high exposure to health and safety hazards - and describes how they cope with their respective work-related dangers.

Uniquely engaging and informative, An Investigative Approach to Industrial HygieneSleuth at Work, will serve the diverse information needs of industrial hygienists, occupational physicians, nurses and other health practitioners, plant supervisors, employee relations managers, attorneys, and claims and insurance adjustors. ... Read more

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Industrial hygiene is the scientific monitoring and management of potentially unhealthy conditions in the workplace, and any environmental technician or manager must have a grasp of the fundamentals. This sixth volume in the PETE (Partnership for Environmental Technology Education) Preserving the Legacy Series presents everything all the basics that a technician needs to know. ... Read more

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Environmental health is notorious for the breadth of knowledge required in its study and practice. Environmental health professionals have to sift through large amounts of published material before finding even the simplest definitions of new concepts and subjects. Such definitions are often misleading in an environmental health context. The Dictionary of Environmental Health provides a one-stop reference to over 3,000 common (and not so common) terms, concepts, abbreviations, acronyms and a wealth of supporting data no longer found in most reference books. Suitable for all environmental and public health practitioners and students, the Dictionary of Environmental Health is an essential desktop tool for navigating the huge range of topics for which knowledge is required in the field of environmental and public health. ... Read more

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This is the fourteenth in a series of annual volumes which provide authoritative reviews in the field of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. The chapters are written by established experts and the topics are carefully chosen to reflect the major concerns in the research literature and in current practice. Each chapter offers a comprehensive and critical survey of a chosen topic, and is supported by a valuable bibliography. Topics for future volumes in the series will be selected for their importance and relevance at that time, so that the series will be the main authoritative and current guide to important areas and developments in the field of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, for professional psychologists, managers and scholars. Contributors to Volume 14 Caroline Baldry Cary L. Cooper Carsten K. W. De Dreu Babette Fahlbruch Clive Fletcher Sophia Harinck Helge Hoel Nerina L. Jimmieson Dennis W. Organ Julie Beth Paine Charlotte Rayner Robert A. Roe Jesús F. Salgado Deborah J. Terry Annelies E. M. Van Vianen Bernhard Wilpert ... Read more