Preparedness for and impact of COVID-19 on primary health care delivery in urban and rural Malawi: a mixed methods study by Tracy Morse, Kondwani Chidziwisano, Gift Kawalazira, Mackwellings Maganizo Phiri, Eleanor Elizabeth MacPherson, Mindy Panulo, Khumbo Kalua, Chawanangwa Mahebere Chirambo, Zaziwe Gundah, Penjani Chunda

“…The majority of frontline health workers received training and access to preventative COVID-19 materials. …”
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L’archive comme enjeu de présentation de soi : la mémoire du syndicat des ouvriers des savonneries à Naplouse, Cisjordanie by Véronique Bontemps

“…This article is based on the “quest for archives” I pursued in the context of a study on the soap factory workers’ union in Nablus. It begins by considering the elusive character of this union, which left few material traces of its existence. …”
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Professional knowledge and MSD prevention: portrait of their transmission during training and the intervention perspective by Sylvie Ouellet, Nicole Vézina

“…When training is being organized in enterprises where the work is considered as being repetitive and manual, the trainer is usually chosen from among experienced workers with recognized expertise. The study’s aim was to analyze the types of knowledge transmitted by worker-trainers to apprentices in a food-processing industry in order to prevent musculoskeletal disorders. …”
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The work efficiency of scientific-pedagogical staff of universities as the basis of the competitiveness of the universities by S. V. Grishkin

“…The interrelations between the efficiency of higher education workers and the competitiveness of the Universities have been analyzed. …”
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Savoirs professionnels et prévention des TMS : portrait de leur transmission durant la formation et perspectives d’intervention by Sylvie Ouellet, Nicole Vézina

“…When training is being organized in enterprises where the work is considered as being repetitive and manual, the trainer is usually chosen from among experienced workers with recognized expertise. The study’s aim was to analyze the types of knowledge transmitted by worker-trainers to apprentices in a food-processing industry in order to prevent musculoskeletal disorders. …”
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Retraits anticipés du marché du travail : entre désir et nécessité by Nathalie Burnay

“…Secondly, we will analyse the main reasons brought forward by the workers to leave anactive professional life before due time: these might be health-linked, professional (too heavy physical work, psycho-social burdens, work schedules) and private reasons.This article is based on data collected from 812 workers, within 12 different activity sectors in Belgium in 2005.…”
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Voluntary early retirement: Between desires and necessities by Nathalie Burnay

“…Secondly, we will analyse the main reasons brought forward by the workers to leave anactive professional life before due time: these might be health-linked, professional (too heavy physical work, psycho-social burdens, work schedules) and private reasons.This article is based on data collected from 812 workers, within 12 different activity sectors in Belgium in 2005.…”
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Des femmes trans sans domicile fixe à Téhéran engagées dans le travail du sexe : des trajectoires d’outsiders by Mahdis Sadeghipouya

“…This article first shows how the absence of specialized public protections for trans people in Iran constructs the economic and social precariousness of these trans women sex workers. It then analyzes the exclusion of trans women sex workers within trans groups.…”
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Étude de la recherche de l’alignement des boîtes à la palettisation dans une micro-brasserie by Bernard Dufour

“…This case study, carried out in a microbrewery, demonstrates the importance of box alignment-seeking for workers loading heavy packs onto pallets, as a determinant of musculo-skeletal risk factors. …”
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Apocalypses ouvrières. Théâtre, SF et critique sociale dans les années 1920 by Isabelle Krzywkowski

“…The failure of machines and the «  robotization  » of workers : this combination raises questions about the future of a world that is increasingly subject to mechanical development. …”
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Velours rouge et piquets de grève : la grève du music-hall à Londres en 1907 by John Mullen

“…Our article aims at using the reporting on the strike to examine the situation « behind the scenes » among this rather special group of wage-workers—working conditions and methods of organizing. …”
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Le harcèlement psychologique au travail : portrait des recours juridiques au Québec et des décisions rendues par la Commission des lésions professionnelles by Katherine Lippel

“…This article examines new Quebec legislation establishing the right for all workers to a work environment free of psychological harassment and providing new recourse for its victims. …”
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The Impact of Family Setting and Local Opportunities on Leaving Home and Migration Destinations of Rural Youths, The Netherlands 1860-1940 by Bastian Mönkediek, Jan Kok, Kees Mandemakers

“…We focus on two groups: the children of farmers and those of rural workers. Dutch farmers and workers differ in the type of family economy in which children were integrated, and contrasting them will allow us to explain the speed, the directions, and the individual and family backgrounds of the process of leaving agriculture. …”
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Safety Autonomous Platform for Data-Driven Risk Management Based on an On-Site AI Engine in the Electric Power Industry by Dongyeop Lee, Daesik Lim, Joonwon Lee

“…The electric power industry poses significant risks to workers with a wide range of hazards such as electrocution, electric shock, burns, and falls. …”
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Rotation des postes, assignation temporaire et impact des absences dans une usine d’abattage et de transformation du porc by Anne Falardeau, Nicole Vézina

“…Although it was agreed that older workers’ rotations could be limited to less physically demanding workstations, workers refused to allow their lighter workstations to be eliminated from rotation as part of TR management. …”
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The Impact of Family Setting and Local Opportunities on Leaving Home and Migration Destinations of Rural Youths, The Netherlands 1860-1940 by Bastian Mönkediek, Jan Kok, Kees Mandemakers

“…We focus on two groups: the children of farmers and those of rural workers. Dutch farmers and workers differ in the type of family economy in which children were integrated, and contrasting them will allow us to explain the speed, the directions, and the individual and family backgrounds of the process of leaving agriculture. …”
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The Challenges of Social Work and Social Administration on Rural Development: A Case Study of Kabale District. by Sembure, Edson

“…Direct roles of social worker begin with the practicing primary methods of social work. …”
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Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Spanish version of the Prevent for Work questionnaire by Julia Blasco-Abadía, Pablo Bellosta-López, Víctor Doménech-García, Thorvaldur Skuli Palsson, Steffan Wittrup McPhee Christensen, Steffan Wittrup McPhee Christensen, Morten Hoegh, Pedro Berjano, Francesco Langella

“…Moreover, the psychometric properties were evaluated among Spanish workers with and without recent history of disabling spinal pain.MethodsThe first phase consisted of a forward-and-backward translation process and evaluating the face-validity of the questionnaire among 30 Spanish workers. …”
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COVID-19: Training activities, adherence, and use of personal protective equipment in Primary Health Care by Kelly Aline Rodrigues Costa, Fernanda Moura Lanza, Francisco Carlos Félix Lana, Camila Custódio da Silva, Camila Cristina Gregório de Assis, Cosme Rezende Laurindo, Herica Silva Dutra, Angélica da Conceição Oliveira Coelho

“…We utilized the EPI-APS COVID-19 instrument and its adapted version for resident professionals. Results: 455 PHC workers and 102 residents participated in the study. …”
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Exosomal miR-122 derived from M2 macrophages induces osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in the treatment of alcoholic osteonecrosis of the femoral hea... by Guoping Le, Riyou Wen, Huaixi Fang, Zhifa Huang, Yong Wang, Hanwen Luo

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