Occupational injuries among working adolescents in New York State

Belville, R

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“…In industrialized countries such as Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, injury surveillance studies on children's fatal and non-fatal injuries have included mostly retrospective examinations of workers' compensation data, hospital charts, and death certificates. [20][21][22][23][24][25][26] Traditionally, these types of administrative data sources on adult occupational injuries have often suffered from issues of coverage and underreporting. Occupational injury surveys typically cover paid employees in formal sector establishments and do not include other types of workers like informal sector workers, the selfemployed, workers in agriculture, and young workers.…”

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The SIMPOC Philippine Survey of Children 2001: A Data Source for Analyzing Occupational Injuries to Children

2005

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Child labor is a global issue that exists in both industrialized and developing countries. With the unanimous adoption of International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 182 in 1999 calling for the immediate elimination of the worst forms of child labor, ratifying member countries have committed themselves to identifying hazardous work for children in the context of their respective legislative frameworks. Part of tackling the problem of child labor is knowing what types of occupational activities children are engaged in, what types of work environments they are under, and what risks of injuries and illnesses they are exposed to while working. Using the Philippines as a country example, this study introduces a promising data source on children's work and presents a methodology for examining hazardous work to children through the examination of injury rates. Data for this study rely primarily on a nationally representative dataset from the Survey of Children 2001 carried out by the Philippine National Statistics Office, covering the months of October 2001 to September 2002.

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The SIMPOC Philippine Survey of Children 2001: A Data Source for Analyzing Occupational Injuries to Children

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“…The high level of education of the majority is due to the fact that this company produces to International Standards. Twenty percent had been on the job for 1-5 years, 32% for 6-10 years and 48 % for more than 11years.The longer one stays on a machine, the more experienced one become on its use, meaning there is less risk of injury to such an individual [18]. Within the year 2011, records showed that 30% of the factory floor members experienced no injury, 50% experienced only minor injury, 10% experienced only major injury, 8% experienced both major and minor injuries and 2% experienced death.…”

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Safety Measures in Wood Processing: An Important Component for the Entrepreneur - The Case of a Local Furniture Industry in Ghana

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Effah³

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ABSTRACT:The study was carried out in a furniture industry in Ghana, to identify some of the hazards, lost in revenue due to hazards and hazard control. Questionnaires were administered to workers of which 60% had adequate knowledge about hazards management; 50% had experienced minor injuries; 80% had knowledge on the use of Personal Protective Equipment, and 100% had access to good medical care provided by the Management. The results further indicated that unavailability and low usage of personal protective equipment (PPE) increase the risk of getting involved in accidents.It was recommended that Management should be committed to the training of their workers on the use of safety tools. Factory Inspectorates should increase the number of times they visit these industries to ensure safety. Procedures for providing safety against accidents are therefore very relevant, hence encouraged through safety committees.

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“…Among the numerous documented adverse consequences of adolescent employment, the most serious is the high rate of work-related injury (68). Boys between the ages of 16 and 17 y are at the highest injury risk with the greatest danger associated with newspaper delivery and agricultural activities.…”

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The History of Adolescent Medicine

2003

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This is the sixth article in our series on the history of pediatric specialties. The authors describe the interesting history of the evolution of adolescent medicine from the specialties of internal medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, and The field of adolescent medicine is unique as a subspecialty in that the practice of providing care to teenagers has always been viewed historically as a responsibility of generalists. Scientific advances in subspecialty fields such as endocrinology, gynecology, gastroenterology, infectious disease, and sports medicine were incorporated with considerable success into the general practices of not only pediatricians but also internists and family practitioners. However, societal changes in the past century began to shape the way health professionals thought about adolescents and their families and significantly influenced the practice of providing health care to adolescents. The most notable change, however, was the shift from the traditional role of providing anticipatory guidance to parents toward a reduction of risk-taking behaviors aimed directly at the adolescent. The subspecialty of adolescent medicine thus emerged as an amalgam of researchers, clinicians, and educators, who, through a variety of settings, hoped to advance science, moderate public and social policy, improve health care, and stimulate health promotion to this special population of patients. MAJOR SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES IN ADOLESCENT MEDICINELandmark scientific advances of the past century contributed greatly to the growth of the field of adolescent medicine. Some of these advances resulted from primary efforts to directly improve the health of adolescents, whereas others were derived from advances in other fields of medicine that secondarily benefited adolescents. Although at times it is difficult to distinguish between these two contributors toward change, the compilation of these scientific advances were instrumental in promoting the field of adolescent medicine. The physical and hormonal changes that define puberty have been elucidated, as have major psychological, cognitive, and behavioral developments characterizing the transition from childhood to adulthood. Great strides have been made in the management of mental illnesses and chronic medical illness, in technological advancements in the field of gynecology, and in the development of birth control methods.

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Occupational injuries among working adolescents in New York State

Abstract: Occupational injuries are a substantial and underrecognized contributor to the continuing epidemic of injury among adolescents.

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The SIMPOC Philippine Survey of Children 2001: A Data Source for Analyzing Occupational Injuries to Children

The SIMPOC Philippine Survey of Children 2001: A Data Source for Analyzing Occupational Injuries to Children

Safety Measures in Wood Processing: An Important Component for the Entrepreneur - The Case of a Local Furniture Industry in Ghana

The History of Adolescent Medicine

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