Shift Workers Adaptation Strategies in the Far North

Korneeva, Yana; Simonova, Natalia; Degteva, G. N.; Dubinina, N. I.

doi:10.17816/humeco17305

“…Besides, the shift workers have a lot of specific health problems as a separate group of the working age population. Specific psychology tests applied to this group concluded __________________________ that the shift workers in the Arctic should be intellectually developed, able to give subjective health self-assessments and take care of themselves [13]. It is not evident that it will be possible to find such specifically eligible shift workers since their satisfaction with work in shifts has been declining over recent years.…”

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Mortality among adults in the arctic macro-region: Dynamics, structure and features

Revich¹,

Харькова²,

Kvasha³

2023

health risk analysis

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An expected increase in the number of workplaces in the Arctic macro-region will require a lot of available local workforce. However, currently the working age population is declining markedly there. Between 2014 and 2020, the population decreased everywhere, except the Yamal Nenets Autonomous Area; the decrease was the most apparent in the Arkhangelsk region, Murmansk region, and the Komi Republic. Fluctuations in the share of the working age population in the Arkhangelsk region and the Nenets Autonomous Area practically have the same dynamic as in the country as a whole (the decline equals 2–3 %). The greatest declines (5–7 %) were observed in the Magadan region, Chukotka, the Murmansk region and the Komi Republic. Mortality rates in the Arctic macro-region tend to be higher than the national average rate due to uncomfortable Arctic climate, long distances between the settlements and basic healthcare facilities, and some other reasons. A current decline in mortality among the working age population has not reached its national average level yet. The major causes of elevated mortality in the Arctic macro-region include ischemic heart disease (in Chukotka, the Arkhangelsk region and the Murmansk region); stroke (in Karelia and the Komi Republic); external causes including accidental alcohol poisoning (in Karelia, the Komi Republic, and the Arkhangelsk region). To protect health of the working age population, it is necessary to develop and implement regional programs aimed at reducing mortality due to the major causes, which differ from one region to another. These programs should consider the experience gained in the other Arctic regions. It is also necessary to implement more effective healthcare management systems. This includes development of specific models for various population groups with specific working conditions and lifestyle; development of private-public partnerships; making healthcare more available.

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“…Кроме того, существуют значительные проблемы со здоровьем этой группы трудоспособного населения. Психологи на основе использования специальных тестов констатируют, что работающие вахтовым методом в арктических широтах должны обладать достаточно высоким уровнем интеллектуального развития, умением субъективно оценивать собственное состояние здоровья и быть способными к саморегуляции [13]. Возникает вопрос о возможности собрать такую весьма специфическую группу вахтовиков, так как за последние годы снизился уровень удовлетворенности работы вахтовым методом.…”

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Mortality among adults in the arctic macro-region: Dynamics, structure and features

Revich¹,

Харькова²,

Kvasha³

2023

Health Risk Analysis

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An expected increase in the number of workplaces in the Arctic macro-region will require a lot of available local workforce. However, currently the working age population is declining markedly there. Between 2014 and 2020, the population decreased everywhere, except the Yamal Nenets Autonomous Area; the decrease was the most apparent in the Arkhangelsk region, Murmansk region, and the Komi Republic. Fluctuations in the share of the working age population in the Arkhangelsk region and the Nenets Autonomous Area practically have the same dynamic as in the country as a whole (the decline equals 2–3 %). The greatest declines (5–7 %) were observed in the Magadan region, Chukotka, the Murmansk region and the Komi Republic. Mortality rates in the Arctic macro-region tend to be higher than the national average rate due to uncomfortable Arctic climate, long distances between the settlements and basic healthcare facilities, and some other reasons. A current decline in mortality among the working age population has not reached its national average level yet. The major causes of elevated mortality in the Arctic macro-region include ischemic heart disease (in Chukotka, the Arkhangelsk region and the Murmansk region); stroke (in Karelia and the Komi Republic); external causes including accidental alcohol poisoning (in Karelia, the Komi Republic, and the Arkhangelsk region). To protect health of the working age population, it is necessary to develop and implement regional programs aimed at reducing mortality due to the major causes, which differ from one region to another. These programs should consider the experience gained in the other Arctic regions. It is also necessary to implement more effective healthcare management systems. This includes development of specific models for various population groups with specific working conditions and lifestyle; development of private-public partnerships; making healthcare more available.

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The Components of Psychological Safety of Oil and Gas Shift Workers in the Arctic

Korneeva

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Tyulyubaeva

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Simonova

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2017

The Interconnected Arctic — UArctic Congress 2016

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The chapter focuses on justification of the psychological safety model of oil and gas workers in the Arctic. The safety in industrial activity depends firstly not only on the employee, on his attitude toward observance of occupational safety and health regulations, but also on the personal attributes of the specialist, his subjective perceptions and effectiveness of his psychological self-regulation. The study was conducted at an oil and gas facility with a watch-based method of labor organization in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation (duration of a rotation shift is 30 days). The study involved 70 persons at the ages from 24 to 60 years (average age 38.7 ± 1.3). The methods were as follows: study of documentation, monitoring of work process, questionnaires, psycho-physiological and psychological testing, and statistical methods of data analysis. The study verified the concept of psychological safety as a mental state of a subject who has control over a set of internal and external factors of the ergatic system providing updating of internal resources of the individual for efficient professional activity on the psycho-physiological and psychological levels. As a result, the model of psychological security of oil and gas workers in the Arctic was introduced and evidence based. It includes the following components: (1) The psycho-physiological level of functional status (reduced or optimal); (2) The psychological level of functional state (emergency or economical); (3) The image of the labor object (low undifferentiated hazard assessment or high differentiated hazard assessment); (4) The perception of the subject (high undifferentiated or moderately high differentiated self-assessment); (5) The perception of the subject-object and subject-subject relations (neutral, negative, or positive). In this research, the components of psychological safety of oil and gas workers of different professional groups (operators of oil and gas, boiler operators, drivers, engineers and technical workers, maintenance specialists) in the Arctic were empirically studied and characterized. The psychological level of functional state was expressed in economical adaptive strategy mainly on the basis of results gained from the study of operators of treatment facilities and boiler houses, engineering Y. Korneeva (*) • T. Tyulyubaeva • N. Simonova Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov,

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Shift Workers Adaptation Strategies in the Far North

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Mortality among adults in the arctic macro-region: Dynamics, structure and features

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Mortality among adults in the arctic macro-region: Dynamics, structure and features

The Components of Psychological Safety of Oil and Gas Shift Workers in the Arctic

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