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Current and emerging issues in the healthcare sector, including home and community care : European Risk Observatory Report

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Bilbao European Agency for Safety and Health at Work 2014Edition: 1ª edDescription: 148 pISBN:
  • 9789292404970
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1. Introducción. 1.1 Aim and scope of the report. 1.2 Methodology. 1.3 Desk-based research. 1.4 Questionnaire. 2 Healthcare systems in Europe. 2.1 Healthcare systems. 2.2 Healthcare organisation. 2.3 The healthcare workforce and labour market. 2.4 Impact of healthcare systems and organisation on OSH. 3 Home and community care across Europe. 3.1 What is home and community care? 3.2 Approaches to organising and funding home care. 3.3 Labour market. 3.4 Legislation around home care workers. 4 OSH risks in healthcare including community and home care. 4.1 Prevalence of exposures and OSH outcomes in the healthcare sector. 4.2 Biological risks. 4.3 Chemical risks. 4.4 Physical risks. 4.5 Slips, trips and falls. 4.6 Ergonomic risks. 4.7 Psychosocial risks. 4.8 Gender-specific risks. 4.9 Hazards specific to home care workers. 5. Emerging trends and OSH issues in the healthcare sector. 5.1 Demographic changes. 5.3 Lifestyle factors. 5.4 Migration and workforce mobility. 5.5 New technologies and innovations. 5.6 Globalisation and the economic crisis. 5.7 Results of the questionnaire for OSH experts. 6 Examples of good practices in the healthcare sector. 6.1 Ergonomic/physical risks. 6.2 Biological risks. 6.3 Psychosocial risk factors. 6.4 Language inequalities, migrants. 7. Conclusion. 7.1 Overview of current OSH risks. 7.2 Overview of emerging and new OSH risks. 7.3 Future research and practice. 8. References. 9 Annex 1: Questionnaire. List of figures and tables.
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1. Introducción. 1.1 Aim and scope of the report. 1.2 Methodology. 1.3 Desk-based research. 1.4 Questionnaire. 2 Healthcare systems in Europe. 2.1 Healthcare systems. 2.2 Healthcare organisation. 2.3 The healthcare workforce and labour market. 2.4 Impact of healthcare systems and organisation on OSH. 3 Home and community care across Europe. 3.1 What is home and community care? 3.2 Approaches to organising and funding home care. 3.3 Labour market. 3.4 Legislation around home care workers. 4 OSH risks in healthcare including community and home care. 4.1 Prevalence of exposures and OSH outcomes in the healthcare sector. 4.2 Biological risks. 4.3 Chemical risks. 4.4 Physical risks. 4.5 Slips, trips and falls. 4.6 Ergonomic risks. 4.7 Psychosocial risks. 4.8 Gender-specific risks. 4.9 Hazards specific to home care workers. 5. Emerging trends and OSH issues in the healthcare sector. 5.1 Demographic changes. 5.3 Lifestyle factors. 5.4 Migration and workforce mobility. 5.5 New technologies and innovations. 5.6 Globalisation and the economic crisis. 5.7 Results of the questionnaire for OSH experts. 6 Examples of good practices in the healthcare sector. 6.1 Ergonomic/physical risks. 6.2 Biological risks. 6.3 Psychosocial risk factors. 6.4 Language inequalities, migrants. 7. Conclusion. 7.1 Overview of current OSH risks. 7.2 Overview of emerging and new OSH risks. 7.3 Future research and practice. 8. References. 9 Annex 1: Questionnaire. List of figures and tables.

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