Occupational Risk Assessment and Management: Focus on Nanomaterials

The purpose of this study was to develop and implement the risk assessment method for detection of health deterioration in sports high school students. To evaluate the health status of the students, the questionnaires and the method for express physical health evaluation by G.L. Apanasenko was used. Sampling size comprised 250 young males students from 2-3 courses of various faculties. To identify the correlation between the physical health level and the indicators of psychosomatic syndromes, the correlation analysis has been used. It was established, that the safety level of the somatic health belonged to more than a halve of the students engaged in sport and to a third part of the students, that are not engaged in sport. The critical level of the physical status was registered with equal frequency in both groups. The low physical health level was detected 3.7 times frequently in the students who were not engaged in sports activities in comparison to the sportsmen. Basing on the data, obtained by the "decision tree" method, the models of health deteriorations' risk in young males, engaged and not engaged in sport, have been built. The application of these models allow performing preclinical diagnosis and health monitoring without special equipment. The advantage of the offered method is its speed and the possibility to survey large numbers of contingents of various ages. Key words: students of sports high school, young males involved and not involved in sports, model of health deterioration risk, questionnaires, a method of risk assessment of health problems, "decision tree" method, preclinical diagnosis and health monitoring.

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“…Mathematical modeling is a prospective area of health risk assessment and management because it helps save time and money [8].…”

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Modeling of health risk factors affecting the sportsmen and young males who are not involved in sports activities

Lyuboshenko¹,

Flyanku²

2016

Health Risk Analysis

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“…Occupational risk concept was adopted in Russia and it became a significant stage in labor protection system improvement as it allowed to make activities aimed at workers' health preservation and improvement more prevention-oriented which was especially important for those workers who had to perform their tasks under hazardous conditions [3]. Safe working conditions and low risks of impacts exerted by unfavorable environmental factors on working population are the most important conditions for persistent social and economic development of any state.…”

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Contemporary problems of health protection for workers employed at a large industrial enterprise and working under occupational hazards

Titova¹,

Golub²

2017

Health Risk Analysis

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We examined data provided by a healthcare facility at a large industrial enterprise focusing on occupational morbidity dynamics over 2013-2016 and periodical medical examinations results obtained in 2015 and 2016. We created a specialized program and applied it to conduct sociological research on health of workers who has a periodical medical examination. We detected that most questioned workers (50.48 %) whose occupations were associated with dangerous and hazardous occupational factors were poorly aware of occupational diseases prevention and needed relevant knowledge. It is shown that over 2013-2016 occupational morbidity decreased from 9.38 cases per 10,000 workers to 3.55 cases. However, it remained higher that in Russian and Perm region on average. All occupational diseases were detected in workers older than 40 with their working record being longer than 15 years. A share of people able to work with certain limitations grew in 2016 in comparison with 2015 (from 7.35 to 9.31 %); a number of people who needed sanatorium-resort therapy also grew from 19.96 to 32.12 %; a number of people with general somatic diseases increased from 31.23 to 70.17 %); health index reduced from 38.77 to 29.82 %. Musculoskeletal system diseases, connective tissue diseases, circulatory system diseases, eye and its accessory apparatus diseases, respiratory organs diseases, and digestive organs diseases prevailed in general somatic morbidity structure. We registered a substantial growth in hearing organs diseases (mostly hearing loss, from 49.47 to 99.06 cases per 100 examined); skin and subcutaneous tissue diseases (from 7.73 to 36.3 cases per 100 examined); urinary system diseases (from 68.42 to 100.62 cases per 100 examined). We detected that most examined workers pursued unhealthy lifestyle. For example, 29.9 % often consumed strong spirits (equally men and women), and 72.8 % smoked. All the respondents tended to have low physical activity. We also revealed some drawbacks in periodical medical examinations procedure: 26.3% respondents mentioned medical staff were indifferent and even rude to them; 40.8 % complained on having to wait for a long time to get to a specialist; 26.2 % said they had to wait for a reception in rather unfavorable conditions; all the respondents mentioned untimely receipt of their "health passport". The data we collected can be applied in assessing risks of health disorders occurrence in workers employed at industrial enterprises and in the process of creating prevention activities aimed at health risks minimization.

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Occupational Risk Assessment and Management: Focus on Nanomaterials

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Modeling of health risk factors affecting the sportsmen and young males who are not involved in sports activities

Modeling of health risk factors affecting the sportsmen and young males who are not involved in sports activities

Contemporary problems of health protection for workers employed at a large industrial enterprise and working under occupational hazards

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