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ISHM Allows Employers to Post Occupational Safety & Health Positions

The Institute for Safety and Health Management (ISHM) offers employers the ability to efficiently find highly qualified applicants for open positions. Yuma, AZ, December 10th, 2012 For employers looking to fill health and safety positions, the Certified Safety and Health Manager (CSHM) certification is the only accredited certification that focuses entirely on the safety management process. ...

Dec. 10, 2012

By Institute for Safety and Health Management (ISHM)

Taxonomies in the strategic management of health technology: the case of multiperiod compartmental HIV/AIDS policy models

This paper reflects on the role and potential of multidimensional taxonomies in the strategic management of health technology. A case in point is multiperiod compartmental modelling of the HIV/AIDS pandemic where our comprehensive taxonomy can be instrumental in the evaluation of current policy tools and the exploration of possible extensions. For this purpose, we first briefly point to sample ...

Feb. 12, 2004

By Inderscience Publishers

Innovations in primary care management: a Brazilian experience

Primary care (PC) is a form of organisation from the public health assistance structure that plays a key function for the local systems of healthcare, which guarantees the principles of the health system in Brazil. Based on the theories that sustain the concepts of innovation, this research has the main objective to identify the innovations which occur in the PC of the health system of Caxias do ...

Mar. 30, 2012

By Inderscience Publishers

Managing health risks in the offshore workplace: Impact on health climate, safety climate and risk identification

The study, conducted in the offshore oil industry (N=1374), sought to examine how the management of health risks in the workplace is assessed and evaluated by the workforce and how these practices influence health climate, safety climate and risk-taking behaviours. Results suggest that employees at worksites engaging in positive health risk management practices were more satisfied that management ...

Dec. 21, 2006

By Inderscience Publishers

Explore the Role of Occupational Health Services in Hostile & Remote Locations

Occupational Health Management in hostile and remote locations is an important component of safeguarding the health & safety of the human assets and ever more apparent now as the world is witnessing dramatic security events. However, employee health and wellbeing often tends to be overlooked – therefore it is quintessential to understand, what role OHS plays in elevating employee health ...

Aug. 4, 2010

By Fleming Gulf FZE

Canarina DISPER software · air · environment health and safety management · algorithms 13

Canarina DISPER software · air · environment health and safety management All Conditions - Distance Less Than Distance to Final Rise. Where gradual rise is to be estimated for unstable, neutral, or stable conditions, if the distance downwind from source to receptor, x, is less than the distance to final rise: he=hs+1.60 [(Fb x2)1/3/us] (21) This height will be ...

Nov. 15, 2011

By Canarina Environmental Software

Housing maintenance management: the key-factor when creating healthy environment

Reports on housing discuss lack of maintenance of dwellings especially in shared ownership. These reports rarely discuss the role of owners when housing stock and relevant services are fully privatised. The paper discusses the role of residents in creating healthy and habitable environment in the situation of massive home-ownership. Contemporary housing management and maintenance requires ...

Aug. 13, 2007

By Inderscience Publishers

Vulnerability of freshwater resources in large and medium Nepalese river basins to environmental change

This paper discusses vulnerability of freshwater resources in large and medium Nepalese river basins to environmental change based on evaluation of water resource availability and variation, resource development and use, ecological health and management capacity; and compares the situation with selected sub-basins of the Ganges and the Mekong basins in Asia. Results suggest that water resources ...

Mar. 1, 2010

By IWA Publishing

Health protection and promotion for sustainable development: an insight on the Eastern Mediterranean Region

In a world that is expanding rapidly and incessantly to devour raw materials, space and energy, protecting and promoting health for sustainable development is a salient challenge, especially in countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region. This paper focuses on the interactive processes of sustainable development by protecting and promoting health, managing environmental factors affecting ...

May 11, 2004

By Inderscience Publishers

The Role of Environmental Health in Disaster Management: A Qualitative Study of Australian Experiences

Even though environmental health is widely considered to be an integral component of disaster management, limited research on this topic has been conducted. Using a qualitative approach, the authors conducted in-depth interviews of practitioners in Queensland, Australia, to explore the role of environmental health in disaster management and determine how those internal and external to the ...

Sep. 1, 2008

By National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)

Implementation and perception of risk management practices in health/fitness facilities

The health/fitness industry is an important contributor to the national preventative health policies against obesity and associated health risk factors. However, inappropriately designed programs and services can increase the risk of injuries and adverse health outcomes that can expose health/fitness facility operators and employees to risk of litigation. Therefore, the importance of ...

Dec. 4, 2014

By Inderscience Publishers

Regional health authorities, disaster management, and geomatics: opportunities and barriers

As society becomes increasingly urbanised the relationship between the built environment and risk also becomes increasingly complex. Disaster management and public health professionals are employing technology as tools to assist them with understanding these complexities. Specifically, geomatics technology is connecting the power of spatial analysis with the efficiency of database management. ...

Jun. 8, 2007

By Inderscience Publishers

Sustainability, Health, and the Human Population

A sustainable human population (e.g., range, density, and total numbers) is essential to health and in management. The notion of sustainability applies to all species and ecosystems and to the biosphere. Sustainability involves the health not only of individual humans, but also of ecosystems and other species. Thus, sustainability of the human population is important because of the wealth of ...

Mar. 1, 2005

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Asian stock markets and the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic: implications for health risk management

Time series statistical methods are used to study the financial impact of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic via the co-integration (interdependence) of time series of indexes of several Asian stock markets. We find that during and after the SARS influenza crisis, stock market returns of the infected countries exhibited significant increase in co-integrated relationship and ...

May 7, 2010

By Inderscience Publishers

Occupational and industrial safety case study

Service performed: Health and safety management system design Summary: EFI Global worked closely with a global manufacturer of wool fiberglass and foam insulation to develop a Health and Safety Management System (HSMS) for its 13 U.S. facilities. Development of the HSMS required in-depth understanding of the plant’s operations, corporate best management practices, and OSHA regulations. To ...

Jun. 25, 2014

By EFI Global, Inc.

Biopharmaceuticals and firm organisation in Argentina: opportunities and challenges

In Argentina, some biotechnology firms operating in the human health sector managed to enter into the biosimilars segment of global biopharmaceutical markets at an early stage. These firms’ forms of organisation and their articulation with local science and technology infrastructure have played a key role in the development of business strategies in an institutional context that does not ...

Sep. 15, 2014

By Inderscience Publishers

Improving Health in Ucayali, Peru: A Multisector and Multilevel Analysis

We review the key determinants of health in Ucayali, Peru, identified by researchers, and, according to these, propose a set of tools to improve health in this area. Women and indigenous peoples are recognized as two vulnerable groups in the region that face greater health risks, and these are the main focus of the development of tools for health improvement. Also, the growing economic ...

Mar. 1, 2005

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Environmental, Quality and Health & Safety Management On-line: The Efficiencies, Performance Improvements and Cost-Effectiveness of Web and Intranet-based EQS Software Solutions

The sustainability imperative The ‘Global 2500’ company spends £56 million on all aspects of environmental management and likely up to three times that for environmental, health, safety and quality management. Of this, as much as 64% relates solely to the costs of information management. Consequently, for every pound spent on environmental, health and safety or quality management, another ...

Jan. 1, 2003

By BSI

Environmental, Quality and Health & Safety Management On-line: The Efficiencies, Performance Improvements and Cost-Effectiveness of Web and Intranet-based EQS Software Solutions

1. Introduction The sustainability imperative The ‘Global 2500’ company spends £56 million on all aspects of environmental management and likely up to three times that for environmental, health, safety and quality management. Of this, as much as 64% relates solely to the costs of information management. Consequently, for every pound spent on environmental, health and safety or quality ...

Jan. 1, 2003

By BSI

Hormesis: considerations and implications for human health risk assessment

The concept of hormesis as a phenomenon is presented, in the context of its evolving definitions. Predominant types of hormetic effect and potential examples thereof are discussed, focusing on chemicals. The potential for hormesis to affect regulatory approaches and several basic processes used in formulating risk assessment parameters, such as study design, interpretation of dose-response ...

Sep. 15, 2009

By Inderscience Publishers

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