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Book Synopsis Firefighter Occupational Cancer Risk Adjustment by : Benjamin Caffee
Download or read book Firefighter Occupational Cancer Risk Adjustment written by Benjamin Caffee and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent research has shown that firefighters are at a higher risk for cancer diagnosis than the general population, potentially due to increased carcinogen exposure while performing their job duties. Experts have offered six hazard adjustments that may assist in reducing the level of exposure to these carcinogens. This study was conducted in order to better understand what motivates or deters firefighters from engaging in these hazard adjustments. The sample was firefighters that had attended or were otherwise associated with the Alabama Fire College. Sample size was 358 individuals. Results show that firefighters have a high perception of their occupational cancer risk. Also, that response efficacy, self-efficacy, and cost of engaging in the behavior were much more reliable predictors of hazard adjustment intentions as well as actually completing the hazard adjustment than risk perception, hazard salience, and hazard exposure. A new concept of peer perception was used in this study, which has previously not been mentioned in Protective Motivation Theory studies, which was also found to affect firefighter's intention and actual completion of hazard adjustment. The findings of this study will assist fire service leaders in adapting both education programs and policies and procedures to better protect firefighters from occupational cancer.
Book Synopsis Firefighter Occupational Cancer Risk by : Tracy Hardy
Download or read book Firefighter Occupational Cancer Risk written by Tracy Hardy and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim is to determine if a 20- minute educational session will increase the firefighter’s knowledge of their occupational cancer risk and increase motivation to have a conversation with their Primary Care Provider (PCP) in regards to their occupational cancer risk. Previous studies have shown firefighter’s have a higher risk of developing occupational related cancers. Some of the common cancers found to be prevalent in the firefighter population are gastrointestinal cancers, genitor-urinary cancers, respiratory cancers, oral cancers and blood cancers. Studies have also reported that firefighters under the age of 65 have been found to have an increased risk of prostate and bladder cancer. Data was collected pre and post the educational intervention to assess firefighter knowledge of occupational cancers they may be at risk for and the likelihood that they would have a conversation with their PCP in regards to their potential occupational cancer risk. Motivating firefighters to have a conversation with their PCP in regards to their occupational cancer risk could potentially result in earlier detection of cancers in firefighters leading to increased survival rates. The informational wallet card designed to prompt conversation between a firefighter and their PCP may also have a secondary effect of increasing health care provider awareness of occupational related cancer risk in the firefighter population. -- From abstract.
Book Synopsis Health Risks and Fair Compensation in the Fire Service by : Tee L. Guidotti
Download or read book Health Risks and Fair Compensation in the Fire Service written by Tee L. Guidotti and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an overview of the hazards of firefighting, the health risks of exposure to combustion products that characterize firefighting, the science behind interpreting these risks for purposes of identifying diseases as work-related, and the legal and policy implications of adopting legislated “presumption” for purposes of compensation. The emphasis of the book will be on the risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease, traumatic hazards, and disabling psychosocial adjustment following major incidents. Several new studies have appeared recently, including the largest study of firefighters ever done, by the National Institute of Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH). They evidence supports the conclusion that firefighters face significant occupational health risks in addition to the obviously severe safety hazards.
Book Synopsis Understanding the Work of Nurse Theorists by : Kathleen Sitzman
Download or read book Understanding the Work of Nurse Theorists written by Kathleen Sitzman and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2011 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new and updated version of this best-selling resource! Jones and Bartlett Publisher's 2011 Nurse's Drug Handbook is the most up-to-date, practical, and easy-to-use nursing drug reference! It provides: Accurate, timely facts on hundreds of drugs from abacavir sulfate to Zyvox; Concise, consistently formatted drug entries organized alphabetically; No-nonsense writing style that speaks your language in terms you use everyday; Index of all generic, trade, and alternate drug names for quick reference. It has all the vital information you need at your fingertips: Chemical and therapeutic classes, FDA pregnancy risk category and controlled substance schedule; Indications and dosages, as well as route, onset, peak, and duration information; Incompatibilities, contraindications; interactions with drugs, food, and activities, and adverse reactions; Nursing considerations, including key patient-teaching points; Vital features include mechanism-of-action illustrations showing how drugs at the cellular, tissue, or organ levels and dosage adjustments help individualize care for elderly patients, patients with renal impairment, and others with special needs; Warnings and precautions that keep you informed and alert.
Book Synopsis Firefighters and Cancer by : Martha Dow
Download or read book Firefighters and Cancer written by Martha Dow and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Overcoming Implementation Barriers Within the Fire Service to Reduce Firefighter Cancer Rates by : John J. Haseney
Download or read book Overcoming Implementation Barriers Within the Fire Service to Reduce Firefighter Cancer Rates written by John J. Haseney and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Occupational cancer has become the leading cause of line-of-duty deaths within the United States fire service. This epidemic claims the lives of hundreds of firefighters each year, even though the fire service has developed best practices to prevent occupational cancers. This thesis identifies seven barriers that are preventing fire departments from implementing best practices: fire department culture, firefighters' ignorance of the disease and prevention methods, complacency caused by cancer's long latency periods, funding, pathways to compliance with national and departmental policies, groupthink, and motivation. To explain how fire departments can overcome these barrier,, this thesis examines the health and safety efforts that two departments have taken and reviews literature from other fire departments, national fire service organizations, subject-matter experts, researchers, and academic studies. This research shows that when fire departments provide their members with the proper tools, training, education, and awareness, they can rise to the occasion and implement best practices to prevent occupation-related cancer.
Book Synopsis Combating Tobacco Use in Military and Veteran Populations by : Institute of Medicine
Download or read book Combating Tobacco Use in Military and Veteran Populations written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-10-21 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The health and economic costs of tobacco use in military and veteran populations are high. In 2007, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DoD) requested that the Institute of Medicine (IOM) make recommendations on how to reduce tobacco initiation and encourage cessation in both military and veteran populations. In its 2009 report, Combating Tobacco in Military and Veteran Populations, the authoring committee concludes that to prevent tobacco initiation and encourage cessation, both DoD and VA should implement comprehensive tobacco-control programs.
Book Synopsis Surviving Mesothelioma and Other Cancers by : Paul Kraus
Download or read book Surviving Mesothelioma and Other Cancers written by Paul Kraus and published by Surviving Mesothelioma. This book was released on 2005 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In June 1997, Paul Kraus was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a very aggressive cancer, and given only a few months to live. More than eight years later, Mr. Kraus is alive with a good quality of life having rejected surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. Here, the author offers solid practical advice on: how to cope with the initial diagnosis; nutrition and diet; conventional and complementary therapies; the role of the mind in health and the principles of healing.--From publisher description.
Book Synopsis Comparison of Firefighter Cancer Risk Reduction Efforts in Selected U.S. Cities by : Jack R. Lilienthal
Download or read book Comparison of Firefighter Cancer Risk Reduction Efforts in Selected U.S. Cities written by Jack R. Lilienthal and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The findings indicated that while the awareness of increased cancer risks to firefighters was high, collectively fire departments were lacking in their efforts to address the problem of firefighter cancer risks by not employing comprehensive risk reduction policies.
Book Synopsis Research Methods in Occupational Epidemiology by : Harvey Checkoway
Download or read book Research Methods in Occupational Epidemiology written by Harvey Checkoway and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1989-05-25 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Occupational epidemiology has emerged as a distinct subdiscipline of epidemiology and occupational medicine, addressing fundamental public health and scientific questions relating to the specification of exposure-response relationships, assessment of the adequacy of occupational exposure guidelines, and extrapolation of hazardous effects to other settings. This book reviews the wide range of principles and methods used in epidemiologic studies of working populations. It describes the historical development of occupational epidemiology, the approaches to characterizing workplace exposures, and the methods for designing and implementing epidemiologic studies. The relative strengths and limitations of different study designs are emphasized. Also included are more advanced discussions of statistical analysis, the estimation of doses to biological targets, and applications of the data derived from occupational epidemiology studies to disease modeling and risk assessment. The volume will serve both as a textbook in epidemiology and occupational medicine courses and as a practical handbook for the design, implementation, and interpretation of research in this field.
Book Synopsis Surviving the Fire Service by : Todd LeDuc
Download or read book Surviving the Fire Service written by Todd LeDuc and published by Fire Engineering Books. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Firefighting is an inherently dangerous calling. Firefighters can be exposed to extreme environments from the firehouse to the fireground. Occupational health risks - occupational cancers, cardiovascular events, and behavioral health injuries - continue to be the scourge of the fire service. Surviving the Fire Service contains vital information about cancer, cardiovascular risk, medical exams and screening, nutrition, managing heat stress, women in the fire service, human performance and the tactical athlete and fireground survival. This book addresses how to manage and reduce risks in the fire service and use the tools you need to implement within your fire department to address each of these threats. Edited by Chief Todd J. LeDuc (ret.) CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS: --Susie Day, MS, PhD --Bryan Frieders, Firefighter Cancer Support Network --Michael Hamrock, MD --Denise Smith, PhD, FACSM --Stefanos Kales, MD, MPH, FACP, FACOEM --Gavin Horn, PhD --Sara Jahnke, PhD --Jeffery S. Johnson, Newport News (VA) Fire Chief --Adam LaReau, O2X founder --Frank Leto, captain, FDNY --Lori Moore-Merrell, International Public Safety Data Institute
Author :Douglas B. McGregor Publisher :Montréal : Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail du Québec ISBN 13 :9782551226894 Total Pages :21 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (268 download)
Book Synopsis Risk of Kidney Tumours in Firemen by : Douglas B. McGregor
Download or read book Risk of Kidney Tumours in Firemen written by Douglas B. McGregor and published by Montréal : Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail du Québec. This book was released on 2005 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Cancer Risk Among Firefighters by : Ash M. Genaidy
Download or read book Cancer Risk Among Firefighters written by Ash M. Genaidy and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work carried out in this research was initiated as a result of the inquiry of the State of Ohio Bureau of Worker's Compensation into the extent of cancer risk among firefighters. Because there is limited information on the availability of procedures for evaluation of the methodological qualities of observational studies, the goal of Part one was to develop and test a general purpose "Epidemiological Appraisal Instrument (EAI)" for evaluating existing studies using a critical appraisal system rooted in epidemiological principles. A pilot EAI version was developed and tested by a research team consisting of three epidemiologists, two physicians, and two biostatisticians. The EAI consisted of 43 questions grouped into six scales (reporting or study description, study execution, subject selection, measurement quality, data analysis, and generalization of results). The pilot version was further tested with respect to other raters with considerable and minimal background in epidemiology and biostatistics. A revised version was again developed and its criterion validity and reliability was examined. An assessor with basic background in epidemiology and biostatistics was shown to be able to correctly respond on four out of five questions. On average, the assessor performance improved with the quality of the article. The inter-rater degree of agreement was largely above 90% and the assessors resolved their differences in subsequent rounds. The preliminary application of EAI to meta-analysis suggests that the inclusion of the overall quality into the calculations may reduce heterogeneity and improve the meta-risk estimate. The EAI proved to be a valid (e.g., criterion validity between experienced epidemiologist and other assessors with considerable background in epidemiology and biostatistics) d reliable (e.g., inter-rater agreement) appraisal instrument that may be used in various applications, such as systematic reviews and meta-analyses. The goals of Part two were three-fold: (1) to systematically review and critically appraise studies on cancer risk among firefighters on the basis of sound epidemiological principles using the EAI, (2) to quantitatively determine the extent of cancer risk among firefighters using meta-analysis, and, (3) to assess the epidemiological evidence for causal relationship between working as a firefighter and excess cancer risks. A comprehensive search of electronic databases and bibliographies from identified articles was performed. The articles were critically evaluated through the use of the EAI. A meta-analysis was undertaken separately for mortality and morbidity studies, and for these studies combined. A fixed-effect model was adopted in the absence of heterogeneity; otherwise, a random-effects model was implemented. An assessment of epidemiological evidence for a causal relationship was conducted as a function of multiple criteria including pattern of meta-relative risk association, study quality, consistency among studies, risk factors (other than exposure), exposure-response relationships, and analogy (with respect to other occupational groups). The results of Part two indicated that retrospective cohort mortality and incidence studies were of similar quality, but proportionate mortality studies were of lower quality. There appear to be 'probable' likelihood of risk for multiple myeloma, and testicular and prostate cancers, and 'possible' likelihood of risk for cancers of the digestive system (i.e., stomach, colon, rectum), brain, and skin (including malignant melanoma), and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. In conclusion, the findings of this study indicate that firefighters may be at excess risk of cancer in selected sites. A prospective cohort study of firefighters from multiple geographic locations, with quantified risk factors for disease and job-related exposures, is needed to resolve these issues.
Author :Richard P. Gallagher Publisher :Cancer Control Agency of B.C. : Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia ISBN 13 : Total Pages :444 pages Book Rating :4.E/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Occupational Mortality in British Columbia, 1950-1984 by : Richard P. Gallagher
Download or read book Occupational Mortality in British Columbia, 1950-1984 written by Richard P. Gallagher and published by Cancer Control Agency of B.C. : Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia. This book was released on 1989 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Douglas B. McGregor Publisher :Montréal : Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail du Québec ISBN 13 :9782551226917 Total Pages :25 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (269 download)
Book Synopsis Risk of Urinary Bladder Tumours in Firemen by : Douglas B. McGregor
Download or read book Risk of Urinary Bladder Tumours in Firemen written by Douglas B. McGregor and published by Montréal : Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail du Québec. This book was released on 2005 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Long-Term Health Consequences of Exposure to Burn Pits in Iraq and Afghanistan by : Institute of Medicine
Download or read book Long-Term Health Consequences of Exposure to Burn Pits in Iraq and Afghanistan written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-10-31 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many veterans returning from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have health problems they believe are related to their exposure to the smoke from the burning of waste in open-air "burn pits" on military bases. Particular controversy surrounds the burn pit used to dispose of solid waste at Joint Base Balad in Iraq, which burned up to 200 tons of waste per day in 2007. The Department of Veterans Affairs asked the IOM to form a committee to determine the long-term health effects from exposure to these burn pits. Insufficient evidence prevented the IOM committee from developing firm conclusions. This report, therefore, recommends that, along with more efficient data-gathering methods, a study be conducted that would evaluate the health status of service members from their time of deployment over many years to determine their incidence of chronic diseases.
Book Synopsis Challenges and Emerging Issues on Firefighter’s Toxic Chemical Exposure: Smoke Chemicals, Contaminated PPE, and Off-gassing by : Guowen Song
Download or read book Challenges and Emerging Issues on Firefighter’s Toxic Chemical Exposure: Smoke Chemicals, Contaminated PPE, and Off-gassing written by Guowen Song and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2024-08-02 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toxic chemicals, either from fire ground combustion, contaminated PPE, or off-gassing from PPE material and chemical finishing have become the leading concern for the long-term health of firefighters. Exposure to fine smoke particles and toxic chemicals released from fire scenes can result in cancer, cardiovascular disease, and other pathological diseases, and minimizing this exposure has become a health priority for the firefighter. Firefighters face exposure to smoke at fire grounds and to contaminants in fire stations, vehicles, and even their homes because of resuspended fine particles or released volatile chemicals from contaminated PPE.
