Is the Combination of Organizational and Environmental Stressors Contributing to the Aging Process?

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• Personal Author:
  Cesar CLG ; Colacioppo S ; Fiorini AC ; Fischer FM ; Gozzoli L ; Krieg, Edward Jr. ; Lieber RR ; Montini A ; Morata, Thais C. ; Padrao MA ; Ventura G ; Willingford K ; Zavariz C
• Description:
  The interaction between workers and production processes is mediated by a number of factors, with distinctive complexities. The working environment are characterized by a group of interdependent stressors which interfere with the work itself and the health and well-being of the workers. Among the potential found in workplaces are their sound, thermal, lighting, and physical characteristics, the equipment used to perform the tasks, the work pace, pauses, working schedules, relations between colleagues, supervisors, etc. As Levi (1983) pointed out,"...the principles for workers' protection and health promotion should be based: on a comprehensive view of human beings and their environment, an ecological strategy, i.e. the consideration of the interaction between the entire individual and the entire environment (physical, chemical, psychosocial) and of the dynamics of the complex system; a continuous evaluation of the effects (physical, mental, social and economic) of different working environments and change in them, and a democratic strategy, giving individuals the greatest possible influence over their own situation..". The effects of combined environmental and organizational factors on workers' health and well-being have been investigated. Several studies showed that work demands can cause early health impairment and decrease in work ability (Ilmarinen, 1993; Tuomi, et al, 1991; Nygard, C.H. et al, 1991). The aim of this study was to explore the combined effects of environmental and organizational factors on several health outcomes in rotogravure printing industry workers from Sao Paulo, Brazil. This paper presents the results of self-report diagnosed diseases, which developed after workers started working at the studied plant. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Aging Environmental Health Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological Workplace
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Age-groups Environmental-factors Environmental-health Environmental-stress Mental-health Occupational-health Physical-stress Stress Work-analysis Work-environment Work-intervals Work-operations Work-practices Worker-health Workers Workplace-monitoring Workplace-studies

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• ISBN:
  9789518021929
• Publisher:
  Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DBBS - Division of Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  418-420
• Volume:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027868
• Citation:
  From Experience to Innovation. IEA'97, Vol. 5, Human-computer Interaction, Stress and Mental Load, Aging, Occupational Health, Proceedings of the 13th Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, Tampere, Finland, June 29-July 4, 1997. Seppala P, Luopajarvi T, Nygard H, Mattila M, eds. Helsinki, Finland: Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, 1997 Jun; 5:418-420
• Email:
  fmfische@usp.br
• Editor(s):
  Seppala P; Luopajarvi T; Nygard C-H; Mattila M
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  From Experience to Innovation. IEA'97, Vol. 5, Human-computer Interaction, Stress and Mental Load, Aging, Occupational Health, Proceedings of the 13th Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, Tampere, Finland, June 29-July 4, 1997
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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