Emine Aktas

Istanbul University Cerrahpasa, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing · Public Health Nursing

Abstract Background: Occupational skin diseases (OSDs) represent 10–40% of all occupational diseases in many industrialized countries. Young workers are frequently exposed to toxic substances and chemicals in the workplace. The occupational conditions of young workers can impose a high level of risk for the occurrence of OSDs. The Nordic Occupation...

The Omaha System is one of the most applicable classification systems and can be used effectively to recognize occupational health nurse(s) in practice. Describing occupational health nurse interventions and outcomes can be an example for planning care in a specific case such as hair stylist apprentices with hand eczema symptoms by using the Omaha...

Aim: This study was to describe the levels of psychosocial well-being and general health of international students during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus pandemic. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out on 155 international students during the early period of the pandemic through social media applications with using onli...

Objective The aims of the study were: (1) to clarify the definitions of “migrant” used in occupational health research; (2) to summarize migrant workers’ industry sectors, occupations and employment conditions; (3) to identify the occupational health and safety services available to migrant workers; (4) to summarize work-related health problems fou...

Aim This study aims to evaluate the knowledge and awareness of the nursing students taking the Public Health Nursing course about global warming, climate change, the impact on health and the role of the public health nurse. Design The study is a mixed method study that includes descriptive data and focus group discussions on global warming, the ef...

Background and Objectives: The universities are including students, academic staff and administrative staff in different field working so in these services may experience health problems due to different occupational risks. In this context, occupational health nurses in health care unit has an important role to prevent health risks and treat health...

Background and objectives: Many studies indicate that the nursing students have higher risks of suffering occupational exposures than graduate nurses. To understand of knowledge and attitudes of nursing students, and increase their awareness related to occupational safety and health (OSH) OHS before they start their working life is important for pl...

Intensive care units (ICU) are known as having high ergonomic risks in terms of work environment and working conditions. ICU nurses are more likely to have musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) related to ergonomic risks when compared to nurses in other clinics. Activities purposing to prevent and monitor the ergonomic risks of the ICU nurses must consid...

Background: Occupational skin diseases are the one of the most frequent diseases in many industrialized countries. The studies about skin disease (SD) on young workers were limited. Objectives: In this study, we aim to evaluate the prevalence of SD symptoms and related risk factors among young workers in high-risk occupations. Methods: This cr...

Background: Eczema is the most frequent occupational skin diseases (OSDs) in many industrialized countries. The studies about OSDs on young working were limited and not used standardized methods.Omaha System(OS) is one of the most suitable classification systems in nursing.Evaluating the effectiveness of OHN interventions by using OS can be an exam...

Background: Occupational health nurses (OHN) roles and scope of practices drive change in the line with new regulations in health policies, and workers' current health care needs. Therefore, there is a need to determine traditional, current and future roles and practices in accordance with new health care approach. Aim: This research is a report...

Background: Cervical and breast cancers are the commonest cancers among women, and breast cancer is rarely seen among men. The workplace has been deemed a suitable and important location for educating and screening about cancer for workers. It is more critical to focus on early determination of these cancers in worker population. Therefore, cancer...

alışma yaşamı insan sağlığını olumsuz etkileyen pekçok tehlike ve risk içer-mektedir. Bilimsel ve teknolojik gelişmeler oldukça fazla sayıda yeni işkolları ve üretim tekniklerinin oluşmasına neden olmuştur. Bunun sonucunda çalı-şanlar yeni risklerle daha çok karşılaşmaya başlamıştır. Günümüzde çalışanlar yap-tıkları iş ve çalışma ortamlarından kayn...

Preparing nursing students to achieve informatics competencies is essential in today's information-intensive healthcare delivery systems. This study aimed to provide hands-on informatics experience to nursing students and to identify the frequency and type of home care clients' health problems, nursing interventions, and outcomes using a standardiz...

Background and objectives: Skin diseases are among the most frequent occupational diseases in many industrialized countries. Especially contact dermatitis is the most common chronic occupational skin diseases (OSDs) affecting hands or forearms. Young workers are more vulnerable to risk factors arising from work environment. There is a need to dete...

Background and objectives: Occupational accidents and deaths are the most important health problems of workers. Approximately, 72,000 occupational accidents occur each year, and 1,000 cases end with deaths. The most important issue of the occupational accidents is that they are preventable. Occupational health nurse is responsible for the preventio...

Background and objectives: Port services (loading, unloading, transshipment etc.) and terminal services (gate input / output, examination, full detected filling / discharging, transshipment etc.) are offered in port operation. People who work in these services may get health problems and work accident in relation with different occupational risk....

ÖZ Amaç: Bu sistematik inceleme, çalışanların; beslenme, fiziksel aktivite ve sigara kullanma gibi sağlık davranışlarını ve etkileyen faktörleri araştıran çalışmaları sistematik olarak incelemek amacıyla planlanmıştır. Yöntem: Bu çalışmanın evrenini, Scirus, Pubmed ve Digital Archives veri tabanları taranarak ulaşılan 2900 makale oluşturmuştur. İnc...