National Estimates of Home Care Workers Nonfatal Emergency Department-Treated Injuries, United States 2015-2020.

Objective: Home care workers (HCWs) are a critical resource contributing to the well-being of others. Presented are data on HCWs nonfatal emergency department (ED)-treated injuries.

Methods: Nonfatal injuries among HCWs were extracted from the NEISS-Work data between 2015 and 2020.

Nonfatal Occupational Injuries to Younger Workers - United States, 2012-2018.

Adolescents and young adults represent approximately 13% of the U.S. workforce (1).

Reproducibility and validity of a handheld spirometer.

Background: Handheld spirometers have several advantages over desktop spirometers, but worries persist regarding reproducibility and validity of data from handheld spirometers. We undertook an independent examination of the EasyOne handheld spirometer.

Methods: The laboratory testing included reproducibility and validity testing with a waveform generator.

The frequency of workplace exacerbation among health maintenance organisation members with asthma.

Objectives: Workplace conditions can potentially contribute to the worsening of asthma, yet it is unclear what percentage of adults with asthma experience workplace exacerbation of symptoms. The objective of this investigation was to determine the prevalence of workplace exacerbation of asthma (WEA).

Methods: Adults with asthma aged 18-44 were enrolled into the baseline survey of a longitudinal study.

Workplace exacerbation of asthma symptoms: findings from a population-based study in Maine.

In this population-based study of asthma in the State of Maine, the authors investigated how often asthma symptoms were exacerbated in the workplace. Participants from 5 hospital service areas in Maine completed a telephone questionnaire. Of 474 adult participants (18-65 yr of age) employed during the preceding year and for whom information on occupation and industry was available, 64 (13.

Work-related reactive airways dysfunction syndrome cases from surveillance in selected US states.

The objective was to elaborate the descriptive epidemiology of work-related cases of reactive airways dysfunction syndrome (RADS). Cases of work-related asthma (WRA) were identified in four states in the United States during 1993-1995 as part of the Sentinel Event Notification Systems for Occupational Risks (SENSOR). Information gathered by follow-back interview was used to describe 123 work-related RADS cases and to compare them to 301 other WRA cases whose onset of disease was associated with a known asthma inducer.

Nonfatal logging-related injuries in West Virginia.

A survey was conducted via mail among West Virginia certified loggers to determine the number of nonfatal, logging-related injuries received during the past 12 months that required medical attention or restricted job ability. Loggers were asked to describe injuries, safety training, and protective equipment use. Thirty percent (546/1816) responded to the survey, and 9% (42/481) of those directly involved in logging operations reported injuries.

Comparison of domestic violence screening methods: a pilot study.

Study Objective: Previous studies have indicated a number of barriers to screening for domestic violence (DV) in an emergency department setting. These barriers result in inconsistencies which determine who is screened as well as the content and quality of the information obtained, and if uncontrolled they are likely to affect measurements of DV incidence in ED populations. The objectives of this project were to design a screening tool that circumvented these barriers and sources of error; to assess whether such an alternative method of screening for DV was acceptable to our patients; and to determine whether the alternative and traditional methods of screening for DV would yield comparable results.

Injury in West Virginia: a statewide survey.

Objective: To determine an estimate of the period prevalence of medically attended injury in West Virginia via a statewide random telephone survey.

Methods: A statewide random telephone survey, the West Virginia Social Indicator Survey (WVSIS), was modified to incorporate questions regarding the incidence and mechanisms of injury. The WVSIS is periodically conducted on a representative cross-section of West Virginians to gather information about their social and economic conditions as well as to monitor change in the quality of their lives over time.