Hospital facilities are normally, very complex, which combined with patient requirements promote conditions for potential development of uncomfortable working conditions. The work in hospitals is likely to damage health resulting in occupational accidents and diseases. In this sense, a project focused on Environmental and Occupational Health in Hospital Context was developed to be a contribution to understand t...
A prevenção de riscos profissionais é um desafio para Pequenas e Médias Empresas (PMEs). Estas são frequentemente associadas a um pior desempenho ao nível da prevenção dos acidentes de trabalho e das doenças profissionais. Ao longo deste trabalho mostramos que o desempenho de Segurança e Saúde no Trabalho (SST) se encontra relacionado com fatores organizacionais e de gestão, bem como com fatores individuais. Du...
The aim of this study was to translate and validate the Portuguese version of the 11-item Brief Norwegian Safety Climate Inventory (Brief NORSCI) to Portuguese language and test its validity and reliability in a Portuguese LPG plant. The validity was assessed by an Exploratory Factorial Analysis (EFA). The test-retest reliability and internal consistency were determined by using the Intraclass Correlation Coeff...
Em resposta à pandemia de COVID-19, as instituições do ensino superior adotaram um conjunto de medidas para garantir um ensino presencial seguro, prevenindo potenciais surtos. Contudo, a efetividade das medidas implementadas está dependente da adoção dos comportamentos preventivos pelos estudantes. Também é importante considerar que os estudantes do ensino superior são em geral jovens, muitas vezes deslocados, ...
The design of neonatal intensive care units (NICU) influences both patient safety and clinical outcomes as well as the acoustic conditions. In NICU exposure to sound pressure levels above the recommended can affect both neonates and healthcare staff. This study aimed to evaluate the sound pressure levels and to assess noise perception of professionals in a NICU before and after structural modifications and layo...
The oil and gas sector is one of the high-risk sectors. In this sector, catastrophic accidents are not the only problem, since occupational accidents and injuries are equally important. Safety climate has been pointed as an important factor related to the companies’ safety performance. However, interventions to improve it are still limited. The present study aims to design and implement an intervention and asse...
Turismo assume um papel cada vez mais importante quer ao nível económico, ambiental, cultural e social e o seu crescimento nos últimos anos tem sido bastante significativo tornando-o um “motor” para o desenvolvimento Mundial. Apesar dos aspetos positivos, o turismo provoca impactos negativos com o seu aumento, nomeadamente ao nível ambiental. Como tal torna-se cada vez mais importante a consciencialização de um...
Portugal é considerado o maior consumidor de peixe por habitante da União Europeia e o terceiro maior do mundo. O consumo de peixe em Portugal (55,6 kg / per capita / ano) é mais do que o dobro do consumo médio na Europa. Os principais riscos biológicos estão associados à presença de bactérias, vírus, biotoxinas, histamina e parasitas. Anisakis simplex é um parasita cujas larvas no terceiro estágio infetam o pe...
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the relevance of public health professionals all over the world, in particular Environmental Health Practitioners (EHPs), who played a major role in the containment of the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. However, as in past disasters, their involvement was oriented towards urgent tasks, and did not fully utilize EHPs’ competences and skills. Additionally, due to limited resource...
Indoor environmental conditions in neonatal intensive care units, such noise levels above the recommended, may induce some risks, not only for preterm infants’ development, but also for health care staff. The aim of this work is to summarize some good practices guidelines that can be followed by health care staff in a daily basis, which are intended to promote noise reduction in neonatal intensive care units. I...