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| National Hazard Exposure Worker Surveillance (NHEWS): Survey Handbook (PDF 333kB) |
Format: PDF
Publication Date: Nov 2008
Document Size: 333 kB
ISBN: 978 0 642 32776 5 (PDF online)
Type: Report |
This document describes the purpose of the NHEWS survey; sources of individual questions and rationale behind questions selected for inclusion in the final survey instrument. It also describes the sampling and analytical strategies for Wave 1 & 2 data collection undertaken in 2008. |
National Hazard Exposure Worker Surveillance (NHEWS) Survey: 2008 Results Revised March 2009 (PDF 768kB) |
Format: PDF
Publication Date: Updated March 2009
Document Size: 768 kB
ISBN: 978 0 642 32787 1 (PDF online)
Type: Report |
The purpose of the National Hazard Exposure Worker Surveillance Survey was to gather information to guide decision makers in developing prevention initiatives that will ultimately lead to a reduction in occupational disease. (Revised March 2009) |
| Occupational Health and Safety Risk Factors for Rural and Metropolitan Nurses: Comparative Results from a National Nurses Survey (PDF 323kB) |
Format: PDF
Publication Date: Nov 2008
Document Size: 323 kB
ISBN: 978 0 642 32817 5 (PDF online)
Type: Survey Results |
The national survey identified differences in perceived occupational hazards for rural and remote nurses, compared to their metropolitan counterparts, which largely reflect differences in nurses’ occupational and workplace profiles |
| Occupational Health and Safety Risk Factors for Rural and Metropolitan Nurses: Comparative Results from a National Nurses Survey |
Format: RTF
Publication Date: Nov 2008
Document Size: 1.3 MB
ISBN: 978 0 642 32823 6 (RTF online)
Type: Survey Results |
| Disability and Employment in the Australian Labour Market |
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This project set out to identify the socio-economic conditions and the disincentives people with disabilities (in particular those with work related disabilities) face in the Australian labour market, using data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey. |
| Overweight and Obesity: Implications for Workplace Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation (PDF 313kB) |
Format: PDF
Publication Date: Aug 2008
Document Size: 313 kB
ISBN: 978 0 642 32840 3
Type: Scoping Paper |
This paper briefly scopes out the potential impacts of obesity on occupational health and safety and workers’ compensation in Australia. |
| Collecting Surveillance Data on Risks for Occupational Contact Dermatitis (PDF 615kB) |
Format: PDF
Publication Date: Jul 008
Document Size: 615 kB
ISBN: 978 0 642 32798 7 |
Brief Overview of Occupational Contact Dermatitis |
| Benchmarking of Exposures to Wood Dust and Formaldehyde in Selected Industries in Australia (PDF 340kB) |
Format: PDF
Publication Date: Jul 2008
Document Size: 340 kB
ISBN: 978 0 642 32804 5 |
This project was one of a series of concept studies to examine options for the collection of occupational disease hazard surveillance data. |
| Benchmarking of Noise Exposures in Selected South Australian workplaces Part of a Stakeholder Compliance Campaign (PDF 233kB) |
Format: PDF
Publication Date: Jul 2008
Document Size: 233 kB
ISBN: 978 0 642 32810 6 |
Noise data surveillance was carried out in South Australian workplaces to find a satisfactory method of gathering workplace noise exposure data that could be used to construct a national noise exposure data base. |
| The Health of Nations: The Value of a Statistical Life (PDF 1.64MB) |
Format: PDF
Publication Date: Jul 2008
Document Size: 1.64 MB
ISBN: 978 0 642 32816 8 |
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| Occupational Exposures in Australian Nurses (PDF 1.43MB) |
Format: PDF
Publication Date: Jul 2008
Document Size: 1.43 MB
ISBN: 978 0 642 32773 4 |
This study examines several concept issues relating to the surveillance project, using nurses as a focus. |
| Occupational Exposures in Australian Nurses: Methodology Report (PDF 1.43MB) |
Format: PDF
Publication Date: Jul 2008
Document Size: 1.43 MB
ISBN: 978 0 642 32779 6 |
This report focuses on the methods used for collecting occupational exposures in a study of Australian nurses. |
| A Review of Key Characteristics That Determine the Efficacy of OHS Instruments (PDF 1.2MB) |
Format: PDF
Publication Date: Jul 2008
Document Size: 1.2 MB
ISBN: 978 0 642 32778 9 |
The principal aim of this report was to review key characteristics that determine the efficacy of OHS codes of practice and guidance materials and, in so doing, fill some gaps in the knowledge base about them. |