Basic Occupational Health Services for Agricultural Workers in the South of Iran

The agricultural sector has by far the world’s largest labour force, there are more than one billion workers in this industry worldwide, which contains half of the total world labour force. On the other hand, agriculture is one of the most hazardous occupations, and many workers suffer occupational...

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Autores principales:	Ramin Tabibi, Shahram Tarahomi, Seyed Mohammad Ebrahimi, Ali-Asghar Valipour, Sasan Ghorbani-Kalkhajeh, Shokat Tajzadeh, Davood Panahi, Shahrzad Soltani, Kenesh O. Dzhsupov, Maryam Sokooti
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Publicado:	Ubiquity Press 2018
Materias:	Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5b8e455a423242b4b2279ef275a1f8aa2021-12-02T04:21:57ZBasic Occupational Health Services for Agricultural Workers in the South of Iran2214-999610.29024/aogh.2312https://doaj.org/article/5b8e455a423242b4b2279ef275a1f8aa2018-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/2312https://doaj.org/toc/2214-9996The agricultural sector has by far the world’s largest labour force, there are more than one billion workers in this industry worldwide, which contains half of the total world labour force. On the other hand, agriculture is one of the most hazardous occupations, and many workers suffer occupational accidents and ill health each year. Farming and animal breeding are associated with exposure to a wide variety of risk factors, including zoonotic agents, dust, elements of the thermal environment, noise, vibration and chemicals. Although half of the world’s population are economically active and spend at least one third of their time in the workplace, only 15% of the workers have access to basic occupational health services. According to a WHO report, Iran has a well-structured health care system through which basic health care services are available to the entire population, and health indicators in Iran have consistently improved. The agricultural health program in Iran is being carried out in the cities and rural areas, and occupational health services are mainly integrated into the health network. This paper aims to describe the health care system and basic occupational health services (BOHs) available to 5,300 agricultural enterprises with 8,380 employees in the cities of Abadan, Khorramshahr and Shadegan in the Abadan region (Abadan, Khoramshahr and Shadegan districts), in the south of Iran.Ramin TabibiShahram TarahomiSeyed Mohammad EbrahimiAli-Asghar ValipourSasan Ghorbani-KalkhajehShokat TajzadehDavood PanahiShahrzad SoltaniKenesh O. DzhsupovMaryam SokootiUbiquity PressarticleInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENAnnals of Global Health, Vol 84, Iss 3, Pp 465-469 (2018)
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spellingShingle	Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Ramin Tabibi Shahram Tarahomi Seyed Mohammad Ebrahimi Ali-Asghar Valipour Sasan Ghorbani-Kalkhajeh Shokat Tajzadeh Davood Panahi Shahrzad Soltani Kenesh O. Dzhsupov Maryam Sokooti Basic Occupational Health Services for Agricultural Workers in the South of Iran
description	The agricultural sector has by far the world’s largest labour force, there are more than one billion workers in this industry worldwide, which contains half of the total world labour force. On the other hand, agriculture is one of the most hazardous occupations, and many workers suffer occupational accidents and ill health each year. Farming and animal breeding are associated with exposure to a wide variety of risk factors, including zoonotic agents, dust, elements of the thermal environment, noise, vibration and chemicals. Although half of the world’s population are economically active and spend at least one third of their time in the workplace, only 15% of the workers have access to basic occupational health services. According to a WHO report, Iran has a well-structured health care system through which basic health care services are available to the entire population, and health indicators in Iran have consistently improved. The agricultural health program in Iran is being carried out in the cities and rural areas, and occupational health services are mainly integrated into the health network. This paper aims to describe the health care system and basic occupational health services (BOHs) available to 5,300 agricultural enterprises with 8,380 employees in the cities of Abadan, Khorramshahr and Shadegan in the Abadan region (Abadan, Khoramshahr and Shadegan districts), in the south of Iran.
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author	Ramin Tabibi Shahram Tarahomi Seyed Mohammad Ebrahimi Ali-Asghar Valipour Sasan Ghorbani-Kalkhajeh Shokat Tajzadeh Davood Panahi Shahrzad Soltani Kenesh O. Dzhsupov Maryam Sokooti
author_facet	Ramin Tabibi Shahram Tarahomi Seyed Mohammad Ebrahimi Ali-Asghar Valipour Sasan Ghorbani-Kalkhajeh Shokat Tajzadeh Davood Panahi Shahrzad Soltani Kenesh O. Dzhsupov Maryam Sokooti
author_sort	Ramin Tabibi
title	Basic Occupational Health Services for Agricultural Workers in the South of Iran
title_short	Basic Occupational Health Services for Agricultural Workers in the South of Iran
title_full	Basic Occupational Health Services for Agricultural Workers in the South of Iran
title_fullStr	Basic Occupational Health Services for Agricultural Workers in the South of Iran
title_full_unstemmed	Basic Occupational Health Services for Agricultural Workers in the South of Iran
title_sort	basic occupational health services for agricultural workers in the south of iran
publisher	Ubiquity Press
publishDate	2018
url	https://doaj.org/article/5b8e455a423242b4b2279ef275a1f8aa
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Basic Occupational Health Services for Agricultural Workers in the South of Iran

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