Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 5 · Licensed source edition
Occupational risk perceived by pregnant workers: proposal for an assessment tool for health professionals
Originally published 2020-12-11 · Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Trabalho
Associação Nacional de Medicina do Trabalho · DOI 10.47626/1679-4435-2020-550 ↗
Working-family evidence
Work, care and the whole person.
Builds a tool that includes workers’ own perceptions of hazards and needed adjustments, giving employee voice a place in occupational assessment.
Directly examines work and family life, parenting, caregiving or employment policies for families.
Editorial reading guide · Respect
Are we listening to the pregnant employee’s own account of work risks?
Builds a tool that includes workers’ own perceptions of hazards and needed adjustments, giving employee voice a place in occupational assessment.
Study context
A proposed 28-question assessment piloted with 15 pregnant women, informed by occupational-health sources.
Age / stage: Pregnant and lactating workers.
Read with three questions
- Which chemical, physical, biological, ergonomic and accident categories were included?
- What did the instrument ask about work difficulties and antenatal leave?
- What reliability and outcome validation would be needed beyond a 15-person pilot?
Keep the limits in view
An instrument-development pilot does not demonstrate clinical validity, exposure accuracy or prevention effectiveness; worker perceptions complement rather than replace specialist assessment.
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Nathália Beatriz Manara Lellis; Valmir Azevedo; Sergio Roberto de Lucca; Marcelo Pustiglione; Marcia Cristina Bandini (2020). Occupational risk perceived by pregnant workers: proposal for an assessment tool for health professionals Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Trabalho. https://doi.org/10.47626/1679-4435-2020-550
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