Stress. The parties agree that recognizing, minimizing and coping with stress are essential parts of employee wellness. Management will make every effort to provide annual training on stress reduction and will make information available on the agency website regarding stress reduction. This will be a part of the SSA Wellness Program. The designated health and safety representative may initiate an annual discussion with local management on reducing stress in the workplace. The Agency will not pay for travel and per diem for these discussions. Employees who feel they are experiencing harmful levels of job related stress may contact employee counseling services. The issue of stress reduction will be an appropriate agenda item for health and safety committees.
Stress. Load Testing. You are responsible to perform stress/load testing on all Custom Services prior to deployment.
Stress. 8. Contacts
Stress. Principles Danone and IUF recall the definition of stress adopted by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work: “A state of stress occurs when there is unbalance between someone’s perception of the constraints due to work environment and one’s perception of one’s own resources to cope with those constraints. Individuals are capable of managing short term pressure but they experience great difficulties under continuous or repeated exposure to intense pressures. Moreover, different individuals can react differently to similar situations, and the same individual can, at different moments of his life, react differently to similar situations. Stress can reduce efficiency at work and be the cause of severe health problems”. Danone must include stress and psycho-social risks in occupational risks and undertakes to take them into account in its company health policy. The object of this Agreement is to fix a general framework which must be adapted to each country to prevent, detect, avoid, and treat cases of stress at work by: • increasing awareness and understanding of stress by the company, employees and their representatives; • drawing their attention to signs likely to indicate problems of stress at work, as early as possible; • finding a system of working within Danone companies that reduces factors that generate stress.
Stress. 5. Any disease;
Stress. Although no clear definition of stress exists38, it has been linked to a whole range of diseases including multiple sclerosis39, asthma40 and risk factors for cardiovascular disease.41 In migraine, both mental and physical stressors are frequently reported as trigger factor. In retrospective questionnaire studies between 30.5% and 81.8% of patients reported psychosocial stressors as trigger factor, whereas between 15.5% and 43.1% of patients identified physical stressors as possible trigger factor (Table 2). Also prospective studies using diaries suggest a positive association between mental stress and migraine.42,43 However, this seemingly apparent association between stress and migraine is difficult to replicate in observational and experimental studies using biological stress parameters such as cortisol and cardiovascular parameters. In experimental studies no difference was found in cardiovascular response between the migraine attack and the inter-ictal state.44,45 General introduction Table 2 Potential trigger factors for migraine. Trigger factor Response rate* Range (%) Food products24-30,119 Various food items 10 – 36 Missing a meal 0.9 – 55.8 Chocolate 0 – 22.5 Wine 1.4 Alcohol 20 Dairy products 18.5 Caffeine (withdrawal) 6.4 Atmospheric24-29,120 Weather changes 6.9 – 52.3 Sunlight exposure 4.2 – 38 Altitude/ hypoxia Chinook winds Smoking 2 – 26 Stress24-30,121 Psychosocial 30.5 – 81.8 Physical 15.5 – 43.1 Vacation and travel 8 – 54.6 Female Hormones24-30,122 Menstruation 20.7 – 53.5 Pharmacological Nitroglycerin55,56,78,116,123-129 20 -83% Sildenafil58 83 Dipyridamole130 50 Histamine64 50 M-chlorophenylpiperazine59 Calcitonin gene related peptide61 53 33.3 Acetazolamide65 Prostaglandine E168 Not tested in RCT Not tested in RCT Reserpine69 Not tested in RCT Calcineurin inhibitors70 Not tested in RCT Polidocanol foam71 Not tested in RCT Other Sleep (lack or excess) 72 31 – 52.4 Visual stimulation73 Cerebral angiography72 Sexual activity74 0 – 11 Use of personal computer24 6.6 *Response rate are based on findings in questionnaire studies, prospective diary studies or experimental provocation studies. regel 1 regel 2 regel 3 regel 4 regel 5 regel 6 regel 7 regel 8 regel 9 regel 10 regel 11 regel 12 regel 13 regel 14 regel 15 regel 16 regel 17 regel 18 regel 19 regel 20 regel 21 regel 22 regel 23 regel 24 regel 25 regel 26 regel 27 regel 28 regel 29 regel 30 regel 31 regel 32 regel 33 regel 34 regel 35 regel 36 regel 37 regel 38 regel 39 General introd...
Stress. Figure 2. Mean and standard deviation DASS (Depression, anxiety and stress scale) score for high CVD risk groups (grey bars) defined by physical activity level, smoking status and hypertension in comparison to respective normative groups (white bars). *Significant difference from normal-risk group (p<0.05). A * 25 20 Mean Postive Affect Score 15 10 5 0 Physical Activity B Smoking Status Blood Pressure * * Mean Negative Affect Score 15 5 0 Physical Activity Smoking Status Blood Pressure Figure 3. Mean and standard deviation positive affect (Panel A) and negative affect (Panel B) score for high CVD risk groups (grey bars) defined by physical activity level, smoking status and hypertension in comparison to respective normative groups (white bars). *Significant difference from normal-risk group (p<0.05). A Autonomy * * Relatedness * * Competence * * B Autonomy Relatedness Competence Autonomy * Relatedness * Competence C Frustration Satisfaction
Stress. The Parties shall, within ninety (90) days, establish a joint labor-management committee with equal representation, with a neutral chair, to study the sources of stress in the workplace and to make recommendations for action, within one (1) year of its establishment, to the management official with responsibility for workplace Safety and productivity and the NJC Chairman. Included among the agenda items shall be further work, with inspector involvement, in defining the biomechanical demands imposed by the inspection job, and means of their alleviation through workplace redesign. Both recipients shall respond in writing within ninety (90) days of receipt, to
Stress. This is one aspect which is relevant to both general health and to health at work. A certain amount of pressure is part of the daily routine and without it no-one can perform to their optimum capability. But again moderation is essential and situations which produce excessive amounts of tension should be avoided. Employees should try to find time in each day just to relax, and have time just for themselves. It is also a good habit to carry on after the pregnancy. Exercise Exercise is beneficial to muscles, heart and lungs. If there are no complicating factors during the pregnancy, most forms of exercise which were undertaken prior to the pregnancy may be continued for as long as it is comfortable to do so. Any particular strenuous activity should be discussed during your ante-natal visit for individual advice. Lifting and Handling As with stress, lifting and handling is another area which overlaps between home and work and where there are no hard and fast rules. How much or how little lifting may be undertaken is very much dependant on the individual, her present state of health and any past history of pregnancy difficulties. Generally, heavy lifting should be avoided and a pregnant employee should not be asked to lift “heavy” loads e.g. children, equipment, etc. (Consult the Manual Handling Section of the Health, Safety and Risk Management Handbook). Most other tasks around the home and at work may be carried out unless advised to the contrary by the ante-natal clinic or hospital. Obviously, increasing size as the pregnancy progresses will curtail activities in a natural way.
