Equivalent in the realm of physical exposure would be intervention only in workers vulnerable to disease associated with a chemical or physical exposure.
Notwithstanding these interventions, the rural urban disparities in human resource distribution and quality health care delivery persist, raising concerns on the effectiveness of these interventions in motivating healthcare workers to accept posting to deprived areas [6, 7].
More recently Zambia has seen bundles of interventions in their health worker retention scheme which includes financial incentives and career development opportunities in addition to those mentioned earlier.
17 20 In a Dutch study, workplace intervention alone enhanced RTW in workers sick-listed 2 6 weeks due to low back pain.
16 18 Loisel et al 18 were able to show that an occupational intervention combined with clinical intervention was clearly superior to a clinical intervention alone in enhancing RTW in workers with low back pain-related work disability lasting for more than 4 weeks.
Below we introduce five behavioral economics principles and suggest specific ways in which intervention workers in under-resourced settings or policymakers may apply these concepts to PMTCT interventions to address the utilization and retention challenges that currently impede progress towards the goal of eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
Exposure-in-vivo containing interventions can improve work functioning in workers with OCD and PTSD better compared to various other anxiety treatments or a waiting-list.
This study can also provide valuable information to the small body of knowledge from the few studies that focus on effective interventions for return to work in workers on sick leave in the sub-acute phase.
In occupational health, although several search filters have been developed to locate studies on return to work, 10 occupational health interventions 11 and work participation in workers with a chronic disease, 12 these are not specificaly targeted toward the topic of disability evaluation.
There have generally been very few preventive interventions in Zambia targeting sex workers with dedicated clinics and peer education, and Corridors of Hope, the only provider in Livingstone, has now closed down its activities.
