Skin cancer risk perception and sun protection behavior at work, at leisure, and on sun holidays: a survey for Danish outdoor and indoor workers

BACKGROUND@#To prevent occupational skin cancer, it is essential that the sun-protective behavior of outdoor workers is adequate. The aim is to study the sun-protective behavior of Danish outdoor workers at work, at leisure, and on sun holiday and compare it to that of indoor workers.@*METHODS@#This is a cross-sectional study, based on a 53-item survey completed by Danish outdoor (n = 380) and indoor workers (n = 119) in 2016-2017. Status as outdoor or indoor worker was decided based on self-report and behavioral differences were tested using (paired) t tests and multiple regression adjusted for age, sex, educational level, history of smoking, and skin type.@*RESULTS@#Danish outdoor workers at work use sun protection less than they do at leisure and on sun holiday (α  80.0% agree that risk of skin cancer is reduced by the use of sun protection, and only 4.0% dismiss the possibility of sun protection use at work.@*CONCLUSIONS@#Skin cancer risk and use of sun protection at work are largely neglected in Danish outdoor workers, more so than at leisure and on sun holiday where their risk behavior resembles that of indoor workers. This indicates an untapped workplace preventive potential.

Primary Health Care and General Practitioners in Denmark Generating a High Level of National Happiness: A Study Tour to a Leading Country for Family Medicine / 日本プライマリ・ケア連合学会誌

Every year, we tour a leading country for family medicine with new trainees and staff who join the Department of Community and Family Medicine at Fukushima Medical University. This time we visited Denmark. In Denmark, General Practitioners (GPs) see their patients by a list system. GPs work as a gatekeeper and solve many kinds of health problems. GP training is a 5-year program, and the training system is well established. It is usual for both GP trainees and their partners to work and raise their children during the training.

Historical Demography of Iceland.

Knowledge of the seasonal variation in births and deaths during normal years is important for analyses of the effects of wars, famines, epidemics or similar privations on these variables. In studies of seasonality, multiple trigonometric regression models are more flexible than the simple sine curve. The seasonal variation in mortality in Iceland, 1856-1990, shows a strong secular decrease, and a connection between this and the epidemiological transition is considered. Comparisons with findings in other European countries are made. The temporal trends in Iceland of the birth components; the twinning rate, the still birth rate and the secondary sex ratio, are presented and compared with the corresponding values in neighbouring countries. No marked differences were emerged.

Brief introduction of hospital pharmacy in Denmark / 药学实践杂志

Objective Brief introduced the difference of pharmaceutical service between Denmark and China by personal ex -perience.Methods Difference was elicited by the inspection among the main hospitals , logistic unit, pharmaceutical department of u-niversity and the research institution in the Region of Copenhagen , Capital of Denmark .Results Much difference exists between the two countries , like the organization , pharmacy configuration , regional planning , information management , and the educational train-ing, etc.Conclusion Deriving from the economic , environment and regime , the Danish pharmaceutical service is different from ours in various aspects .However , we can learn from its free health system well to facilitate our pharmaceutical service .