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. 2024 May 28;3(2):33-39.
doi: 10.1097/PXH.0000000000000035. eCollection 2024 Jun.

Total worker health® based Helicobacter pylori public health prevention strategy

Guillermo Fernandez-Tardon  1 , Rick Kye Gan  2 , Marta-Maria Rodriguez-Suarez  1 , Adonina Tardon  1 , Pedro Arcos-González  2
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Total worker health® based Helicobacter pylori public health prevention strategy

Guillermo Fernandez-Tardon et al. Curr Opin Epidemiol Public Health. .

Abstract

Purpose of review: This review aims to explore the public health approach for Helicobacter pylori Infection Prevention within the Total Worker Health (TWH) framework strategy.

Recent findings: The review identifies certain occupations considered high-risk groups for H. pylori infection. It underscores primary, secondary, and tertiary public health preventive measures align with the TWH approach. Within this framework, the role of raising awareness, emphasizing infection control, worker hygiene, risk assessment, and ensuring healthcare accessibility is emphasized. The importance of early detection, treatment, eradication, and a TWH approach emerges as a central theme. The TWH approach offers a holistic perspective, intertwining occupation-related health risks with overall health and well being.

Summary: Adopting the TWH approach, coupled with household-based infection control and eradication strategies, can significantly reduce H. pylori prevalence, fostering a healthier workforce and diminishing long-term healthcare costs. The review underscores the importance of recognizing H. pylori as an occupational disease. It calls for further research into the "one-health" perspective on H. pylori transmission dynamics.

Keywords: helicobacter pylori; occupational health promotion; public health prevention; total worker health.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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