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Fernando G. Benavides

Fernando G. Benavides

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Social Sciences and Humanities
Spain
2022

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
58
Citations
12437
World Ranking
1657
National Ranking
13

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Fernando G. Benavides is affiliated with Pompeu Fabra University in Spain and has a research profile focused on health professions with particular attention to occupational and workplace health issues.

Their work spans numerous publications primarily in the fields of general health professions, health, occupational therapy, social psychology, and radiological and ultrasound technology. The main research topics covered include:

  • Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Occupational Health and Safety in Workplaces
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Stress and Burnout Research
  • Occupational Health and Safety Research
  • Retirement, Disability, and Employment

Fernando G. Benavides has contributed to several key journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Gaceta Sanitaria
  • Archivos de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • BMC Public Health

The scientist's notable recent papers include:

  • "Fiber burden and asbestos-related diseases: an umbrella review" (2021) in Gaceta Sanitaria
  • "La salud de los trabajadores y la COVID-19" (2020) in Archivos de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales
  • "Informal employment, precariousness, and decent work: from research to preventive action" (2022) in Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health
  • "Sociopolitical values and social institutions: Studying work and health equity through the lens of political economy" (2021) in SSM - Population Health
  • "Health inequity in workers of Latin America and the Caribbean" (2020) in International Journal for Equity in Health

The research network of Fernando G. Benavides includes frequent collaborations with authors such as Michael Silva-Peñaherrera, José María Ramada, Laura Serra, Cònsol Serra, and Mireia Utzet.

Best Publications

  • How do types of employment relate to health indicators? Findings from the Second European Survey on Working Conditions

    F G Benavides;J Benach;A V Diez-Roux;C Roman

  • Work-related psychosocial risk factors and musculoskeletal disorders in hospital nurses and nursing aides: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Dinora Bernal;Javier Campos-Serna;Aurelio Tobias;Sergio Vargas-Prada

  • Associations between temporary employment and occupational injury: what are the mechanisms?

    Fernando G Benavides;Joan Benach;Carles Muntaner;George L Delclos

  • The Employment Precariousness Scale (EPRES): psychometric properties of a new tool for epidemiological studies among waged and salaried workers

    Alejandra Vives;Marcelo Amable;Montserrat Ferrer;Salvador Moncada

  • Immigrant populations, work and health--a systematic literature review.

    Emily Q Ahonen;Fernando G Benavides;Joan Benach

  • Gender inequalities in occupational health related to the unequal distribution of working and employment conditions: a systematic review

    Javier Campos-Serna;Javier Campos-Serna;Elena Ronda-Pérez;Elena Ronda-Pérez;Lucia Artazcoz;Bente E Moen

  • Types of employment and health in the European Union: Changes from 1995 to 2000

    Joan Benach;David Gimeno;Fernando G. Benavides;José Miguel Martínez

  • The health-damaging potential of new types of flexible employment: a challenge for public health researchers.

    J Benach;F G Benavides;S Platt;A Diez-Roux

  • Employment precariousness and poor mental health: evidence from Spain on a new social determinant of health.

    Alejandra Vives;Marcelo Amable;Marcelo Amable;Montserrat Ferrer;Salvador Moncada

  • Descripción de los factores de riesgo psicosocial en cuatro empresas

    F.G. Benavides;D. Gimeno;J. Benach;J.M. Martínez

  • Salud laboral: conceptos y técnicas para la prevención de riesgos laborales

    FG Benavides;C Ruíz-Frutos;AM García

  • The consequences of flexible work for health: are we looking at the right place?

    Joan Benach;M. Amable;C. Muntaner;F. G. Benavides

  • Disabling musculoskeletal pain in working populations: is it the job, the person or the culture?

    David Coggon;Georgia Ntani;Keith T. Palmer;Vanda E. Felli

  • Patterns of multisite pain and associations with risk factors.

    David Nm Coggon;Georgia Ntani;Keith T Palmer;Vanda E Felli

  • Parental Agricultural Work and Selected Congenital Malformations

    Ana M. García;Tony Fletcher;Fernando G. Benavides;Enrique Orts

  • Occupational Risk Factors and Asthma among Health Care Professionals

    George L. Delclos;David Gimeno;Ahmed A. Arif;Keith D. Burau

  • Psychosocial factors and work related sickness absence among permanent and non-permanent employees

    David Gimeno;Fernando G Benavides;Benjamin C Amick;Benjamin C Amick;Joan Benach

  • Distribution of sickness absence in the European Union countries

    D Gimeno;F G Benavides;J Benach;B C Amick

  • The CUPID (Cultural and Psychosocial Influences on Disability) Study: Methods of Data Collection and Characteristics of Study Sample

    David Nm Coggon;Georgia Ntani;Keith T Palmer;Vanda E Felli

  • Criteria and methods used for the assessment of fitness for work: a systematic review

    Consol Serra;Mari Cruz Rodriguez;George L Delclos;Manel Plana

Frequent Co-Authors

Joan Benach
Joan Benach Pompeu Fabra University
Lucía Artazcoz
Lucía Artazcoz Pompeu Fabra University
Carles Muntaner
Carles Muntaner University of Toronto
Mikko Myrskylä
Mikko Myrskylä Max Planck Society
Panos Bitsios
Panos Bitsios University of Crete
Gregory A. Wellenius
Gregory A. Wellenius Boston University
Xavier Basagaña
Xavier Basagaña Pompeu Fabra University
Carme Borrell
Carme Borrell Pompeu Fabra University
Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen
Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen Barcelona Institute for Global Health
David Rojas-Rueda
David Rojas-Rueda Colorado State University

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