U.S.NIOSH Initiatives in Occupational Health

Ergonomic initiatives at Inmetro: measuring occupational health and safety.

This work studies biomechanical hazards to which the workforce of Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Qualidade e Tecnologia Industrial (Inmetro) is exposed. It suggests a model for ergonomic evaluation of work, based on the concepts of resilience engineering which take into consideration the institute's ability to manage risk and deal with its consequences. Methodology includes the stages of ide...

Strategic Planning in the Occupational Health Department

Introduction: Universities play a key role in creating a knowledge-based society and its sustainable development. Strategic planning by strategically analyses internal and external environments of the organization, forecast its future, identifying its strategic direction, and strengthening organizational structures, processes, and outcomes, creates and sustains competitive advantages. This stud...

Denver Health: initiatives for survival.

Surveillance in occupational health.

Adefinition of surveillance is as follows: “surveillance (ser-vâ lens) noun. 1. Close observation of a person or group, especially one under suspicion. 2. The act of observing or the condition of being observed” (The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 3rd edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1992). The term “surveillance” is derived from the French word meaning “to watch over”....

Competency in occupational health.

Work is unanimously considered a major health determinant. Knowledge of people’s working conditions greatly contributes to the recognition and prevention of damages to their health and to health promotion. Following in the footsteps of Ramazzini and Thackrah, the study of the complex web of events linking people’s work history to their disease status has over the centuries produced a systematic...