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Local Surveillance of Occupational Accidents and Diseases: A Device to Support Workers’ Health Public Services

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Abstract

This article intends to report the initial results found in the implementation of a local monitoring system, on occupational accidents and diseases, in its first year, in the city of São João Del Rei, Brazil. This is a system built to work as support to the development of public health policies and workers health’s practices, in the public health system’s services. It can not only improve the information quality available, regarding to occupational accidents and diseases in the municipality, but also facilitate and guarantee the population access to workers’ health services; improve social control; and identify work situations that present or produce health hazards risks. The first results found confirmed our expectation regarding the improvement in the information quality, because it was possible to identify specificities about health and safety issues previously ignored by the municipality. The high incidence of work-related accidents among workers in the wood-furniture manufacturing sector, construction sector and, in the health area are some of the examples. The condition, here presented, reinforces the importance and benefits of implementing such a device. The assumption is that it will provide clues for research, interventions, and the development of assistance, prevention, promotion and surveillance practices, related to the workers’ health and safety, consequently improving the workers’ health public services offered to the locals.

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    https://www.ibge.gov.br/estatisticas-novoportal/sociais/trabalho/9173-pesquisa-nacional-por-amostra-de-domicilios-continua-trimestral.html?=&t=resultados.

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    NIOSH is the United States federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations to prevent work-related injuries and illnesses.

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    https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/mg/sao-joao-del-rei/pesquisa/23/22957?detalhes=true.

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    https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/stopsticks/sharpsinjuries.html.

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  1. Department of Psychology at Federal University of São João Del Rei, Campus Dom Bosco, 36301-160, São João Del Rei, Brazil

    Luiz Gonzaga Chiavegato Filho

  2. Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture at University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil

    Danilo de Brito Garcia

  3. CPUP - Centre for Psychology at University of Porto, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences of the University of Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 4200-135, Porto, Portugal

    Marta Santos

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  1. Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Laboratório de Ergonomia, CIAUD, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

    Teresa Patrone Cotrim

  2. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Centro de Investigação em Saúde Pública, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

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  3. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Centro de Investigação em Saúde Pública, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

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  4. Loughborough Design School, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK

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  5. Centre for Patient Safety, Tuscany, Italy

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  6. Careggi University Hospital, Clinical Risk Management and Patient Safety Center, Tuscany, Italy

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Chiavegato Filho, L.G., de Brito Garcia, D., Santos, M. (2019). Local Surveillance of Occupational Accidents and Diseases: A Device to Support Workers’ Health Public Services. In: Cotrim, T., Serranheira, F., Sousa, P., Hignett, S., Albolino, S., Tartaglia, R. (eds) Health and Social Care Systems of the Future: Demographic Changes, Digital Age and Human Factors. HEPS 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1012. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24067-7_34

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