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Work-related health monitoring in Europe from a public health perspective
Wolfgang Boedeker1,* and Julia Kreis11 BKK Bundesverband, Federal Association of Company Health Insurance Funds, Health Department, Essen, Germany
Background: In contrast to the enormous importance of work to the life of humans and societies, the working environment has so far played only a minor role in health monitoring. However, increasingly it is realized that work has a strong public health impact and therefore is also a cost factor to modern societies. The aim of the project WORKHEALTH, which is currently being carried out under the EU health monitoring programme, is the establishment of indicators for work-related health monitoring in Europe from a public health perspective. Working procedure: The work will be carried out by means of three work packages: a synopsis of existing work-related indicator sets together with the identification of areas still to be developed, resulting specification of new indicators for work-related health monitoring, and the development of operational definitions for these indicators. The project includes strong links to the fields of occupational health and safety, public health, social insurance and labour inspectorates to include demands from, as well as to disseminate results to, these different institutions also involved in aspects of work-related health monitoring. Expected results and contributions: Expected results will be indicators for work-related health monitoring that have been developed jointly with the participation of all Member States and different stakeholders within this field, and which permit comparable and reliable data at a national as well as European level.
Keywords: indicators, public health impact, work-related diseases, work-related health monitoring
* Correspondence: Wolfgang Boedeker, Dr.rer.nat, BKK Bundesverband, Federal Association of Company Health Insurance Funds, Health Department, Kronprinzenstraße 6, D-45128 Essen, Germany, tel. +49 201 179 1370, fax +49 201 179 1077, e-mail: BoedekerW{at}bkk-bv.de
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