Indicators for work-related health monitoring in Europe
Kreis, Julia ; Bödeker, Wolfgang
BKK - Essen
2004
199 p.
economic indicator ; occupational disease ; occupation disease relation ; OSH management system ; social indicator
Occupational diseases
English
Bibliogr.;Charts
3-86509-248-9
"Work-related health monitoring aims to provide an overview on the health status of the labour force from which the necessary action can be determined, priorities set and recommendations made for activities which address issues relevant to work-related health. Health monitoring can and should be used as tool by politicians to set specific targets and to control the implementation of these targets. A general course of action should be envisaged for different settings, such as the workplace, communities or schools, where high level strategic policies are adapted to the specific settings and relevant activities are introduced which ultimately have an influence on the people in those settings and on public health in general. [...]"
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