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Calidad de los datos de salud ocupacional en America Latina y el Caribe

dc.date.accessioned2015
dc.date.available2015
dc.date.issued1999es_ES
dc.identifier.citation(1999) Calidad de los datos de salud ocupacional en America Latina y el Caribe. Rev Panam Salud Publica;5(1) 66-67,ene. 1999. Retrieved from http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49891999000100020&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=eses_ES
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49891999000100020&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=eses_ES
dc.identifier.urihttps://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/8570
dc.format.extentiluses_ES
dc.relation.ispartofseriesRev Panam Salud Publica;5(1),ene. 1999es_ES
dc.subjectSaúde do Trabalhadorpt_BR
dc.subjectDiagnóstico da Situação de Saúdept_BR
dc.subjectAcidentes de Trabalhopt_BR
dc.subjectDoenças Crônicaspt_BR
dc.subjectOrganização Pan-Americana da Saúdept_BR
dc.subjectAmérica Latinaes_ES
dc.subjectRegião do Caribept_BR
dc.titleCalidad de los datos de salud ocupacional en America Latina y el Caribees_ES
dc.title.alternativeThe quality of occupational health data in Latin America and the Caribbeanen_US
dc.typeJournal articlesen_US
dc.rights.holderPan American Health Organizationen_US
dc.description.notesWork-related accidents and illnesses cause significant economic and social losses in Latin America and the Caribbean. However, the lack of reliable and systematized data on that situation makes it harder for health authorities and business operators to make decisions and for workers and the general public to take steps to improve working conditions, reduce risks, and prevent those accidents and illnesses. To address that concern, the Program on Workers' Health of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) coordinated the Project on Systematizing Basic Data on Workers' Health in the Countries of the Americas. A report on the project issued in August 1998 contains results, conclusions, and recommendations based on data collected from 10 countries of the Region: Barbados, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. The data were systematized and presented in 42 tables that allowed comparisons among the countries and evaluations of the situation in any one of the countries. Data from countries with adequate record keeping made it clear that many persons work in sectors with high rates of accidents and chronic disease. The research also found it is often hard to analyze trends and changes in labor mortality and morbidity and the conditions that increase the frequency of accidents and occupational diseases. That is because countries and institutions use a variety of approaches to classify, diagnose, and report diseases and occupational injuries, and also frequently modify their criteria. As a follow-up to this reseach, PAHO is working to compile more specific information on occupational health in the countries of the Region, through an approach that would improve the quality of the information and make it easier to compare the data that is collecteden_US


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