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- Title
Management Strategies for the Occupational Reintegration of the Worker with Cardiovascular Disease.
- Authors
MECHERI, Valentina; FIORITI, Massimo; LULLI, Lucrezia Ginevra; TADDEI, Giulio; FIZ PEREZ, Javier; CUPELLI, Vincenzo
- Abstract
Nowadays, cardiovascular diseases are a major public health problem in European countries. This issue is not only a matter of social relevance for national health systems, but also of managerial importance for companies. The laws on occupational health and safety of EU countries provide for a series of protection measures including risk assessment, information and training, health surveillance and health promotion. Normally, in the description of the relationships between cardiovascular pathologies and work, we refer to workplace characterized by high physical workloads but other areas of work, especially if characterized by emerging occupational risks, should also be considered. On one side, employers must ensure that the adopted health and safety measures guarantee the protection of workers from direct and indirect cardiovascular risk factors. On the other side, they may need to integrate or re-integrate a cardiopathic worker into the workplace. Consequently, a careful assessment of the cardiovascular functional conditions of the worker is of utmost importance. Therefore, stakeholders should collaborate actively with the occupational doctor in order to implement all the policies necessary to protect workers' health and to guarantee the productivity and sustainability of the company at the same time. This is particularly true in a context of global economic crisis and in an increasingly dynamic and competitive market.
- Subjects
INDUSTRIAL hygiene; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases; EMPLOYEES; SAFETY; FINANCIAL crises
- Publication
Quality - Access to Success, 2019, Vol 20, Issue 171, p157
- ISSN
1582-2559
- Publication type
Article