Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia
Volume 33, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2011, Pages 22-25

The role of the local public health department of Brescia in health protection and safety of migrant workers [Il ruolo dell'ASL di Brescia nella tutela della salute e della sicurezza dei lavoratori immigrati] (Article)

Scarcella C. , Benedetti L. , Comincini F. , El Hamad I. , Magoni M. , Provasi M. , Sottini D.*
  • a ASL di Brescia, Italy
  • b Servizio Prevenzione e Sicurezza nei Luoghi di Lavoro, ASL di Brescia, Corso Matteotti 21, 25122 Brescia, Italy
  • c Servizio Educazione alla Salute e Attività Sperimentali, ASL di Brescia, Italy
  • d U.O. Medicina Transculturale e MST, ASL di Brescia, Italy
  • e Dipartimento di Cure Primarie, ASL di Brescia, Italy
  • f U.O. Medicina Transculturale e MST, ASL di Brescia, Italy
  • g Servizio Prevenzione e Sicurezza nei Luoghi di Lavoro, ASL di Brescia, Corso Matteotti 21, 25122 Brescia, Italy

Abstract

According to available studies, migrant workers represent a vulnerable workers' category. For this reason, the Italian law on safety and health at work (art. Il, D.Lgs 81/08) points out the need for Public Administration initiatives deroted to migrant workers' health and safety at work. Locai Public Health Department of Brescia for years now had a significant commitment in migrants' health. Thanks to the collaboration of occupational physicians and expert physicians on migration health, it was developed a multidimensional method to assess working risks taking into account also the fragile conditions of migrant workers, considering both personal and social characteristics and professional experience, in order to support companies in the planning of necessary actions to improve health and safety at work. The method was shared by both locai industriai association and trade unions and then tested in some manufactures. © PI-ME, Pavia 2011.

Author Keywords

Migrant workers Risk assessment Occupational health authority

Index Keywords

industry developing country occupational disease Developing Countries human risk assessment statistics health service comparative study Occupational Diseases Health Surveys Humans Voluntary Health Agencies male Emigrants and Immigrants safety risk factor Risk Factors questionnaire Article organization and management Questionnaires adult migration legal aspect Italy occupational health Transients and Migrants interdisciplinary communication health survey
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ISSN: 15927830
Cited by: 1
Original Language: Italian