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1Institute of Occupational Safety and
Environmental Health
Health and Safety at Work: A Tedious Obligation or Partof Economic Success?
Prevention and Early Intervention – importance of
preventive culture and some of it’s aspects
Ivars Vanadzins,
Institute of Occupational Safety and Environmental Health, Riga Stradins University
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Environmental Health
Example of Early prevention – Incidence of pain among Latvian workers
Have you had pain during last year?
… and what did you do?
I continued my work with no changes
I took sickness leave
I changed the tempo of work
I changed working methods
I asked for health examination
I went to see the doctor on my own
I worked shorter time
I worked from home
I asked help of physiotherapist
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Percents
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Environmental Health
Multifactorial aspects of pain and MSD – potential for prevention and early intervention
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Environmental Health
RemarksInstitutional and legal frameworks must be in
placeTraining and information must cover all
groups/industries and «cultures»Specific cultural and historical problems must
also be addressed and coveredSocial media must be included but limitations
remembered
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