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From occupational medicine to occupational health: evolution of the concepts
1Institut de santé au travail du nord de la France, université Lille-2, Loos, France.
Abstract:
From occupational medicine to occupational health: evolution of the concepts, what current approach? The evolution of occupational medicine since 1946 shows the evolution of health at work consideration both in the companies and in the society. Directed at first towards an insurance-related approach, she becomes more and more an actor of prevention within health policies. Related to the transformation of working conditions, to increased scientific knowledge thanks to epidemiology, toxicology, ergonomics, psychodynamics at work, the application of European directives relative to the improvement of health and safety at work has been a determining factor for the evolution of the system in France, which had been set up in 2011. The implementation of the multidisciplinary teams and the recent laws consolidate the major role of "health at work" in primary prevention.
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