[Preventing people from losing their jobs]

PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM LOSING THEIR JOBS. Maintaining employment is one of the factors of health. It is not limited to workers who are off work, but must be considered throughout the career. Professional disintegration is defined as a lasting loss of employment, whatever the cause, the inability to stay or return to work resulting from injury or illness. Preventing professional disintegration consists of mobilizing different stakeholders, actions and measures on a case-by-case basis to avoid this lasting loss of employment for the patient/worker, who must remain central. The aim is to improve the health prognosis for everyone, particularly at work, to reduce the number of people off work and to avoid incapacity. To be effective, occupational health and care professionals, who are complementary, must coordinate, while respecting medical confidentiality. Thus anticipation is essential.