2023-10-28 00:08:18
Saturday, October 28, 2023, 00:08
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“Do you think that while your parents are working they may encounter situations or tasks that harm their health?” Throughout this year, Osalan has asked this question to students between 12 and 15 years old from various Basque educational centers and the majority response that has been found (80% of those surveyed) is that no, that the kids They do not believe that their elders can suffer any accident or occupational disease at work. Although when asked for more details, the initial response becomes closer to reality, this result shows the need to instill a culture of prevention at a very early age, “just like when we are taught that we should not put our fingers in a plug”, as summarized by Jesús Torrell, head of the Osalan Occupational Health Unit in Bizkaia, in the second of yesterday’s round tables, which was moderated by Inés Álvarez, deputy technical director of the organization.
Pedro Pérez, coordinator of the Integral Steel Workers Foundation, corroborated the good results obtained when prevention is introduced into training systems. Specifically, he explained the operation of the ADI project launched by the entity in which experts in the field and victims of work accidents or occupational diseases visit vocational training centers. “When they see that it is something that does not happen in any distant place but rather occurs in companies where they will work, their perception changes radically,” he explained.
For her part, María Jesús Martín, an Osalan Labor doctor in Bizkaia, explained the training projects launched by the organization, from primary education and the GaztePreben program to university education, with collaboration with several postgraduate courses from several universities. . One of them is the master’s degree taught by the recently created Occupational Medicine and Nursing Chair of the University of the Basque Country, which was presented by Guillermo Quindós, vice-rector for Scientific-Social Development and Transfer of the UPV. “The main objective is to stimulate knowledge and vocations in an area that currently has few,” he said to close the meeting.
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