MSP promotes safety and health at work through the VI training sessions – Ministry of Public Health

2023-04-28 19:08:14

Riobamba, April 28, 2023

Within the framework of strengthening human talent and the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) develops the VI conferences on Health at Work with the support of the National University of Chimborazo (UNACH), whose objective is to raise awareness among the population about the importance of the safety and well-being of the working population. The event will be held on April 27 and 28, 2023 in Riobamba.

This meeting will expand the socialization and training on psychosocial risk management, teamwork; importance of nutrition and healthy eating at work; management of work stress, self-esteem and its importance in the well-being of the worker; physical activity prescription; occupational hygiene and health promotion against occupational hazards.

In the multivariate analysis of the National Panorama of Workers’ Health and the Survey of Working Conditions and Health 2021 -2022, it is evident that workers in the health sector have a 2.22 times greater risk of presenting neck pain (95% CI 1 .88-2.63) versus workers in other sectors. Likewise, workers in the health sector have 1.67 times more risk of presenting pain in the thoracic spine than workers in other sectors (95% CI 1.39-2.02).

In this sense, the “VI Conference on Health at Work” constitutes a tool that contributes and promotes intersectoral intervention for the construction of healthy work environments, based on current health determinants and through comprehensive and quality care mechanisms.

For Andrea Bersosa, Undersecretary for Health Promotion, taking care of safety and health at work is essential because the performance, work performance and well-being of the worker will depend on it. “Poor and dangerous working conditions generate a large number of diseases that represent great costs for health systems.”

In this sense, the VI conferences on Health at Work Seeks that work environments be ideal places to contribute healthy practices and improve the health status and well-being of the working population. The MSP works in coordination to strengthen occupational health management systems in public and private institutions in the country.

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