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“Development Of Structures For Dissemination Of Good Practice In The Field Of Workplace
Health Promotion In The Acceding And The Applicant Countries” - DRAGON FLY – 2004316
"WHP as part of the new
Occupational Health Strategy
and system in Latvia"
Ivars Vanadzins
Madara Kapeniece
Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health
Riga Stradins University
Krakow, 13-14 October 2006
[email protected]
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Content
 Short summary of statuss
 Legal situation and understanding
 Main players
 Knowledge and understanding statuss
 Main problems and challenges?
 Perspective of WHP as part of new OH&S
strategy and new situation?
 Future cooperation
 Models and possible role of Latvia?
 Future Projects?
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Short summary of statuss
 No specific terminology and approaches
for “Workplace Health promotion” (WHP)
as opposite to to relatively wide use of
term “health promotion” (also not
defined)
 Current understanding of WHP mostly as
activities concerning vaccinations,
encouragement of sport and recreation
activities, health examination, change in
life style habits (smoking) etc.
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Short summary of statuss
 Legally
 WHP not mentioned as term in in
Occupational health and safety
legislation
 No specific obligations for employers
towards specific WHP activities,
except some linked activities like:
 Smoking ban in work places
 Vaccinations, health examinations
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Short summary of statuss
 Training
 WHP mentioned in training curricula for
some of the key professional groups like
occupational doctors and OH&S
specialists
 No specific training provided for those
professional groups that might provide
further spread of WHP ideas
 Training on general health promotion
quite well developed
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Short summary of statuss –
Main players?
 Ministry of Health (department of Public health) –
currently activities on general health promotion:
 State Agency for Health Promotion
 Public Health Agency
 Ministry of Welfare (department of Labour) – no
specific WHP activities so far, understanding of
the problem and support in general
 Institute of Occupational and Environmental
Health (future role of the National institute)
 Several NGO, trade unions, employers
organizations
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Short summary of statuss
 Economic consequences of WHP
 Some WHP activities might be covered
by employer with reduced tax
(vaccination, sport activities etc.)
 In general - no understanding and
information of WHP as concept that in
longer run reduces staff costs and
increases productivity
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Short summary of statuss
 Understanding and activities ar
workplace level
 Some information from ESF project
“Work environment and risks in Latvia”
(in progress, first data summarised, full
report in January 2007)
 Questionnaires for Employers, employees,
occupational patients, health care
workers, pregnant women etc.)
 Objective situation (measurement data)
 Analysis of research etc.
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Short summary of statuss
 Summary of findings
 Lots of detailed data on many questions
 Worse than we expected in terms of
information and understanding of OH&S
(despite new OH&S legislation in force
since 2002)
 Some key figures
 What employers think about risks (?
 What employees think are they duties?
 What employers provide for
employees?
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100%
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80%
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100%
60%
80-99%
40%
60-79%
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20%
40-59%
Less than 40%
NOBODY has risks
0%
Hard to say
Employees (%)
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Is this your responsibility?
(n=2488)
%
100
80
70
57,9
60
61,8
40
20
0
Taking care of
own safety
Taking care of
own health
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Follow signs
and regulations
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Training
31.1
PPE
30.6
Health insurance
30.1
Social conditions
19.8
Health examinations
19.5
NOTHING
17.3
Fire safety equipment
13.8
First aid kit
Work env. improvement
13.3
13.3
Vaccination
13.1
Difficult to say
8.9
First aid training
8.4
Sport activities
6.9
Safety signs
5.4
Risk assessment
4.0
OH&S staff training
2.5
Measurements
1.2
Other
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Main problems and challenges
in future?
 Information/training for awareness,
understanding and expertise for all
players
 Each level requiring different approach
and tools:
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policy and implementation level
OH&S experts
Employers
employees
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Main challenges in future?
 Awareness of economical side of the WHP
– experts and employers, employees
(tools for analysis of costs, MoGP)
 Networking – involvment of different
actors (supported by some sort of
pushing force – secretariat)
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Experts
Employers
Employee organizations
Municipalities
Labour inspectors
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Future perspectives of WHP
 Mentioned in new OH&S strategy (in draft
now, expected in early 2007) as one of
the tasks/work areas for future
 Development and Action plan for the
National Institute of Occupational Health
and Safety (on current institute) created
within Phare Transition Facility project,
including setting tasks/functions for:
 Research
 Training and information
 education
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Future perspectives of WHP
 Future NIOHS will have “management by
objectives” approach
 WHP seen as one of top objectives (level of
understanding so low that significant
achievements could be reached)
 Phare project reviewing training strategy both
for NIOSH, State Labour inspection, intending:
 to set up curricula for some “specific” OH&S
specialist
 Arrange train the trainers system and
network with other universities
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Future perspectives of WHP
 Lack of employees – employers starting
to listen to anything that might make
their workplaces more attractive
 Rising costs of health care – helping in
convincing of workers
 Insurance premium system change
under discussion hopefully bringing link
between employers behaviour and
insurance rate (supported by ~ 60%
employers)
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Future opportunities for WHP
internationally – from Latvian point of view
 Being a part of the international
occupational health and safety
community is a prerequisite for effective
OSH (including WHP) activities in any
country
 Participation in networks and
international events recognised as part of
NIOHS activities in future
 Basic funding for international
networking is essential
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Future Projects?
 There are opportunities out there...!
 EWHPN suitable platform for organization of
project consortiums
 Currently we are exploring the project sheme
under EEA grants
 Minimum 250 000 EURO support per project
 Up to 85-90% costs covered if projects
support activities of trade unions, NGO and
similar activities, EU partners welcomed
 Time table – 3 months from
November/December 2006
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Future Projects?
 EEA grants support activities:
 In Education sector
 support to activtities for development of
training and education in social,
environmental and health care sciences
(with involvment and development of
digital technologies)
 In Health care sector:
 Reducing the burden of life style related
diseases
 Rising of professional capacities of health
care professionals
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