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Session: Worker Health in the Lula Administration in Brazil
3140.0: Monday, November 8, 2004: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Oral
Worker Health in the Lula Administration in Brazil
The panel will review recent workplace injury and illness data in Brazil, discuss the new government programs and policies for worker health and safety proposed by the Lula administration (Ministries of Health, Social Security and Labor), and the pros and cons of their implementation It will assess the challenges faced by the federal government to unify workplace health and safety activities conducted at the federal, state, county, and municipal levels, under the Unified Health System of Brazil. The panel will also describe and review the National Network of Comprehensive Healthcare Services for Worker's Health (Rede Nacional de Atenção Integral à Saúde do Trabalhador - Renast) and its coordination with the Ministries of Labor and Social Security to develop integrated actions in health services, surveillance, and promotion.
Learning Objectives: Recognize the occupational health profile of Brazil. Describe the occupational health program proposed by the Lula Administration in Brazil. Discuss the pros and cons for the implementation of the program.
Panelist(s):Heleno Correa Filho, MD, DrPH
Marco Antonio Perez, MD, MSc
Organizer(s):C. Eduardo Siqueira, MD, ScD
10:30 AMWorker Health in the Lula Administration in Brazil  [ Recorded presentation ]
Marco Antonio Perez, MD MSc, C. Eduardo Siqueira, MD, ScD, Heleno Correa Filho, MD, DrPH
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Occupational Health and Safety
Endorsed by:Injury Control and Emergency Health Services
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA