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Objectives and activitiesElement "Work-related diseases

and training"

Professor Helena Taskinen, FIOH

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Objectives of WRD element

• Curriculum for training on WRD and OD

• Training WRD and OD to OH specialists, physicians diagnosing occupational diseases, and family physicians

• Training of trainers

• Planning and starting the register of occupational diseases

• Fact sheets on WRD and OD

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Contract 1:1. Strengthened implementation of the Estonian

Occupational Health Development Plan (until 2007),and the MoSA Strategy for Occupational Health andSafety 2003–2007.

2. National policy and strategy for recognisingoccupational diseases approved

3. Occupational health personnel and necessary publichealth personnel are trained on diagnostics, treatmentand prevention of work-related diseases.

4. Guidelines for "Good Occupational Health Practice"5. OH&S networks strengthened…. Information on

work-related diseases available.

Contract 2:Selected guidelines, fact sheets and articles are published

Guaranteed results of Twinning project

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Work-related diseases and training: Element objective I

• Planning the training curriculum on work-related and occupational diseases for OHS personnel, family physicians, hospital physicians diagnosing occupational diseases, trainers of the trainers

– Meetings in months I* (Kick-off Seminar), VII and IX from the starting of the project.

* = months from the start of project

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Element objective II

• Training of the existing OHS personnel and family physicians in all parts of the country: geographical and professional coverage

• GOHP principles developed and implemented during the training; responds to guaranteed results no. 3, 4, 5:

» Occupational health personnel and necessary public health personnel are trained on diagnostics, treatment and prevention of work-related diseases.

» Guidelines for "Good Occupational Health Practice"

» OH&S networks strengthened…. Information on work-related diseases available.

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Courses 1

• Occupational skin diseases (3 days, months June, Aug )

• Occupational lung diseases (6 days, months II*, III and IV)

• Occupational cancer (1 day, month III)

• Intoxications (2 days, month III)

• Occupational ORL-diseases (2 days, month IV)

• Occupational neurological diseases (2 days, month VI)

* = months from the start of project

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Courses 2

• Vibrations disease (1 day, month VII*)

• Musculo-skeletal diseases (3 days, month VIII)

• Psychiatric diseases (1 day, month VIII)

• Work ability assessment (1 day, month IX)

• Reproductive hazards (2 days, month X)

• Infectious diseases (2 days, month X)

• Training in Finland for 10 Estonian key experts

* = months from the start of project

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Element objective III• Training for trainers of the OHS personnel, family

physicians, hospital physicians in diagnosis of occupational diseases and work-related diseases

• Planning seminars and workshops, training the trainers (in Sept and Oct)

• Responds to guaranteed results 2, 3, 5:» National policy and strategy for recognising occupational

diseases approved

» Occupational health personnel and necessary public health personnel are trained on diagnostics, treatment and prevention of work-related diseases.

» OH&S networks strengthened…. Information on work-related diseases available

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Element objective IV

• Subnetwork on Occupational Health and Safety Training Institutions

– Collaboration in the planning and implementation of training; responds to guaranteed results no 2, 3, 5:

» National policy and strategy for recognising occupational diseases approved

» Occupational health personnel and necessary public health personnel are trained on diagnostics, treatment and prevention of work-related diseases.

» OH&S networks strengthened…. Information on work-related diseases available

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Element objective V

• Defining a policy for criteria, recognition and registration of occupational diseases and policies for prevention

• Registry started

• Responds to guaranteed result no 2:– National policy and strategy for recognising

occupational diseases approved