[Sustainable and healthy work in a changing environment: What is the role and contribution of Public Health?]

Ciência & saúde coletiva
Francisco Palencia-Sánchez

Abstract

The scope of this article is an assessment of the relationship between work and health, at a time of changes such as globalization, the introduction of new technologies in the labor environment and an epidemiological and demographic transition, which mainly affect the economically active population. Work has an effect that goes beyond physical and mental health to include well-being, which is why it is mandatory to think about "healthy and sustainable work" and its implications. This reflection should integrate the public health perspective because of its interest in the health of the population as a whole, while rethinking the role of this field of knowledge in its interaction with other areas, especially with occupational health. It is therefore necessary to reconsider the epistemological framework of public health and occupational health. For this purpose, the following categories will be analyzed: changes in the labor environment, the impact of work on health, and healthy and sustainable work as a social response to these dynamics.

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