Abstract

The article presents a review of foreign literature on the main approaches to protecting the health of the working population from the standpoint of industrial and restorative medicine. The article discusses the problems associated with psychosocial risks and stressful impacts at work / production, substantiates the need to implement measures based on the principles of prevention, recovery and rehabilitation. It is emphasized that today, requirements for working conditions, control over production processes, the relationship between requirements in the field of health protection of workers and their labor protection, as well as psychosocial factors - uncertainty at work, distracting breaks, lack of team spirit and etc. The policy of the enterprise, relevant industries, and the state itself in the field of protecting the health and life safety of workers is of decisive importance for the health of the working population. Teamwork involves not only the participation of health and safety employees, but also the employees and employers themselves at the respective workplaces / production sites, as well as the involvement of third-party experts. Sustainable employment of the working population is associated, according to scientists, with such aspects as maintaining and restoring the health of workers, economic productivity, social utility and a favorable long-term outlook. Problems of risks for workers require an integrated approach to the development of measures aimed at primary prevention, including the prevention of overwork, changing the style and organization of work, strengthening and maintaining health in general. An approach is considered important for preserving and restoring the health of the working population when it is advisable to combine measures for the primary prevention of health disorders not only with measures to optimize the organization and working conditions, but also with modern technologies of preventive and restorative medicine.

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