Abstract
Se realizó una revisión de los documentos más relevantes sobre epidemiología estratégica para la seguridad y saluden el trabajo. El presente artículo tiene como particularidad analizar cualitativamente la literatura científica disponible en lasbases de datos Scielo, Redalyc y páginas web oficiales, utilizando como palabras de búsqueda: epidemiología, seguridadindustrial y salud ocupacional. Se obtuvo información relevante relacionada con el objetivo propuesto, que se presenta en 3apartados: la epidemiología de la seguridad y la salud; conceptos, medidas y estudios en epidemiología y desafíos presentes yfuturos.
Highlights
The etymological epidemiology comes from the Greek words epi, demos and logo
Rose (1988) defines it as the study of man's health in relation to his environment; Iranzo (2008), will say that it is the part of biometrics that refers to the measurement of human characteristics; Susser (1973), will define what is the study of the distributions and determinants of health states in human populations and Terris, expressed that is the study of the health of human populations
It is important to highlight the concept of OMS (2013). who express that epidemiology is a science whose work methodology allows the investigation of objective laws, the causes and conditions of diseases and the approach of possible solutions, both preventive and control or eradication of any health problem that affects human communities
Summary
Jose Palacio Angulo1*, Irlena Ahumada Villafañe, Ivan Dario Orjuela y Jorge Posada Lopez. Abstract – A review was made on the most relevant documents on strategic epidemiology for occupational safety and health. The present article has as peculiarity to analyze qualitatively the scientific literature available in the databases Scielo, Redalyc and official Web pages, using as search words: epidemiology, industrial safety and occupational health. Relevant information was obtained related to the proposed objective, which is presented in 3 sections: the epidemiology of safety and health; concepts, measures and studies in epidemiology and present and future challenges
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