DOI: 10.21045/2071-5021-2017-56-4-3

Zhilina N. M.
Novokuznetsk State Institute of Postgraduate Medical Training, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Novokuznetsk

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Zhilina N.M., http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7871-3885
Acknowledgments. The study had no sponsorship.
Conflict of interests. The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Abstract. Significance of the issue is substantiated by importance of the research subject, namely health of the city workers with the developed metallurgical and mining industry, unfavorable environmental situation and working conditions. Reproduction of healthy population, efficient productivity and high quality of life are highly dependable upon the state of health of workers. Identification of risk zones of the workers ' health in relation to environmental factors contributes to adoption of adequate solutions to reduce preventable loss of population in terms of health. The purpose of the study was to conduct a dynamic analysis of the existing situation, identify risk zones of the workers ' health and find causal relationship between "Health – environment".

The study considered the following indicators of the workers’ health: incidence by care seeking at health care facilities, morbidity with temporal disability, indicators of prophylactic medical examination for chronic diseases, disability and mortality of employees; the integrated indicator of the workers’ health was analyzed.

The study used methods of system analysis, expert assessments and statistical methods.

The automated system "Health workers" developed with the participation of the author is one of the components of the socio-hygienic monitoring of the environment and public health and is kept up to date by the Novokuznetsk medical information and analytical center. The output of the system for 2008-2015 was converted into series data and analyzed using the licensed statistical package IBM SPSS Statistics (version 19.0); data from the regional and Federal state statistics were used. The analysis helped to identify problem situations, to calculate significant correlation in the system "Health-Environment".

Recommendations to eliminate risk factors of workers’ health were developed.

Results of this study can be used to identify problems and develop priorities to reduce preventable loss in terms of workforce health at the federal and regional levels.

Key words: workers’ health; automated monitoring; integrated indicators; risk zones; environmental factors; correlation.

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