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EMployMEnt, Work, And hEAlth InEqUAlItIES - a global perspective
Cooperative models of organisation and production management
based on solidarity need to be emphasised and their impact
evaluated in comparison to individual bank loans.
• include occupational health dimension on microcredits.
Mobilisation of savings and credit extension might be a beneficial
strategy for reducing poverty in some regions for some households.
However, its effects on health inequalities needs to be evaluated
rigorously before any definite conclusion can be adopted with
confidence.
• Promote worker's participation and the action of safety
representatives to prevent occupational hazard. stimulate
worker participation and enforcement of legislation.
Examples:
• social Production enterprises in Venezuela and Argentina.
They include more worker control, provide the same wage for
everyone, and ten per cent profits are channelled by law towards
improving surrounding communities.
• Development of the union institute of Work, Environment
and Health (isTAs), an applied research model for promoting the
improvement of working conditions, occupational health and
safety and environmental protection in spain through the
empowerment of health and safety representatives.
Entry point D relates to different types of interventions which may
reduce the unequal consequences of ill-health and
psychopathological change.
General recommendations
Governments and firms must provide workers with the tools to
reduce the impact of ill-health.
• universal access to health care including occupational
health in primary health care.
• Establish information centres or networks for injured workers.
• increase the capacity of the health system to recognise and
treat occupational diseases and injuries.
• Create adequate solidarity finance mechanisms to cover
compensation and treatment for all, including workers in the
informal sector.
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