Safety and Health at Work

  • 제8권3호
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  • Pages.231-236
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  • 2017
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  • 2093-7911(pISSN)
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  • 2093-7997(eISSN)
산업안전보건연구원 (Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute, Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency)
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The Health and Occupation Research Network: An Evolving Surveillance System

  • Carder, Melanie (Centre for Epidemiology, Institute of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, The University of Manchester) ;
  • Hussey, Louise (Centre of Occupational and Environmental Health, The University of Manchester) ;
  • Money, Annemarie (Centre of Occupational and Environmental Health, The University of Manchester) ;
  • Gittins, Matthew (Biostatistics, The University of Manchester) ;
  • McNamee, Roseanne (Biostatistics, The University of Manchester) ;
  • Stocks, Susan Jill (Primary Care, The University of Manchester) ;
  • Sen, Dil (Centre of Occupational and Environmental Health, The University of Manchester) ;
  • Agius, Raymond M. (Centre of Occupational and Environmental Health, The University of Manchester)
  • 투고 : 2016.07.06
  • 심사 : 2016.12.12
  • 발행 : 2017.09.30
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Vital to the prevention of work-related ill-health (WRIH) is the availability of good quality data regarding WRIH burden and risks. Physician-based surveillance systems such as The Health and Occupation Research (THOR) network in the UK are often established in response to limitations of statutory, compensation-based systems for addressing certain epidemiological aspects of disease surveillance. However, to fulfil their purpose, THOR and others need to have methodologic rigor in capturing and ascertaining cases. This article describes how data collected by THOR and analogous systems can inform WRIH incidence, trends, and other determinants. An overview of the different strands of THOR research is provided, including methodologic advancements facilitated by increased data quantity/quality over time and the value of the research outputs for informing Government and other policy makers. In doing so, the utility of data collected by systems such as THOR to address a wide range of research questions, both in relation to WRIH and to wider issues of public and social health, is demonstrated.

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