Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
Sleep, autonomic nervous system and cardiometabolic risk: occupational implications

Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
Sleep, autonomic nervous system and cardiometabolic risk: occupational implications

Sleep, autonomic nervous system,cardiometabolic risk, occupational implications

Introduction: Indonesia has a worker population of more than 138 million, with 60,47% among them working in the informal sector. With only less than 200 Occupational Medicine Specialists and about 600 doctors with a master’s degree in Occupational Medicine, there is a wide gap to provide workers with access to Occupational Health Services. The Indonesian Government and Medical Schools have recognized this problem and have implemented various approaches to increase access to Basic Occupational Health Services.
Materials and Methods: A qualitative approach has been conducted by reviewing recently developed training programs and medical curricula which try to put BOHS as a priority. Short training programs from the Ministry of Health and curricula from 8 Medical Schools (public and private) have been reviewed on the content. In addition, evaluations of the participants/students are used.
Results: The newly developed short training program by the Ministry of Health has been improved and is widely implemented throughout Indonesia. The training is interactive and focuses on the ability to recognize and diagnose Occupational Diseases but lacks an evaluation of individual competencies. While there is a big variation in curricula on BOHS for medical students, there is a clear focus and prioritization of BOHS in several Medical Schools.
Conclusions: There is a clear effort to put more attention to providing BOHS for the Indonesian worker population. It is still in the implementing stage. The results cannot be evaluated yet.

Eleonora Tobaldini

Elsevier Korea LLC

January 2022

Sri Wahyuni

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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022