Occupational Health in the Philippines

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• Personal Author:
  Gapas JL ; Greaves IA ; Ong TT ; Torres EB
• Description:
  The practice of occupational health and safety (OHS) in the Philippines is shaped by both success and failures. Government initiatives have achieved specific goals, particularly in providing better access by local industries to technical services and manpower development. However, the ability to sustain these achievements has been constrained by lack of adequate resources, both financial and human. Large-scale industrial establishments have better success in the implementation of OHS programs in their organizations. Small- and medium-scale enterprises suffer from limited resources to invest in measures for the health and safety of workers. Similarly, the government has little influence on the health and safety conditions migrant workers experience in another nation. The informal sector is the most deprived in terms of access to OHS measures. The deprivation may be alleviated by economic solutions, as their existence is a result of economic situations. Occupational health development in the Philippines is progressing and will be strengthened by better regulation, by increasing awareness among all sector workers of the importance of OHS, and by adequately building up the capacity of government and vital human resources. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Health Environmental Monitoring Epidemiology Occupational Health Safety Staff Development Workplace
• Keywords:
  Biological-effects Environmental-factors Exposure-assessment Exposure-levels Exposure-methods Occupational-health-programs Occupational-safety-programs Quantitative-analysis Work-areas Work-environment Work-operations Work-organization Work-practices Worker-health Workers Workshops

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• ISSN:
  0885-114X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  455-468
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037529
• Citation:
  Occup Med: State of the Art Rev 2002 Jul-Sep; 17(3):455-468
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Performing Organization:
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational Medicine: State of the Art Reviews
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d2a180d2ba9767efa8c92cf47121f857640cabe7134f7fadd245198bc8f79625bbb9e1020ca3e2cbfc2acd0a8bab2c73d33c589b9b7598b46d1e220c15b8eab3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/188608/cdc_188608_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 749.53 KB ]