Santé publique France at the Congress on Occupational Medicine and Health

The 35th edition of the conference will be held in Marseille from June 5 to 8 and will focus on several topics, including recent developments in the occupational health system in France. The event will provide an opportunity to take stock of these developments and update participants’ knowledge.

The conference is intended for all occupational health professionals and, more broadly, for all stakeholders with an interest in occupational health.

Topics covered:

  • Zoonoses, emerging infectious diseases, and work

  • Chronic diseases and work

  • Management sciences, management, and health risks

  • Mental health and work

  • Fertility, pregnancy, and work

  • Health promotion: application in occupational health

  • Prevention of periarticular overuse disorders

  • From Exposure Measurement to Chemical Risk Assessment

Full program: https://www.medecine-sante-travail.com/programme-2018

Website: https://www.medecine-sante-travail.com/

Participation by Santé publique France

A booth to promote the agency and highlight its work: particular emphasis will be placed on

Hosting of several workshops

  • Workshop: "Monitoring, Vigilance, and Alerts in Occupational Health"

  • Workshop: "Evrest, MCP, Rnv3p & Sumer: Complementarity of Systems"

  • Workshop: "Manufactured Nanomaterials: Identifying and Characterizing Occupational Exposures and Preventing Health Risks in the Workplace"

Participation in several sessions

Session - From Exposure Assessment to Epidemiological Surveillance of Occupational Cancers

  • Occupational exposure to formaldehyde in France in 2013

Session - Prevention of periarticular overuse disorders

  • Prolonged absence due to musculoskeletal disorders compensated as a work-related injury

  • Impact of the 2017 Order on occupational exposure to biomechanical stress factors

Session - Assessment of occupational health exposures: known and emerging hazards

  • Role of the occupational physician in the national EpiNano system

  • Creation of a job-exposure matrix for atypical work schedules

Session - Work-related pathologies: a very broad spectrum

  • Estimation of underreporting of musculoskeletal disorders in eleven French regions in 2011

Poster presentations

  • Changes in occupational noise exposure among employees monitored in France

  • Ev@lutil: Occupational exposure to unintentional nanoscale particles

  • CR-Nano: A tool for assessing and tracking exposure to manufactured nanomaterials

  • Occupational diseases in the food retail sector, 2007–2014

  • Occupational diseases among public works employees. Results 2007–2012

  • Work-related accidents among older workers in France, 2011–2012

  • Carpal tunnel syndrome in the agricultural sector: is it solely linked to biomechanical exposure?

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