Occupational Medicine & Health Affairs
Open Access

Abstract

Occupational health and safety units (�°SGB) which were established as subordinate units of community health centers has started to provide services by the "Occupational Health and Safety Services Regulation" that published in the official gazette in 2012. Not much research has been made about the provided services during the intervening period. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the works of Konya/Karatay Community Health Center Occupational Health and Safety Unit in 2015. 3 occupational physicians, 2 occupational safety professionals and 2 other medical staff as a total 7 people were employed at this Occupational Health and Safety Unit. The unit has signed contracts with 3 workplaces. The 100% of workplaces were public institutions. One of the workplaces was least dangerous, one of them was dangerous and one of them was very dangerous. There were 329 employees at workplaces, 31.3% of them were employed at very dangerous workplace and 49.5% of them were employed at dangerous workplace. At this Occupational Health and Safety Unit, 771 recruitment reports were given for least dangerous jobs in 2015. Occupational health and safety training was given to 986 people at different workplaces by the unit. All the workplaces that signed contract with Occupational Health and Safety Unit were public institutions and most of these workplaces were in danger and very dangerous class. The evaluation of the works of Occupational Health and Safety Unit and sharing of works that have been done, may support both the self-assessments of units and the works of other units.

Biography

Yasemin Durduran has been Graduated from Faculty of Medicine in Selcuk University, as Medical Doctor, with the specialties including Internal Medicine, Social and Community Medicine and Public Health. Later on she obtained his post-graduation from University of Selcuk Faculty of Medicine with subjects Public Health and then started working at The University of Konya Necmettin Erbakan Faculty of Medicine Public Health Department where she has continued his research. Presently she is working at the at the Necmettin Erbakan Faculty of Medicine Public Health Department.

Email: ydurduran@gmail.com