The health issues in self-appraisal of workers of industrial production and social sector

• Published in: Problemy sotsial'noi gigieny, zdravookhraneniia i istorii meditsiny Vol. 29; no. 2; p. 232
• Main Authors: Zudin, A B, Vvedensky, A I
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Russia (Federation) 01.03.2021
• Subjects: Diagnostic Self Evaluation; Humans; Industry; Occupational Health; Occupations; Russia; Russia; health status; industrial production; economic development; healthy lifestyle; safe working conditions; social sphere
• ISSN: 0869-866X
• DOI: 10.32687/0869-866X-2021-29-2-232-237

The article considers issues of health, safety and well-being of working citizens in such sectors of economy having great importance for every state such as production and social sphere. The problem of health preservation and working place safety is actual for working population all around the world, going beyond interests of individual citizens and their families and playing primary role in issues of labor safety and productivity, competitiveness and development of enterprises, stability of national economy sectors. The actuality of the study is conditioned by the fact that human resources and labor market are key institutional factors impacting the level of state socioeconomic development and determining health status of working citizens. In Russia, the issues of support by employers safe working conditions in various spheres of national economy to contribute to preservation of their employees health, to occupational diseases prevention ultimately determine both labor productivity at particular enterprise and development and stability of national economy as a whole. The study of self-assessment of health status of workers in industrial production and social sphere was carried out on the basis of results of survey implemented in September 2020 among medical personnel of the Municipal Hospital No. 11 of the city of Ryazan and employees of the oil refining plant - JSC Ryazan Oil Refinery. The analysis of the study results permitted to conclude that, in answering question about health status assessment, workers of social sphere consider themselves to be healthier than workers in industrial production.