Gnevasheva V.A., Gorbunova N.V. Social hygiene of labor. Problems of social hygiene, health care and history of medicine. 2021. T. 29. No. 5. P. 1090 - 1093. DOI: 10.32687 ...

Abstract

In the modern distribution and use of labor, factors of working conditions, workers' expectations regarding workplace safety, the quality of working life, and health preservation play an important role. Social factors and factors of health-preserving technologies are becoming increasingly important in the organization of the workspace. International organizations are increasingly recording an increase in injuries, a deterioration in the quality of life of workers, including in such strata that are important for the development of the labor market and society as youth, which may pose a threat to a decrease in the human potential of the nation. The article provides international assessments of the understanding and calculation of the main indicators of working conditions, the quality of jobs and the health of workers, identifies the problems of further study in this area, reveals the features of the definition of the term social occupational health as significant for describing and clarifying the characteristics of modern labor relations, changes relations between the employee and the employer with the aim of improving working and employment conditions, as well as social protection of the working-age population, preserving and strengthening the health of workers.