Naslov
Radnici migranti: zdravstveni rizici u pripadnika mirovnih snaga/Migrant workers: health risk factors in peacekeeping forces
(Migrant workers: health risk factors in peacekeeping forces)

Autori
Konig, Stjepan ; Dogan, Darko ; Belošević, Ljiljana ; Knežević, Bojana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, stručni

Izvornik
Knjiga sažetaka/Book of Abstracts ; 4.Hrvatski kongres medicine rada s međunarodnim sudjelovanjem, 14.Međunarodni kongres o službama medicine rada / Mustajbegović, Jadranka ; Valić, Fedor - Velika Gorica, 2007, 138-139

ISBN
978-953-6451-41-7

Skup
4.HRVATSKI KONGRES MEDICINE RADA S MEĐUNARODNIM SUDJELOVANJEM "ZDRAVLJE I RAD- KLJUČ ŽIVOTA" I 14.MEĐUNARODNI KONGRES O SLUŽBAMA MEDICINE RADA "SLUŽBE MEDICINE RADA U TRANZICIJI U ISTOČNOJ I ZAPADNOJ EUROPI"

Mjesto i datum
Dubrovnik, Hrvatska, 08.11.2007. - 11.11.2007

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
zdravstveni rizici; radnici migranti; mirovne snage
(health risk; migrant workers; peacekeeping forces)

Sažetak
The article describes the most important environmental health risks factors of migrant workers in peacekeeping forces. Peacekeeping forces are combined of military and civilian staff ; a) unarmed officers monitoring ceasefires and patrolling borders or demilitarized zones, b) armed contingents as a buffer between parties. Because of the use of heavy machinery and equipment, especially loaded weapons, occupational hazards include danger of mechanical injuries. Night-time air traffic and motor vehicles all can be extremely dangerous if safety is not emphasized. Traffic accidents, munitions and mines, and occupational exposures (chemicals, dust, fuels) are proved to be the most important occupational risk factors. They are followed by the risk of infection, risk of insufficient water supllies, sexually transmitted diseases, substandard housing and accommodations, personal hygiene. Infectious diseases, which are among the greatest risks for the forces deployed, are often: food or waterborne diseases, diarrhoeal diseases, hepatitis A, typhoid/paratyphoid fevers, vector-borne diseases (malaria), arboviral diseases (yellow fever, chikungunya fever), African tick typhus, and Flea-Borne (Murine) typhus. Respiratory infections, meningococcal meningitis and tuberculosis are the major public health problems, followed by sexually transmitted and/or blood borne diseases, and other endemic diseases (Lassa fever, schistosomiasis, brucellosis, Q fever, and rabies. Contacts with domestic and wild animals can cause many diseases, especially rabies, through close contact or bites and scratches. Environmental health risks include: extreme heat or cold and high humidity ; influencing living conditions, hygiene maintaining, food and water management and storage, contamination of water and food supplies. Mental stress is a very important health risk factor in mission areas. Migrant workers, both military and civilian ones, work closely with colleagues of various nationalities and cultural backgrounds, in strange environments and difficult living conditions. Isolation, ambiguity, powerlessness, boredom, and threat/danger, are the major dimensions of psychological stress. Violence is important risk factors in the wellbeing of both international and local staff. Stress is manifested by confusion and anxiety that naturally occur during deployment. It affects people’ s ability to sleep and perform their work. « Peacekeeper’ s stress syndrome» has been identified as ‘ rage, delusion and frustration, feelings of impotence and helplessness when one confronts with violence and atrocities to which the peacekeeper is unable to respond’ . Safety management must be the priority in a peacekeeping operations.

Izvorni jezik
Hrvatski

Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

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