Contribuições da Atenção Primária em Saúde para a implementação da Política Nacional de Saúde e Segurança no Trabalho (PNSST) / Contributions of the Primary Health Care system for implementation of the Brazilian National Occupational Safety and Health Plan (PNSST)
The identified actions were organized and discussed according to a) a situational diagnosis, including work activities held in the region; b) workers' demographic and epidemiological profiles; c) planning of actions with priority to interventions aimed at the most frequent, hazardous and vulnerable health problems; d) assistance to victims of work-related injuries or diseases; e) educational actions and health promotion; f) workers' health surveillance actions. The authors discuss the PHC's potentialities and limitations in implementing Workers' Health Care actions and recommend that Workers' Health Reference Centers (Cerest) and other organizations included in the SUS system should provide permanent educational programs and appropriate technical support.