[The INSuLa Project: a knowledge survey among workers]. / Progetto INSuLa: I'indagine conoscitiva sui lavoratori.

The INSuLa project consisted of a national survey on health and safety at work involving all the relevant actors such as workers, employers, occupational physicians (MC), worker safety representatives (RLS), prevention and safety service in the workplace (SPSAL). The survey aimed, on one hand, at investigating workers' risk perceptions at the workplace and, on another hand, at exploring the general level of awareness about the enforcement of the Legislative Decree 81/2008 and subsequent amendments. The survey was conducted on a stratified sample of8000 workers representative of the national situation taking into consideration some of the most important socio-demographic and occupational variables, such as gender, geographic area, age, type of contract and sector of activity. The analysis of the results presented here and the subsequent secondary analyses will contribute to identify the needs and critical issues for implementing preventive interventions at the workplaces, also in consideration of the emerging risks and changes in the world of work.

[The INSuLa Project: the knowledge survey of company physicians]. / Progetto INSuLa: I'indagine conoscitiva sui medici competenti.

The technological advancements, the occurrence of new emerging occupational risks and diseases, and the changes in the regulatory framework for occupational health and safety induce a constant evolution of occupational medicine. Consequently, the skills and training needs of the occupational physicians should be periodically revalued and upgraded in order to identify technical and operational issues and problems of this discipline. In this context, the aim of this national survey, carried out using a self-administered questionnaire submitted to a sample of 1,237 occupational physicians, has been to gain helpful information to ensure a continuous improvement of the quality and effectiveness of measures aimed at protecting the health and safety of workers. The questionnaire, that consists of 43 questions divided into 5 different areas (personal and professional information, training and updating needs of occupational physicians, professional activities and relationships with the corporate prevention system, relationships with the supervisory board of the Local Health Authority, relationships with the National Health Service), allowed to obtain personal and professional data, to assess the training needs and demands of occupational physicians and to evaluate their relationships with the other stakeholders of the Italian prevention system and with the National Health Service. The preliminary results of this survey appear extremely important. In fact, this findings, highlighting the current problems of occupational physician, constitute the starting point to identify, develop and implement management methodologies, operative procedures and training programs that are effective and modern.