University (UNICAM), the International Radio Medical Centre (CIRM) in Rome and the shipping company FINAVAL includes the 7 actions listed below. Health education consists in information campaigns on the major health risks for seafarers and on their prevention. Psychological assessment of on board employment and duty assignment includes setting of employer’s profile by psycho-aptitude tests and training for equipe-work in the maritime environment using specific testing and high quality psychological counselling. Risk communication is an action of sharing information to promote understanding about risk reduction and informed decision-making. Risk management strategy includes appropriate recommendations and prevention strategies provided to the traveler. Occupational surveillance is the basis for analyzing and controlling worker’s characteristics and the influence of what he is doing on its health. Health/medical data are collected into the same electronic system handled by University of Camerino Telemedicine Center and CIRM/TMAS. The first institution takes the responsibility of coordinating health surveillance activity. These data put into a WEB-based health database of each seafarer will be available as a personal medical record of the seafarer in case of accidents or diseases on board. CIRM/TMAS doctors can have access to these data in case of requests of telemedical advice. Delivery of high quality medical assistance requires a given technological background. Ships involved in this project will be equipped of basic telemedical devices for assessing blood pressure, pulse rate, electrocardiogram, blood oxygen levels and basic hematochemistry tests. Information collected by these devices will be used for occupational surveillance and for providing medical assistance if necessary . Stress prevention and management will include assessment of perception of stress in the specific sea-work set, training in stress management of the staff, improvement of communication between different groups of employers in order to promote cohesion of the ship community (even by using on board visual signals with guidelines to manage interpersonal conflicts), preventing of burn-out, psychological teleassistance in emergency situations. Thanks to this project already ongoing, health care improvement and health promotion on board ships are expected.
HEALTHY SHIP: An Innovative Project for Health Care Improvement and Health Promotion On Board Ships
AMENTA, Francesco;GRAPPASONNI, Iolanda;
2011-01-01
Abstract
University (UNICAM), the International Radio Medical Centre (CIRM) in Rome and the shipping company FINAVAL includes the 7 actions listed below. Health education consists in information campaigns on the major health risks for seafarers and on their prevention. Psychological assessment of on board employment and duty assignment includes setting of employer’s profile by psycho-aptitude tests and training for equipe-work in the maritime environment using specific testing and high quality psychological counselling. Risk communication is an action of sharing information to promote understanding about risk reduction and informed decision-making. Risk management strategy includes appropriate recommendations and prevention strategies provided to the traveler. Occupational surveillance is the basis for analyzing and controlling worker’s characteristics and the influence of what he is doing on its health. Health/medical data are collected into the same electronic system handled by University of Camerino Telemedicine Center and CIRM/TMAS. The first institution takes the responsibility of coordinating health surveillance activity. These data put into a WEB-based health database of each seafarer will be available as a personal medical record of the seafarer in case of accidents or diseases on board. CIRM/TMAS doctors can have access to these data in case of requests of telemedical advice. Delivery of high quality medical assistance requires a given technological background. Ships involved in this project will be equipped of basic telemedical devices for assessing blood pressure, pulse rate, electrocardiogram, blood oxygen levels and basic hematochemistry tests. Information collected by these devices will be used for occupational surveillance and for providing medical assistance if necessary . Stress prevention and management will include assessment of perception of stress in the specific sea-work set, training in stress management of the staff, improvement of communication between different groups of employers in order to promote cohesion of the ship community (even by using on board visual signals with guidelines to manage interpersonal conflicts), preventing of burn-out, psychological teleassistance in emergency situations. Thanks to this project already ongoing, health care improvement and health promotion on board ships are expected.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
