Abstract

GARCIA UBAQUE, JUAN CARLOS; ALONSO GARZON, MARIO ANDRÉS  and  MELO BASTIDAS, MARIO MAURICIO. Universidad Nacional de Colombia’s Academic Production in Health and Safety at Work. av.enferm. [online]. 2010, vol.28, suppl.1, pp.83-98. ISSN 0121-4500.

Objective: To determine the areas of interest in the field of health and safety at work at the National University of Colombia, through a review of academic production. Methods: An analysis has been conducted on the work developed and on such which makes the bulk of production over the past 20 years in the graduate interdisciplinary programs on Occupational Health at the Nursing School, descriptive variables and content variables, areas of interest, as well as types of work, have been established. Results: 140 pieces of works are found to have been produced, 106 of which were catalogued at the Bogota, Manizales and Leticia branches. 42.45% of the products are currently under development, with an emphasis on the productive sector, while the remaining 57.55% addresses specific aspects of occupational medicine, ergonomics, psychosocial conditions, management in occupational health and industrial safety and hygiene promotion health in workplaces. The 71.67% of production is empirical, while the remaining 28.33% is conceptual and instrumental. Discussion: congruence is found to exist with the level of training, whereas little correlation has been found to exist with the objectives of the National Occupational Health and Occupational Disease profile in Colombia 2003-2005. Recommendations: To strengthen quality assessment, orientation and focus of academic production, and thus get to know their impact and influence on the progress of science, technology, quality of life and its possible social benefit.

Keywords : review; evaluation; scientific publication indicators; occupational health.

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