AOHP 2014 National Conference

Topic Overview:

The Occupational Health Department at the Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK) is now treating behavioral as well as somatic problems of its employees. The reorganized medical program, which began in 2010, has two main goals:

• To reduce sickness absenteeism from 4% to 1.5% of working time.
• To prioritize preventive care, encompassing both fitness to work and 24/7 emergency preparedness.

This presentation will detail intermediate (2014) results of this successful reorganization, including: a reduction in sickness absenteeism; an increase in training for medical personnel regarding mental health and non-communicable disease prevention; an increase in flu and pneumococcal vaccination rates; and the integration of emergency preparedness with emergency public service disaster prevention.

Objectives:

1. Identify strategies to reduce sickness absenteeism and related temporary disability.
2. Name a strategy to address prevention of non communicable disease in a work site medical program.
3. Illustrate the key role of employee illness reporting as a main dashboard indicator.    
4. Discuss the integration of emergency preparedness with emergency public service disaster prevention