Surveillance and actions on workers' health in the context of agribusiness in the western region of the state of São Paulo, BR

• Grant number: 21/06244-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: July 01, 2021
• End date: June 30, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Interdisciplinary Subjects
• Agreement: ANR
• Principal Investigator: Rodolfo Andrade de Gouveia Vilela
• Grantee: Ana Caroline Ferreira Alves
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Saúde Pública (FSP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 19/13525-0 - Innovation and transformation for prevention activity of professional risks - ITAPAR, AP.TEM

Abstract

This proposal is rooted in the context of the importance of work accidents in Brazil and the stagnation in France. We understand prevention as a collective activity carried out over time, space and multiple partners. The activity of prevention can be conceptualized as a partially improvised orchestration of collaborative performance (Engeström 2008). It can be approached at three levels: 1) a network for workers' health and safety surveillance developed by public agencies; 2) the collective activity of injuries/work-related diseases prevention; 3) the self-protection of the workers. This research aims to: 1) understand the collective activity of prevention at these three levels; 2) identify potential areas for development of this activity; 3) support innovation in this collective activity of prevention by mobilizing Change Laboratories (Virkkunen & Schaupp 2008) and simulation methods from the critical pedagogy (Freire, 1970). This work will be performed in Brazil and France enabling to compare and improve the prevention activity in both countries.