Lacaz Francisco Antonio de Castro
Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Alfonso Celso 718, São Paulo, SP 04119-060, Brazil.
Cad Saude Publica. 2007 Apr;23(4):757-66. doi: 10.1590/s0102-311x2007000400003.
This article discusses the underlying theoretical and operational premises in the fields of workers' health and occupational health, highlighting their respective frameworks and epistemological differences, based on Foucaultian archeology. The theme is particularly relevant, due to: the apparently limited attention to interdisciplinary research approaches in workers' health; various setbacks in public health measures at the social policy level; related weaknesses in the Brazilian trade union movement; and the conceptual misinterpretations drafted into the final report of the 3rd National Workers' Health Conference in November, 2005, convened by the Ministries of Social Security, Health, and Labor. The event resulted from the Workers' Health Conferences held in various States and Municipalities, mobilizing some 100,000 activists throughout Brazil and electing the delegates to the 3rd National Conference.
本文基于福柯式考古学，探讨了工人健康和职业健康领域的潜在理论及操作前提，突出了它们各自的框架和认识论差异。该主题尤为相关，原因如下：工人健康领域对跨学科研究方法的关注明显有限；社会政策层面公共卫生措施遭遇诸多挫折；巴西工会运动存在相关弱点；以及2005年11月由社会保障部、卫生部和劳动部召集的第三届全国工人健康会议最终报告中出现的概念误解。该活动源于在各个州和市举行的工人健康会议，动员了巴西各地约10万名积极分子，并选举出了第三届全国会议的代表。
