Mergler D
Int J Health Serv. 1987;17(1):151-67. doi: 10.2190/FPWF-C2ET-Q4DB-NMNQ.
In the area of occupational health, progressive scientists in many countries are attempting to carry out scientific inquiry into the effects of working conditions on the health of workers in a participatory relationship with workers. The author proposes an action research model to describe the underlying research process, taking into account the interests of both workers and academics. For worker/scientist cooperation to be effective, means must be found for the two groups to work on an equal footing. Workers' participation in occupational health research projects takes two forms: informational input-workers' knowledge of working conditions and health problems systematized and used to better understand the work situation and its effects on health and well-being; and partnership--workers' participation in the design and realization of all stages of the research project. Institutional context and worker participation are analyzed in the present article in the light of the experiences of our research group, Group de Recherche-action en Biologie de Travail (Action Research on Work Biology), at the Université du Québec à Montréal. The group has been involved in action research with unions for the past ten years under the terms of a signed agreement between the University and the two major Québec unions, the Féderation des travailleurs (travailleuses) du Québec and the Conféderation des syndicats nationaux.
在职业健康领域，许多国家的进步科学家正试图与工人建立参与式关系，对工作条件对工人健康的影响展开科学探究。作者提出了一种行动研究模型来描述潜在的研究过程，同时考虑到工人和学者双方的利益。为使工人/科学家合作有效，必须找到让这两个群体平等合作的方法。工人参与职业健康研究项目有两种形式：信息输入——将工人对工作条件和健康问题的了解系统化，并用于更好地理解工作状况及其对健康和福祉的影响；以及伙伴关系——工人参与研究项目各阶段的设计和实施。本文根据我们在蒙特利尔魁北克大学的研究团队——工作生物学行动研究小组（Group de Recherche-action en Biologie de Travail）的经验，分析了制度背景和工人参与情况。在过去十年里，该团队根据大学与魁北克两大主要工会——魁北克省工人联合会（Féderation des travailleurs (travailleuses) du Québec）和全国工会联盟（Conféderation des syndicats nationaux）签署的协议条款，一直与工会开展行动研究。
