Department of Nursing, Universidad de Antofagasta.
Faculty of Nursing, Universidad Andrés Bello.
Workplace Health Saf. 2024 Feb;72(2):75-78. doi: 10.1177/21650799231196885. Epub 2023 Sep 13.
Occupational health nursing plays a fundamental role in addressing the health of the working population; however, training in this area differs around the world in terms of levels, duration, content, and requirements, and the current situation in Latin American countries is unknown. The objective of this study was to analyze undergraduate nursing education in occupational health from an international perspective considering Chile, Colombia, Brazil, and Mexico.
We conducted a multicenter, descriptive study, based on bibliographic methodology, whose sample was documentary, consulting government databases in Chile, Colombia, Brazil, and Mexico.
Heterogeneity was identified within the training in the countries analyzed, with a small number of courses in the course structures; in most cases, the courses were taught in the last years of training and predominantly as elective courses.
The authors recommend that training centers develop programs associated with occupational nursing, which is considered an imperative to strengthen public health in developing countries and an ethical and equitable response to the working population.
职业健康护理在解决工作人口健康问题方面发挥着基础性作用；然而，该领域的培训在水平、持续时间、内容和要求方面在全球范围内存在差异，拉丁美洲国家的现状尚不清楚。本研究的目的是从国际视角分析智利、哥伦比亚、巴西和墨西哥的本科职业健康护理教育。
我们开展了一项多中心描述性研究，基于文献方法，其样本为文献资料，查阅了智利、哥伦比亚、巴西和墨西哥政府数据库。
在分析的国家中，培训存在异质性，课程结构中的课程数量较少；在大多数情况下，这些课程都在培训的最后几年教授，而且主要是作为选修课程。
作者建议培训中心制定与职业护理相关的计划，这被认为是加强发展中国家公共卫生的必要条件，也是对工作人口的一种伦理和公平的回应。
