Occupational health indicators for South Africa.
Indicators, statistics gathered from a larger pool because they have the power to summarize or to serve as indirect or proxy measures for information that is lacking, would be valuable in appraising occupational health status in a country provided data are both feasible and relatively inexpensive to collect. A generally accepted set of occupational health indicators does not exist. This project aimed to compile a set for South Africa. An initial set of possible indicators was compiled and then rated by key informants. A committee of the National Centre for Occupational Health selected a final set of 16 indicators. The indicators and limited data collected on some of them are presented with commentary. The validity and the impact of the indicators need to be formally assessed.
Rees
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National Centre for Occupational Health, Department of Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. reesd@health.gov.za
Kielkowski
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Lowe
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D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000401:mortality; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013019:South Africa