title: Surveillance Programme of Work-related Diseases (WRD) in France.
abstract: The surveillance programme of work-related diseases (WRD) is based on a network of occupational physicians who notify all WRD diagnosed during a two-week observation period. The aims are mainly to estimate the prevalence of non-compensated WRD in the working population according to socio economic factors; to determine new indicators of occupational health; to update the lists of compensable occupational diseases; to understand and assess under-compensation and under-notification. The participation rate for occupational physicians is around 33% in 2008. The main WRD are the musculoskeletal disorders, followed by the mental disorders. This 2-week protocol, repeated regularly, provides useful data on frequency of pathologies linked to employment as well as an estimate of unreported WRD subject to compensation or non-compensated WRDs, and the trends of WRDs over the time.
authors.affiliation: French Institute for Public Health Surveillance, Saint Maurice, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Madeleine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Valenty
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Homère
authors.forename: Maëlaïg
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mevel
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dourlat
authors.forename: Loïc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Garras
authors.forename: Magdeleine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brom
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Imbernon