Did you know that 85% of workers worldwide lack access to expert-based occupational health services? Are you interested in policies and activities focusing on new forms of occupational health care and other support for all workers?
Occupational or workers’ health care can be organized in various ways: in a basic form, an ‘expert-based occupational health services’ form, a hospital-based form, and online. The basic form, so-called ‘basic occupational health services’ (BOHS), is mostly integrated in primary or community (public) health care. This set-up is – in general – most appropriate for informal workers, migrant workers, workers in agriculture or in small enterprises, and self-employed. Think also about the 58 % of all workers globally who are working in informal employment, often in hazardous working conditions causing accidents and serious diseases.
Basic Occupational Health Services (BOHS) are focused on essential workers’ health issues such as the prevention of work-related and occupational diseases, accidents and stress, and support of workers hindered at work or disabled by a disease or handicap.
The Second edition of the Repository for Publications on Basic Occupational Health Services and similar initiatives, is a unique digital collection of records referring to publications on Basic Occupational Health Services (BOHS) and related innovations. This second edition in 2025 offers not only a two times larger collection than the first edition in 2022, but also an improved readability, and a comprehensive search system.
You can use this free Repository to find a wealth of information largely based on systematic literature searches. The collection offers for each of the 365 publications included a description of the content, bibliographic data, and free access to about 90% of the complete publications. The books, reports, scientific articles, policy documents and lectures inform you about the state of the art and studies in more than 45 countries. Using the search system, you can find the vision and considerations of international organizations such as WHO, ILO, ICOH, WONCA, IAOH, IEA, and WIEGO. The publications are covering the years 2000-2024.
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Background information:
First authors of the repository are Frank van Dijk and Suvarna Moti. It took two years to double the number of publications included in the first edition (2022), to improve the readability, and to develop an appropriate keyword search system.
The repository offers easy access to otherwise not easy to find scientific articles, books, reports, abstracts of lectures, and policy documents of international organizations such as WHO, ILO, ICOH, and WONCA.
The period covered is from about 2000 until 2024. All records of the 365 publications include bibliographic data, a short description or the abstract when allowed, and a direct link to the complete publication (90% accessible). The collection is largely based on systematic literature searches and is an ideal start for a targeted search by professionals and students.
Information is available on the state of the art and studies in more than 45 countries. We included as well selected information on informal workers, participatory action approaches, and key ergonomic publications. Background information is given on the concept and practice of basic occupational health services and similar innovations. The aim is to promote better access to various forms of occupational health care for all workers.