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Health of the working age population uvodne misli | preface
In 2017, the Faculty of Health Sciences concluded the first conference entitled
Health of the Working-Age Population with optimism, believing that we had con-
tributed to the increase in awareness on healthy lifestyle habits and opportunities
to prevent chronic non-communicable diseases in workers of different ages and
professions, and encouraged further professional and scientific work on this topic.
This year’s conference is co-organized by the project STAR-VITAL: Joint meas-
ures for the vitality of older workers. Within this project, the researchers from
University of Primorska, alongside with National Institute for Public Health,
Chamber of Craft and Small Business of Slovenia, and Angela Boškin Faculty
of Healthcare, design and implement interventions on in view of ergonomics,
stress management, communication, nutrition and increasing the working year
span. The vison of the project is to establish healthy workplaces, by promoting
cooperation between employers and employees.
The conference is split into four sections, with the aim to encourage the com-
munication and exchange of knowledge among the experts of similar back-
grounds. At the same time, we must be aware that cooperation among differ-
ent fields is also of paramount importance. Studies that had explored different
populations, from children, working-age population and elderly, have shown
that health and well-being is best promoted with comprehensive approach,
involving physical activities, appropriate nutrition, stress management and so
forth. Therefore, I hope that the conference will also offer or at least move us
closer to the answers like ‘’How to use information-communication technolo-
gy to promote physical activity during work’’ or ‘’How to design active work-
place break in a way that it will, in addition to unloading the musculoskeletal
system, also contribute to stress relief?’’
I hope that the conference will offer the researchers, professors, students and
experts a broad overview on the issues related to the health of the work-
ing-age population, and inspire them to research, development and profes-
sional work on this field. Although we have seen important progress in recent
years, both in terms of research/project work, as well as other activities in-
tended for workplace health promotion, there is nevertheless more work to
be done to ensure the workers best possible workplace environment.
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In 2017, the Faculty of Health Sciences concluded the first conference entitled
Health of the Working-Age Population with optimism, believing that we had con-
tributed to the increase in awareness on healthy lifestyle habits and opportunities
to prevent chronic non-communicable diseases in workers of different ages and
professions, and encouraged further professional and scientific work on this topic.
This year’s conference is co-organized by the project STAR-VITAL: Joint meas-
ures for the vitality of older workers. Within this project, the researchers from
University of Primorska, alongside with National Institute for Public Health,
Chamber of Craft and Small Business of Slovenia, and Angela Boškin Faculty
of Healthcare, design and implement interventions on in view of ergonomics,
stress management, communication, nutrition and increasing the working year
span. The vison of the project is to establish healthy workplaces, by promoting
cooperation between employers and employees.
The conference is split into four sections, with the aim to encourage the com-
munication and exchange of knowledge among the experts of similar back-
grounds. At the same time, we must be aware that cooperation among differ-
ent fields is also of paramount importance. Studies that had explored different
populations, from children, working-age population and elderly, have shown
that health and well-being is best promoted with comprehensive approach,
involving physical activities, appropriate nutrition, stress management and so
forth. Therefore, I hope that the conference will also offer or at least move us
closer to the answers like ‘’How to use information-communication technolo-
gy to promote physical activity during work’’ or ‘’How to design active work-
place break in a way that it will, in addition to unloading the musculoskeletal
system, also contribute to stress relief?’’
I hope that the conference will offer the researchers, professors, students and
experts a broad overview on the issues related to the health of the work-
ing-age population, and inspire them to research, development and profes-
sional work on this field. Although we have seen important progress in recent
years, both in terms of research/project work, as well as other activities in-
tended for workplace health promotion, there is nevertheless more work to
be done to ensure the workers best possible workplace environment.
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