PRIMAEF

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• PRIMA-EF
• Dr Stavroula Leka CPsychol FRSH
• Associate Professor in Occupational Health
  Psychology
• Institute of Work, Health Organisations
• University of Nottingham

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Towards the Development of a European
Psychosocial Risk Management Framework PRIMA-EF

• Lessons learned so far
• Priorities to be addressed
• PRIMA-EF
• Next steps
• Conclusions

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Lessons Learned Better Information

• Need for a pan European surveillance system to
  map and monitor mental health problems in
  relation to work
• Need for further applied research with an
  emphasis on the design and evaluation of
  interventions at the level of the enterprise and
  community to protect and promote mental health
• Need for compilation of good practice in relation
  to design and management of work and the
  management of mental health in relation to work

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Lessons Learned New Approaches

• New thinking in the context of global free market
  economics
• Develop inter-related goals of healthy people,
  healthy enterprises and healthy communities at
  regional, national and local levels
• Develop risk-based approach to interventions at
  enterprise and community levels
• Build new collaborations and extended social
  dialogue enterprises being good neighbours
  investing in communities communities supporting
  local economic development Social Partners
  offering support

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Lessons Learned Better Services

• Need for the development and evaluation of pan
  European provision of occupational health
  services
• Multi-disciplinary
• Competent to manage the challenge of occupational
  mental ill health
• Focused on prevention as well as treatment and
  rehabilitation
• Evidence based
• Available at local level
• Integrated with public health services
• Supported by enterprises and communities

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Priorities 1

• Understanding of the issues across the enlarged
  Europe
• Comprehensive review and evaluation of the
  plethora of methodologies that are employed to
  assess and manage these issues at the workplace
• Development of international standards and
  indicators in relation to their measurement

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Priorities 2

• Clear identification of best practice approaches
  for their management in different enterprise
  contexts and occupational sectors
• Development of guidance and recommendations for
  the management of these issues across Europe
• Development of a strategy for engagement of all
  stakeholders within a framework of social
  dialogue that will enable the wide dissemination
  and raising awareness in relation to these issues

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PRIMA-EF

• Developing a European Psychosocial Risk
  Management Framework
• FP6 - 750,000 for 2 years
• 6 partners (originally 7-NIWL), 5 CCs IWHO
  (lead), BAuA, ISPESL, TNO, CIOP, FIOH
• 2 international organisations (WHO, ILO)
• 6 liaison organisations 3 international (US
  NIOSH, University of South Australia, Singapore
  Ministry of Manpower) 3 EU (Institute for
  Social Policies - Bulgaria, HSE - UK, Cyprus
  International Institute - Harvard-Cyprus
  Initiative for the Environment Public Health)
• 9 advisory organisations DG-Employment,
  DG-SANCO, EASHW, European Foundation (Dublin),
  ICOH-WOPS, ETUC, ETUI, ETUI-REHS, BUSINESSEUROPE,
  UEAPME,CEEP, UNIZO

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Objectives 1

• Develop existing knowledge in reviewing available
  methodologies to evaluate the prevalence and
  impact of psychosocial risks at work and
  work-related stress, including physical and
  psychological workplace violence, harassment,
  bullying and mobbing
• Identify appropriate means of collecting
  sensitive data in relation to these issues
• Develop international standards and indicators on
  stress and violence at work in order to promote
  harmonisation in the area of psychosocial risk
  management and enhance best business practice

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Objectives 2

• Develop detailed recommendations and
  evidence-based best-practice guidance on the
  management of these issues at the workplace to
  promote clarity and a unified European approach
  that will enable stakeholders (occupational
  health and safety professionals, policy makers,
  employers, trade unions, employees) to put these
  in practice to improve the quality of working
  life
• Disseminate the results of the project to
  stakeholders and social partners including SMEs
  in order to raise awareness and promote
  understanding, engagement and best practice in
  relation to the issues of concern

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Psychosocial Risk Management Overview
Integration

• Literature review on psychosocial risk
  management, work-related stress, violence,
  harassment, bullying and mobbing
• Definition of European Psychosocial Risk
  Management Framework gt frameworks key components
  and guiding principles

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Social Policies, Infrastructures and Social
Dialogue

• Review and analysis of social policy,
  legislation, integrative infrastructure and
  guidance in relation to psychosocial risk
  management, work-related stress and violence and
  harassment at work
• Development of social dialogue and corporate
  social responsibility indicators
• Survey involving stakeholders on a tripartite
  basis
• Stakeholders Workshop Berlin, January 2008

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Monitoring Indicators

• Review and analysis of available methodologies to
  evaluate the prevalence and impact of
  psychosocial risks at work and work-related
  stress gt indicator models
• Review and analysis of cost benefit analysis
  methods that could be incorporated in the
  assessment of the impact of psychosocial risks,
  work-related stress and violence and harassment
  at work and the evaluation of relevant
  interventions
• Monitoring Indicators Workshop Amsterdam,
  June 2007

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Evidence-based Interventions Best Practice

• Comprehensive review and analysis of case studies
  of evidence-based, best practice interventions in
  different occupational sectors, worker groups,
  enterprise sizes and European countries
• Inventory of different approaches gt Special
  reference to approaches that promote best
  practice in occupational health and safety and
  the management of psychosocial risks through
  corporate social responsibility and social
  dialogue principles and to gender-friendly
  approaches

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Guidance Recommendations

• Best Practice Workshop Rome, May 2008
• Guidelines for employers employees trade
  unions occupational health physicians general
  practitioners other applied occupational health
  and safety professionals (such as occupational
  health psychologists)
• PRIMA-EF book and brochure
• www.prima-ef.org

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Way Forward

• Network of Excellence in Psychosocial Risk
  Management
• European and international levels
• New EU Member States (convergence areas) and
  developing countries

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Strategy 1

• Evaluation of progress on acceptance of the
  framework and convergence within the framework gt
• policy adoption within the MS involved
• publications using the framework helping
  organisations translate policy into practice
• collection of complete case studies that
  explicitly use the framework approach in
  different countries

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Strategy 2

• Expert network of centres in each MS that can
  help and support the use of the risk management
  approach by organisations within the PRIMA-EF
  framework and which encourages convergence
  through its activities with those organisations

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Strategy 3

• Provision of a European monitoring system, based
  on those expert centres, which trades help and
  support for data and which publishes a yearly
  digest on working conditions and health thus
  enabling organisations to bench mark their
  activities and the EC to have a more accurate
  picture of the psychosocial landscape

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Conclusions

• Momentum for action in area of psychosocial risk
  management
• Priority in occupational health safety
  internationally
• Need for key stakeholders and experts to actively
  communicate and support way forward in a
  comprehensive manner

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Thank you !Stavroula.Leka_at_nottingham.ac.ukww
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