Work Stress and Psychosocial Risk Factors

  • Leonardo de Naranjo Centre of Medelin Public Health, Colombia
Keywords: Professional Burnout, Psychosocial Impact, Psychological Stress, Risk Factors, Occupational Health

Abstract

Resolution 2646 of 2008 aims to give the parameters in the identification of psychosocial risks at work, this as a product of occupational stress, this article presents in a concise and understandable way for the employee in general, the meaning of the factors of psychosocial risk and the repercussions that these may have on their health. The Ministry of Protection includes pathologies derived from work stress in the table of Occupational Diseases, and for this it relies on the protocol for determining the origin of pathologies derived from stress and on the battery of instruments to evaluate the factors of psychosocial risk and contribute to the decision-making of work professionals in determining the origin of diseases derived from stress, whether they are of common or professional origin. For this case, companies must allocate human and economic resources for the identification, evaluation, prevention, intervention and monitoring of said psycho-occupational risks, it is the employer's responsibility to ensure the health of its employees, non-compliance with what is established by the Ministry will be subject to sanction in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs a and c of Article 91 of Decree - Law 1295 of 1994.

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Published
2020-12-15
How to Cite
Naranjo, L. de. (2020). Work Stress and Psychosocial Risk Factors. International Journal of Science and Society, 2(1), 365-369. https://doi.org/10.54783/ijsoc.v2i1.257