2013, Number 3
Health and working conditions of persons employed in mobile sales of the economy in the center of the city of Popayán, Colombia, 2011
Viveros AJR, Edder UJ, Milena FC, Martínez MFE
Language: Spanish
References: 5
Page: 24-38
PDF size: 496.55 Kb.
ABSTRACT
Informality is one of the great themes of economic and social debate of our time, especially in developing countries. This is a descriptive and transversal study that documents the health and working conditions of 160 people working in vending of the city of Popayan. The analysis is based on the implementation of the National Survey of Health and Working Conditions of Informal Trade, of the Ministry of Social Protection. The results indicate that most people are female between 25 and 39 years old: they are people living in union free and are belong to the urban sector of the city. As for membership, 85,6 % of the population is affiliated with the health system in different EPS and EPSS.REFERENCES
Ministerio de la Protección Social. Plan nacional de Salud ocupacional 2008-2012. Favorecer la amplia-ción de cobertura en el sistema general de riesgos profesionales, establecer políticas y definir acciones de promoción para la seguridad y la salud en el tra-bajo, así como la prevención de los riesgos ocupa-cionales en las poblaciones laborales vulnerables; 2008. p. 73.