Developing the new national research agenda in OSH:

Identification of priorities

Shaping the future of OSHA workshop on foresight methodologies

Bilbao, October 27, 2008

Bruna Maria RondinoneDepartment of Occupational Medicine

International experiences

Malaysia

Japan

The Netherlands

BOHRF

United Kingdom

NIOSH

USA

ISPESL

Italy

European Union

OSHA

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Identification of research priorities in occupational healthIavicoli S, Rondinone B, Marinaccio A, Fingerhut M

Occup Environ Med 2005, 62:71-72

Identification of priorities in OSH in Italy, 2000-2001

Which are the new tendencies about research

priorities in OSH field ??

Aims of the new ISPESL’s study(2007-2008)

To assess new tendencies starting from the priority research areas already identified by ISPESL in 2000

To extend the concept of priority to the sphere of transfer knowledge

To detect new emerging topics

Questionnaire

ISPESL surveyed a sample of 442 subjects, selected from various OSH sectors

sending them a questionnaire, in which we asked

To rank the old 27 topics by importance, as regards research and transfer knowledge

To list up 5 other topics they considered merited more research and more efforts for transfer knowledge

Whether in the last five years the respondents had participated in and/or conducted OSH studies for which they had received financing

27 Topics

Mean scores and ranking for each of the

Research prioritiesTransfer knowledge

priorities

Statistical analysis

for the total sample by region

by the type of OSH research done

by the role played in the OSH sector

Application of non-parametric test to compare the difference between the mean scores for the experts in the different groups

Top ten Research priorities and associated transfer knowledge mean scores

Top five New Research priorities and associated transfer knowledge mean scores

New

Impacts