A conceptual review of psychosocial, labor risk factors and some instruments for measuring these factors in Colombia

Abstract

Psychosocial, labor risk factors in Colombia have a significant impact on the health and quality of life of workers who carry out activities in their workplace. Hence, it is necessary to diagnose and create epidemiological surveillance programs that make it possible to prevent accidents at work and occupational diseases. Therefore, this document accomplishes a conceptual introduction from the perspective of the ILO (International Labor Organization), various stakeholders, and the legal framework in Colombia that helps evidence the importance of conducting an intervention on psychosocial, labor risk factors. It also presents some of the different instruments that can be used in Colombia for measuring and diagnosing these risk factors in compliance with the requirements in Resolution 2646 of 2008 issued by the Ministry for Social Protection with regard to the acknowledgment of three kinds of conditions of psychosocial, labor risk factors in their assessment, namely, inside the workplace, outside the workplace, and individual factors. This makes it possible to identify aspects that assist organizations with the prevention of accidents at work and occupational diseases.