Santé publique France and the INRS Renew Their Partnership in Occupational Health

Santé publique France and the National Research and Safety Institute for the Prevention of Occupational Accidents and Diseases (INRS) have signed a new five-year partnership agreement. They are thus continuing the collaboration they began more than 10 years ago to pool their knowledge and expertise with the aim of improving workers’ health.

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Dues à des expositions professionnelles, les principales maladies en lien avec le travail sont surveillées par Santé publique France dans l’objectif d’élaborer, avec les partenaires, les...

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Santé publique France and the INRS have signed a partnership agreement to renew their collaboration, with the primary goal of continuing their joint efforts and initiatives to reduce risks to workers.

What areas of action does this agreement cover?

  • Identifying emerging occupational risks, particularly through scientific monitoring and foresight

  • Monitoring workplace exposures and their effects on health

  • Providing information on occupational health and safety drawn from each party’s databases

  • Alerting to and identifying early warning signs of occupational risks and addressing them for prevention purposes

  • The development of specific prevention measures and the assessment of their impact in the workplace

  • The development of joint or coordinated prevention messages and campaigns on topics of mutual interest

What is the nature of this collaboration and what are its objectives?

Santé publique France and the INRS are called upon to collaborate closely and complementarily to generate knowledge regarding the links between health and work, and to take preventive action. This cooperation, through the maintenance of active relations between the two organizations, promotes the exchange of expertise as well as the conduct of joint studies and the maintenance of active relations between the two organizations.

The renewal of this strategic collaboration demonstrates the two organizations’ firm commitment to continuing to work together toward a healthier and safer workplace.

Examples of ongoing collaborative initiatives

The initiatives led by Santé publique France and the INRS include, in particular:

  • the provision by Santé publique France of analysis results regarding the prevalence of chronic respiratory diseases by sector of activity and occupation within the framework of the Constances or Coset cohorts;

  • the participation of Santé publique France and the INRS in the European PARC project as part of work on assessing population exposure to chemicals through biomonitoring, as well as in the Sicapro project on the system for monitoring the incidence of cancers linked to occupational activity;

  • the development, definition, and dissemination of reference methods for epidemiological monitoring in the workplace, including the production of a new technical guide for generating epidemiological indicators at the workplace level.

About Santé publique France

Santé publique France addresses the need for a leading agency with expertise in public health in France. Grounded in the continuum between knowledge and action, our mission is to improve and protect the health of the population. Our work addresses major public health challenges over the long term, in the areas of protection against threats (including infectious risks, environmental risks, etc.) on the one hand, and health improvement (health determinants, prevention, health promotion, and reducing the burden of chronic diseases, social and regional inequalities, etc.) on the other.

Through its work in occupational health, Santé publique France:

  • helps improve knowledge of occupational risks (surveillance, identification of occupational determinants of health) to inform and support decisions by public authorities and occupational health and safety stakeholders regarding the prevention of occupational risks;

  • develops initiatives to promote public health in the workplace.

Occupational health and safety is a key focus area for Santé publique France. It is part of the Agency’s “Health, Environment, Climate Change, and Working Conditions” program, whose broad scope takes a cross-cutting and comprehensive approach to risks related to climate change, the impacts of chemical substances, and environment-specific approaches.

Santé publique France is a public institution under the supervision of the Ministry of Solidarity and Health.

Some key figures: each year, approximately

  • 14 million page views on the santepublique.fr website

  • More than 3.5 million visits to Géodes, which provides 800 health indicators across France as open data

  • 1 million responses provided by the 19 remote assistance services (calls, chats, and Q&As) and 24 million visits to their websites

  • Over 10 million copies of communication materials distributed to professionals and the general public

About the INRS

The National Institute for Research and Safety in the Prevention of Workplace Accidents and Occupational Diseases (INRS) is a non-profit organization established in 1947 under the auspices of the CNAM and governed by a Joint Council (comprising employers and employees). From acquiring knowledge to disseminating it, and transforming it into practical solutions, the Institute leverages its multidisciplinary resources to promote a culture of prevention among the 20 million employees covered by the general Social Security system and to offer tools tailored to the diversity of occupational risks.

The INRS’s work is structured around four complementary missions: studies and research, assistance, training, and information.

Funded by a grant from the Social Security’s National Fund for the Prevention of Workplace Accidents and Occupational Diseases, the INRS has 579 employees spread across two locations, in Paris and Lorraine.

Key figures:

Each year, approximately:

  • 100 research programs conducted

  • 30,000 people registered on the INRS self-study website

  • 1.5 million vocational students educated on occupational health and safety

  • 19 million documents downloaded and 9 million visits to the inrs.fr website.

  • 1.5 million videos viewed on the INRSFrance YouTube channel

  • 10,000 participants in in-person and remote events