Abstract
Objective:
to socialize the strategies developed by the Intersectoral Commission on Worker’s Health (CISTT) of the municipality of Joaçaba/SC, Brazil, from 2012 to 2017.
Methods:
experience report based on documentary survey and analysis of CISTT’s minutes and reports, newspaper articles and websites of public institutions and trade unions.
Results:
dialogues and interaction with the community through the promotion of thematic seminars on work and health; photo contest and exhibition; writing and drawing contest; book publishing; municipal law proposal and approval; implementation of the Occupational Health Surveillance System; discussion, proposition and monitoring of occupational health policies.
Conclusion:
despite the institutional difficulties and simplicities that are characteristic of small municipalities in Brazil, the activities adopted in CISTT implementation constitute an important strategy for worker´s health promotion.
Keywords:
social participation; Unified Health System; health surveillance; occupational health; public policies
