This essay discusses the contributions of both Ivar Oddone and the Italian Worker's struggle for health Model (IWM) for the development of the worker's health field, particularly in Brazil. It starts by revising the ways the IWM legacy was incorporated to the Worker's Health research and practices. Then, it presents the building of the industrial hazard mappings experience carried out in the Southeast of France. The third part deals with the concept of "expanded scientific community" and its derivations. Finally, it discusses the "instruction to the double" technique as an effective instrument for workers' re-appropriation of their strategies for action at work and for their implementation. The paper highlights that it is not a matter of incorporating the Italian experience, but of working out its principles and experiences, considering its potential power for instigating collective actions and for strengthening existing mobilizations. The paper points at the IWM up to date aspect: although the traditional ways of struggling are less evident, one can be sure of workers' recreating capacity.
worker's health; expanded scientific community; Italian worker model; labor conditions; risk map