On this site we have gathered information
concerning surveillance.
The NRCWE will strengthen the strategic use of data from the work
environment surveillance. It will be done by optimizing the research
quality in order to systematically identify, quantify and to put into
perspective potential work environment problems. The surveillance database
constitutes a unique basis for NRCWE's research within epidemiology and
for advancing hypotheses within NRCWE's strategic research area.
Therefore, knowledge gained from the surveillance programme will be
published immediately and form the basis for new research projects. The
NRCWE will ensure that this is done in close cooperation with the labour
market parties.
Furthermore, the NRCWE will maintain its research-based knowledge to ensure
that the Ministry of Labour and the work environment system can obtain
information when necessary. This means that the NRCWE is able to provide
minutes og knowledge of high quality on delimited problems with short
notice.
The minutes are either written directly by researchers from NRCWE or
external researcher appointed by the NRCWE. Therefore, the NRCWE gives high
priority to maintaining professional networks.
The NRCWE surveillance is especially based on:
• The Danish Work Environment Cohort Study which is a representative sample
of Danes being asked about work environment and health conditions
• The Occupational Hospitalization Register which contains information from
hospitals showing differences in morbidity
