Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Caracterización de la formación y desempeño del talento humano que labora en Salud Ambiental en Colombia. |
| Alternate Title: |
Characterization of the training and practice of human talent working in environmental health in Colombia. |
| Authors: |
Agudelo-Calderón, Carlos A.1 caagudelo@unal.edu.co, García-Ubaque, Juan C.1 jcgarciau@unal.edu.co, Robledo-Martínez, Rocío1 rrobledom@unal.edu.co, García-Ubaque, Cesar A.2 cagarciau@udistrital.edu.co, Vaca, Martha L.3 ml.vaca68@uniandes.edu.co |
| Source: |
Revista de Salud Pública. jul/ago2015, Vol. 17 Issue 4, p552-564. 13p. |
| Abstract (English): |
Objectives To characterize the peculiarities in the training, exercise, and performance of human talent working in environmental health in Colombia. Method Documentary and database reviews. Surveys and semi-structured interviews. Results Approximately 70 % of professionals in the area of environmental health work in health management, food engineering, environmental engineering, sanitary engineering, veterinary medicine, and pharmaceutical chemistry. 63 % of technologists belong to the field of sanitation technology. Only 20 % of surveyed educational institutions apply the competence approach to training to their students and the identification of occupational characteristics in the labor market is only used at the undergraduate level as a criterion of academic analysis and design. Only 20 % of educational institutions identify educational trends in Colombian and or international environmental health as a contribution to their programs. In prospective practices, the following topics to be strengthened were identified: risk factor identification, measurement, and control; design and implementation of mechanisms for controlling environmental risks; forms of interdisciplinary work between the natural, social and health sciences; preventative and environmental protection measures and the concept of environment (natural, social, and cultural). Conclusion The human talent currently working in environmental health in the country is concentrated in primary care activities (inspection, monitoring and control) and a large spread exists in mission processes and competences, both professionally and technologically. A lack of coordination between the environmental sector and the education sector can be observed. A great diversity exists among the profiles offered by the different educational programs related to environmental health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Abstract (Spanish): |
Objetivos Caracterizar las particularidades en la formación, ejercicio y desempeño del talento humano que labora en salud ambiental en Colombia. Método Revisión documental y de bases de datos, encuestas y entrevistas semiestructuradas. Resultados Aproximadamente el 70 % de los profesionales que laboran en el área de salud ambiental han sido formados en administración en salud, ingeniería de alimentos, ingeniería ambiental, ingeniería sanitaria, medicina veterinaria y química farmacéutica. El 63 % de los tecnólogos pertenecen a tecnología en saneamiento ambiental. Solo un 20 % de las instituciones educativas encuestadas aplica el enfoque por competencias para la formación de sus estudiantes y la identificación de características ocupacionales en el mercado laboral sólo se utiliza en el nivel de pregrado como un criterio de análisis y diseño académico. El 20% de las instituciones educativas identifica tendencias educativas nacionales y/o internacionales en salud ambiental como insumo de sus programas. En el ejercicio prospectivo se identificaron los siguientes temas para fortalecer: identificación, medición y control de factores de riesgo, formas de trabajo interdisciplinario entre las ciencias naturales, sociales y de salud, medidas preventivas y de protección ambiental y concepto de ambiente (natural, social y cultural). Conclusión El talento humano que actualmente labora en salud ambiental en el país está concentrado en actividades de atención primaria (inspección, vigilancia y control) y existe una gran dispersión en los procesos misionales y en las competencias tanto en los profesionales como en los tecnólogos. Se aprecia desarticulación entre el sector ambiental y el sector educativo. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
MedicLatina |
