This paper describes the Québec experience in the design and implementation of occupational health programs in the workplace. To begin with, a brief overview of the historical context and organisational framework of occupational health are presented. Next, each of the phases involved in the design of occupational health programs is described: identification of workers' health and safety problems, selection of action priorities, and program design, implementation and evaluation.... In the end, the roles and responsibilities of the doctors, nurses and industrial hygienists generally involved in these multidisciplinary teams are presented.

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