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<p>With contemporary challenges and threats, health safety is more and more often taken into account in various European safety and health programmes. The European Union plays an important role in the improvement of public health, prevention and treatment of diseases, reduction in the number of sources of hazards to human health, and alignment of health strategies between member states. This paper presents the problems related to the management of health safety in the European Union. Furthermore, based on the analysis of EU documents, the strategic objectives of health safety management in member states were enumerated, with examples of coordination, cooperation and exchange of practices.</p>
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With contemporary challenges and threats, health safety is more and more often taken into account in various European safety and health programmes. The European Union plays an important role in the improvement of public health, prevention and treatment of diseases, reduction in the number of sources of hazards to human health, and alignment of health strategies between member states. This paper presents the problems related to the management of health safety in the European Union. Furthermore, based on the analysis of EU documents, the strategic objectives of health safety management in member states were enumerated, with examples of coordination, cooperation and exchange of practices.

Strategic Goals of the European Union in Managing Health Safety

System Safety: Human - Technical Facility - Environment

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With contemporary challenges and threats, health safety is more and more often taken into account in various European safety and health programmes. The...

Strategic Goals of the European Union in Managing Health Safety

Published Online: Mar 28, 2019

Page range: 180 - 188

Received: Nov 30, 2018

Accepted: Jan 13, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/czoto-2019-0023

Keywords
European Union, management, health safety, strategic goals

© 2019 Magdalena Bsoul-Kopowska, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Strategic Goals of the European Union in Managing Health Safety

Published Online: Mar 28, 2019

Page range: 180 - 188

Received: Nov 30, 2018

Accepted: Jan 13, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/czoto-2019-0023

KeywordsEuropean Union, management, health safety, strategic goals

© 2019 Magdalena Bsoul-Kopowska, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
European Union, management, health safety, strategic goals