Promuovere la salute dei lavoratori anziani. Le esperienze europee

[Autom. eng. transl.] This study reports the results collected during a European research, ProHealth65 +, aimed at gathering knowledge concerning institutional interventions for health protection at different stages of life and health promotion interventions aimed at older workers. The analysis took into consideration the European countries of the Continental Area, Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean, in consideration of the fact that the Scandinavian area has a long tradition of health promotion and has already been extensively studied. Workplace health promotion interventions were promoted in favor of older workers (Workplace Health Promotion for Older Workers, WHPOW) in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Holland, Poland, Portugal . To identify the projects, a systematic review of the literature was carried out, supplemented by research on the sites of the main European health promotion agencies. Every effort was made to obtain more information directly from the researchers involved in the projects, and the main companies were directly interviewed through an online survey on health promotion activities, using the SurveyMonkey program. The work shows a summary view of the problem of aging workforce and health promotion interventions, analyzing the role of the different types of institutions involved in promotion activities, the type of interventions carried out, the main barriers that occur interpose to an effective promotion work. Examination of the situation in the various countries makes it possible to formulate a series of recommendations for European bodies and national authorities