Capacity building status of technical support institutions for occupational disease prevention and treatment in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
10.20001/j.issn.2095-2619.20250621
- VernacularTitle:宁夏职业病防治技术支撑机构能力建设现状
- Author:
Jie XU
1
;
Qiong LUO
Author Information
1. Zhongwei Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhongwei, Ningxia 755000, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Occupational disease prevention and treatment;
Occupational medical examination;
Occupational disease diagnosis;
Occupational hazards;
Capacity building;
Inventory survey
- From:
China Occupational Medicine
2025;52(3):357-360
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To understand the capacity of technical support institutions for occupational disease prevention and treatment in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (hereinafter referred as "Ningxia"). Methods The basic data of 26 technical support institutions for occupational disease prevention and treatment in Ningxia in 2023 were collected through the "National Management Platform for Technical Support Institutions for Occupational Disease Prevention and Treatment". The status of these institutions was investigated, and their qualifications, human resources, equipment allocation, and testing capacities were analyzed. Results Among the 26 technical support institutions for occupational disease prevention and treatment in Ningxia, all were qualified occupational disease surveillance institutes, eight were qualified occupational hazard factor monitoring institutes, two were qualified occupational medical examination institutes, one was a qualified occupational diagnosis institute, one was a qualified occupational treatment institute, four were qualified for radiological health technical services, and one was qualified for occupational health technical services. A total of 168 professionals engaged in occupational diseases prevention and treatment, with the majority holding a bachelor degree and junior professional titles, accounting for 66.1% and 40.5%, respectively. The technical support institutions for occupational disease prevention and treatment of the district level,city level and county level of Ningxia were provided with 121, 68 and 32 instruments and equipment respectively on average,and the number of testing items of occupational hazard factors which the institutions of aforementioned levels are 50.0,17.0 and 1.3 respectively. Conclusion The technical support institutions for occupational disease prevention and treatment in Ningxia show insufficient qualifications and capacities, inadequate professional staff, imbalanced talent structure, incomplete equipment allocation, weak testing capacity, and an underdeveloped support system.