Saúde do Trabalhador no SUS: desafios para uma política pública Worker's Health within the Brazilian Unified Health System: challenges for a public policy

The paper addresses the current policy and practice of Brazilian worker’s health integrated care. The particularly discussed issues are: advances and contradictions of the public policies analyzed along with the Brazilian economic growth; the controversial state agenda with economical development to detriment of some social policies as the integration of the public health care system; evidences of the insufficient governmental action, as far as prevention is concerned, are pointed out; and, finally, current challenges faced by workers’ health services as result of the recently approved Worker’s Health National Policy. Arguments posed intend to encourage the discussion, the understanding, the implementation and advances of Worker’s Health Policy and Practice. We argue that the integrated view of Health Care System shall be placed among the core of public policies.