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Sustainable development within higher education institutions: the occupational health field example
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The sustainability term is widely used to define the scope of the principles and practices that are translated into the operationalization of actions and projects aiming to contribute to the citizens' quality of life. Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) play a preponderant role in the implementation of sustainability, having among its objectives the promotion and improvement of the health and well-being of individuals and their environments, including work environments in the scope of actions encompassing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) proposed by 2030 Agenda. The Work Health Promotion (WHP) must be aligned with the concept of sustainability in HEIs and one way of approaching this concept is through the Technical Cooperation Agreement (TCA) between HEIs and other public institutions, for an integrated and efficient approach toward the sustainability in the worker's health issues. The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasized and consolidated that, compliance with the health-related SDGs, would only be possible through health professionals. The TCA presented in this research has the goal to translate the desired approach to achieve sustainable development (SD) in HEIs. This chapter will present and discuss the setup of the TCA established between the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) and other federal public institutions during the implementation of the Federal Public Worker Health Care Integrated Subsystem (SIASS). In this context, the connections between the implemented agreements and the SDG 3, i.e., health and well-being, and SDG 17, i.e., partnerships for the goals, through public and public–private partnerships, will be addressed to support SD in HEIs. To achieve the study’s objective, exploratory, descriptive, and qualitative research was made to identify how UFBA plays a leadership role in implementing sustainability practices in WHP policies and by establishing TCA in the field of occupational health with other public federal institutions in the state of Bahia.
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Sustainability Work Health Promotion (WHP) Technical Cooperation Agreement (TCA) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Partnerships Federal Public Worker Health Care Integrated Subsystem (SIASS)
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APA7th: Borges, R. R., Dinis, M. A. P., & Barros, N. A. (2023). Sustainable development within higher education institutions: the occupational health field example. In W. Leal Filho, F. Frankenberger, & U. Tortato (Eds.), Sustainability in practice: addressing challenges and creating opportunities in Latin America (pp. 3-17). Springer Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34436-7_1
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Springer Cham