Collaborative Development for the Prevention of Occupational Accidents and Diseases Change Laboratory in Workers' Health

Marco Antonio Pereira Querol
holds a BSc in Agricultural Engineering from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, an MA in Management of Agroecological Knowledge and Social Change from the Wageningen University, the Netherlands, and a PhD from the Institute of Behavioral Sciences at the University of Helsinki, Finland. His main research interests are Sustainable Rural Development, Cultural-Historical Activity Theory, and interventions using the methodology of Change Laboratory, developed at the University of Helsinki.

Manoela Gomes Reis Lopes
holds a PhD in PublicHealth from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, with a period of doctoral studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland under the supervision of Prof. Yrjö Engeström, the creator of the Change Laboratory method. She is currently developing a post-doctoral research project at the School of Public Health of the University of São Paulo with technical and scientific cooperation with the University of Helsinki, Finland. She has experience in the fields of public health, health surveillance, workers’ health, prevention of accidents and work injuries, ergonomics, research of developmental work and on methodology of Change Laboratory.

Sandra Lorena Beltran Hurtado
is a PhD candidate at the School of Public Health of the University of São Paulo, Brazil. Graduated in Physical Therapy at the National University of Colombia, she holds an MA in Public Health from the University of São Paulo and has experience in occupational health, acting on the following subjects: work accidents, accident investigation methodology, activity ergonomics, safety culture, Change Laboratory and oil & gas industry.

Gislaine Cecília de Oliveira Cerveny
is a former professor at the School of Health Sciences of the Methodist University of Piracicaba, Brazil. Graduated in physiotherapy at the Methodist University of Piracicaba, she holds a PhD in Odontology from University of Campinas, Brazil. She has experience in physiotherapy, with emphasis on collective health/preventive physiotherapy, acting currently in research with Ergonomics and Change Laboratory.