The programme RehaBau was agreed and
developed more than 10 years ago by the
medical department of a builders’ liability
insurance association, a rehabilitation clinic
and a state insurance institution (LVA). Occupational
physicians are involved in the development
and testing of the job-specific part
of the programme and in the acquisition of
job-specific data for physical strain.
The admission of employees at a very
early stage of symptom development requires
motivation of the employees themselves
and of their employers by a kind of
health management appropriate for the
mainly small sizes of the firms in this sector.
The results of RehaBau have been examined
in two studies. They demonstrate in
particular reductions in pain and an optimistic
approach to the requirements of the job.
At the same time, RehaBau increases the role
of occupational medical care. The incorporation
of the targets of RehaBau into the networks
of trade structures as a form of health
management is another aim of the development
and extension of the programme as it
attempts to solve the problems associated
with demographic change.
