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Dr. Syed Zakir AbbasOccupational Health Physician
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Occupational Health and
AcademiaCommon Occupational Health Problems in
Academia:
Mental Health Problems including stress related
illnesses
Musculoskeletal problems including work related
upper limb disordersOccupational Asthma
Occupational Dermatitis
Workstation assessments for DSE Users 2
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Occupational Health and
Academia
What is Occupational Health?
What can an Occupational Health Service offer?
Common Occupational Health problems in
Academia.
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Occupational Health: What does it mean?
WHO/ILO Definition:
Occupational Health is the promotion and maintenance
of the highest degree of physical and mental well-
being of workers in all occupations.
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Occupational Health Service:
a service entrusted with the responsibility to advise the
employer and employees to achieve the above
objective will be the Occupational Health Service.
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Who works for an occupational health service?
An Occupational Health Service may employ doctors,
nurses, clinical psychologists, counsellors,
physiotherapists, hygienists and health & safety
professionals.
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Occupational Health physicians are doctors who
have specialised in Occupational Medicine
Occupational Medicine is a branch of preventive
medicine that deals with the effects of work on health
and health on work.
Examples:
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What can an Occupational Health Service offer?
Historically emerged from treatment based
services.
Now primarily preventative or mixed services
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Occupational Health and
AcademiaActivities carried out by Occupational Health:
Preventive:Pre-employment/return to work medical assessments
Resettlement and RehabilitationHealth Risk Assessments
Hazard:Anything that has the capacity to cause harm
Risk : The probability of a hazard to cause harm
Health ScreeningHealth SurveillanceHealth Education and Health PromotionVaccination programmes
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Occupational Health and
AcademiaActivities carried out by Occupational Health
Therapeutic:
Workstation assessments/ adjustments andEnvironmental Protection
First Aid, Emergency Planning and Primary Health
Care
Psychological Services including stress counsellingPhysiotherapy services
Attendance management
Research and Audit 10
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Occupational Health and
AcademiaCommon Occupational Health Problems in
Academia:
Mental Health Problems including stress relatedillnesses
Musculoskeletal problems including work relatedupper limb disorders
Occupational Asthma
Occupational Dermatitis
Workstation assessments for DSE Users
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