Dr.

Syed Zakir Abbas Occupational Health Physician

Occupational Health and Academia

Common Occupational Health Problems in Academia:
Mental Health Problems including stress related

illnesses Musculoskeletal problems including work related upper limb disorders Occupational Asthma Occupational Dermatitis Workstation assessments for DSE Users
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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.

Occupational Health and Academia

Occupational Health: What does it mean? WHO/ILO Definition: Occupational Health is the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical and mental wellbeing of workers in all occupations.

Occupational Health and Academia

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.

Occupational Health and Academia

Who works for an occupational health service?
An Occupational Health Service may employ doctors,

nurses, clinical psychologists, counsellors, physiotherapists, hygienists and health & safety professionals.

Occupational Health and Academia

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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Occupational Health and Academia

What can an Occupational Health Service offer? Historically emerged from treatment based

services.
Now primarily preventative or mixed services

Occupational Health and Academia

Activities carried out by Occupational Health: Preventive: Pre-employment/return to work medical assessments Resettlement and Rehabilitation Health Risk Assessments Hazard: Anything that has the capacity to cause harm Risk : The probability of a hazard to cause harm Health Screening Health Surveillance Health Education and Health Promotion Vaccination programmes
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Occupational Health and Academia

Activities carried out by Occupational Health Therapeutic: Workstation assessments/ adjustments and Environmental Protection First Aid, Emergency Planning and Primary Health Care Psychological Services including stress counselling Physiotherapy services Attendance management Research and Audit
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Occupational Health and Academia

Common Occupational Health Problems in Academia:
Mental Health Problems including stress related

illnesses Musculoskeletal problems including work related upper limb disorders Occupational Asthma Occupational Dermatitis Workstation assessments for DSE Users
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