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Occupational Health and Well Being
Paper Code:
HHD 143B
Credits:
4
Contact Hours:
60.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
Objective:
This course will enable the students to :
1. To gain the broad understanding of the topic.
2. To understand the main theoretical and empirical directions in this field.
12.00
Unit I:
Introduction to Occupational Health
- Introduction to Occupational Health and Well being at work.
- Health triangle : physical,mental/emotional, and social heads.
- Life style factors that contribute to health, risk behaviours and impact.
- Occupational health scenario in India.
- Effects of work on health
- Effects of health on work.
12.00
Unit II:
Stressors at workplace
· Stressors at workplace.
· Physical sensors-
Temperature.
Noise and vibration Lighting
Ventilation
Hazardous substances
Ergonomics
Enviromental pollution
Exposure to solvents
Metals
Shift work
Psychosocial stressors :
Management of attendance
Competition
Work overload
Gender Discrepencies
Controversial issues
12.00
Unit III:
Health concerns and stressors
Health concerns of stressors-Muskuloskeletal disorders,Physical injuries, Lung diseases,Mental ill health, and stress, Cancers, chemical emergencies, Cardiovascular diseases,, skin problems, Process of stress.
• Sleep disorders
• Diseases and workplace productivity.
• The impact of work –related injury and disesase on the economy of the country and on the individual worker and his/her family.
12.00
Unit IV:
Health Education
Health education and health surveillance in the work setting.
• Stress management at the work place
• Controlling workplace hazards : hazardous agents in the workplace and work equipment safety.
• Methods of health promotion at work place
• Promotion of mental health at work
• First aid in the workplace.
• Management of people with musculoskeletoal disorders.
• Provision of immunization and vaccination.
• Risk assessment and risk management.
• Provision of rehabilitative care in physical nd mental health.
12.00
Unit V:
Counselling and Guidance
• Counselling and guidance –with referral to specialists.
• Happiness and its benefits.
• Components of well being –positive emoMindfullness and acceptance at workplace, gratitude,self control, Creativity, practical wisdom.
• Personal resources in dealing with delibitating demands at work.
• Diet and eating patterens at workplace.
• Basic tips on relaxation at work to improve physical and psychological sense of well being.
• Physical exercise to enhance well being.
References:
Industrial And Organizational Psychology: Research And Practice by Paul E. Spector
Psychology Applied to Work: An Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology
by Paul M. Muchinsky.
Handbook of Occupational Health Psychologyby James C. Quick (Editor) and Lois E. Tetrick (Editor)
Work Motivation in Organizational Behavior by Craig E. Pinder
Handbook of Psychology, Industrial and Organizational Psychology by Walter C. Borman, Daniel R. Ilgen, Richard J. Klimoski and Irving B. Weiner
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