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: 
Unit I : 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
  • 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 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 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 and mental health

 

12.00
Unit V: 
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.

 

Essential Readings: 
  • 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

 

 

 

Academic Year: 
2025-2026
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