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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

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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

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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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