Dr. Issa Said Al Shuaili

Acting Director, Environmental and

Occupational Health Department ,

Ministry of Health, Oman

Connecting Health and Labour, WHO Global

Conference, 29 November – 1 December 2011, The

Hague, Netherlands

People Centred Care

Round Table 2

Introduction Occupational Health in Oman

Workforce : 1 Million, 17 % are Omani

Multi-displainiry approach – National

Occupational health and Safety Committee, GCC

Committee for Occupational health and Safety

Committee

Regulations: Labour Law, Civil Service Law , in

2008 Regulation for OHS for establishments

governed by labour Law(health workplace

initiatives, protection of women, medical

surveillance )

Integration of OHS in primary health

care-Oman Experience Situation analysis for readiness of health care system for

integration- plan for Pilot project

Conducting annual two weeks training course in Environmental and Occupational medicine for family physicians and primary health care doctors form different regions in Oman.(50 doctors trained in 3 years).

Provision of the importance of health promotion and health education in workplace through primary health care.

Training of primary health care personnel in risk assessment

Develop a curriculum plan for occupational hygienist Bachelor degree

Review disability assessment system and how it can be deliver by primary health care doctors

Plan for attaching 20 Omani doctors from primary health care in a recognized residency program

People-centered Care –Role and

functions of primary health care

Health promotion and health education at

workplace

Medical surveillance

Fitness to work

Risk assessment

Early detection of Occupational diseases and

prevention of OD and Injuries

Disability Assessment

Provision of Personal Protective equipments

OHS for health care workers

Capacity required Need assessment study of local context

Consider the culture-culture sensitive

Community and workers participation, partnership with workers and empowerment of workers

Human Resources development – should started from medical school

Developing a guideline or curriculum for training of primary health care doctors

Infrastructure for workplace monitoring(basic devices such as Noise level meter, Audiometery etc.

Information resources such as MSDS for chemicals, database

Research Developing evaluation system for integration-pre

and post experimental study

Indicators for performance ( input –process and

output indicators )

Conclusion People centered care can be achieved through:

Easy Accessibility

Partnership with people

Considering diversity

Culture sensitive

Empowerment of workers

Gender specific

Thank You

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