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- 2. Health Promotion in the Workplace: Global Strategies Dr. YITADES GEBRE Advisor, Family Health Disease Management Pan American Health Organization
- 3. Healthy work places: A mode for action
- 5. II. Healthy workplaces: a new way of thinking • Traditional & emerging occupational health – minimizing workers' exposure to job-related physical & psychosocial risks • Health promotion – promoting healthy behaviours among workers, both job- and Life style-related • Enterprise involvement in community – to address broader social & environmental determinants off workers health
- 7. II. Healthy workplaces: a new way of thinking • Traditional & emerging occupational health – minimizing workers'' exposure to job-related physical & psychosocial risks • Health promotion – promoting healthy behaviours among workers, both job- and Life style-related • Enterprise involvement in community – to address broader social & environmental determinants of workers health
- 8. Occupational health risks • 160 million new cases of work-related illness every year (non-fatal) • Occupational risks play a big role in chronic diseases: – 26% CVD & chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – 15% asthma – 10% cancer – 8% injuries – 8 % depression
- 9. Health promotion: improved workers' health-better performance • Smoking cessation • Obesity control • Cardiovascular health • HIV/TB testing & treatment • Exercise & physical activity
- 10. Enterprise community involvement social & environmental determinants • Safe/healthy access to work – public transport, carpools, walking, cycling • Voluntary pollution/waste control & clean up • Primary health care measures unavailable through health care services
- 14. Increased business awareness 1. The ''right'' thing to do: businesses are part of society and ethical/social frameworks 2. The ''legal'' thing to do: in our globalized world, businesses that ignore or undermine workers' health are open to litigation and media scrutiny 3. The ''smart'' thing to do: businesses that protect workers' health are among the most successful over time
- 15. IV. Global policy anchors • WHO Global Strategy on Occupational health for All,1996 • ILO Global Strategy 2003 & Promotional Framework • World Health Assembly Worker's health: global plan of action (2007)
- 17. Workplace health program • Workplace health programs are a coordinated and comprehensive set of health promotion and protection strategies implemented at the worksite that includes programs, policies, benefits, environmental supports, and links to the surrounding community designed to encourage the health and safety of all employees. 2004 Pan American Health Organization
- 24. Summary Strategies • Health-related programs—opportunities available to employees at the workplace or through outside organizations to begin, change, or maintain health behaviors. • Health-related policies—formal or informal written statements that are designed to protect or promote employee health. They affect large groups of employees simultaneously. 2004 Pan American Health Organization
- 25. Summary Strategies • Health benefits—part of an overall compensation package including health insurance coverage and other services or discounts regarding health. • Environmental supports— refer to the physical factors at and nearby the workplace that help protect and enhance employee health. 2004 Pan American Health Organization
- 26. Is there a difference? 2004 Pan American Health Organization
- 28. To the organization To the employee a well-managed health and safety programme a safe and healthy work environment a positive and caring image enhanced self-esteem improved staff morale reduced stress reduced staff turnover improved morale reduced absenteeism increased job satisfaction increased productivity increased skills for health protection reduced health care/insurance costs improved health reduced risk of fines and litigation improved sense of well-being 2004 Pan American Health Organization
- 29. Workplace health promotion is the combined efforts of employers, employees and society to improve the health and well-being of people at work. 2004 Pan American Health Organization
- 30. 2004 Pan American Health Organization Thank you for your attention!
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- The social determinants of health are the circumstances in which people are born, grow up, live, work and age, and the systems put in place to deal with illness. These circumstances are in turn shaped by a wider set of forces: economics, social policies, and politics.