Prevention & Health Promotion in the Workplace Setting

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course introduces the students to the concepts and fundamental principles of the workplace prevention and health promotion. The aim of the course is to cover the subject of prevention and health promotion in the workplace. This course aims to introduce students to the basic concepts of occupational epidemiology, prevention of occupational diseases and accidents at work and health promotion in the workplace. It also provides knowledge and skills and refers to concepts and principles of health and safety at work, detection and assessment of harmful factors and management of occupational hazards. Students acquire the necessary skills to plan, implement and evaluate comprehensive health promotion programs in the workplace.

After the successful completion of the course the students wil:

• know the fundamental principles of prevention and health promotion in the work environment and the principles of safe work and accident prevention
• assess and evaluate the employees’ health needs and provide health care in primary health care settings in the workplace
• evaluate the work environment, understand the multiple effects it has on health and investigate occupational diseases
• use appropriate methods to prevent accidents at work, investigate harmful factors, perform risk management and investigate occupational diseases
• plan, organize, implement and evaluate integrated prevention and health promotion programs in the workplace

 

GENERAL SKILLS

• Search, analyze and synthesize data and information, using necessary technologies
• Decision making
• Individual work
• Teamwork
• Work in an interdisciplinary environment
• Project design and management
• Respect cultural diversity
• Respect natural environment
• Social, professional and moral responsibility and gender sensitivity

 

CORSE CONTENT

• The association between health and work. Occupational epidemiology.
• Principles of safe work and accident prevention – Accidents at work
• Occupational risk assessment and risk management
• Basic knowledge of ergonomics. Repetitive strain injuries
• Occupational diseases. Lung diseases. Musculoskeletal. Cancers
• Nutrition education in the work environment. Nutrition-related diseases
• Reproductive problems. Psychosocial health. Work Stress
• Health and safety in agriculture – husbandry-Fishing
• Pesticides & Health. Chemical agents
• Promoting health in the work environment in the light of an aging workforce
• Emerging risks. Green jobs, nanomaterials, information and technology communication etc.
• Occupational health and safety legislation
• Organization and operation of the prevention and employees’ health promotion service

 

 

STUDENT EVALUATION

Written final examination (100%) which includes:

• Development Questions
• Multiple Choice Questions
• Short-answer Questions

 

 

RECOMENDED BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Λινού Α. (2006). Ιατρική της Εργασίας: Επιδημιολογία και Πρόληψη. Εκδόσεις ΒΗΤΑ, Αθήνα.
• Gardiner K., Harrington J.M. (2011). Υγιεινή της εργασίας. Εκδόσεις Παρισιάνου, Αθήνα.
• Ζημάλης Ε., Αλεξόπουλος Ε. (2015). Ιατρική της Εργασίας και του Περιβάλλοντος. Εκδόσεις BROKEN HILL, Αθήνα
• Ελληνικό Ινστιτούτο Υγιεινής και Ασφάλειας της Εργασίας (2005). Θέματα Υγείας & Ασφάλειας της Εργασίας. ΕΛ.ΙΝ.Υ.Α.Ε., Αθήνα.
• Βελονάκης Ε., Σουρτζή Π. (2009). Υγεία & Εργασία, Εκδόσεις ΒΗΤΑ, Αθήνα.
• Παπακωνσταντίνου Κ., Μπελιάς Χ. (2007). Υγιεινή και ασφάλεια εργασίας. Προστασία περιβάλλοντος. Εκδόσεις Rosili, Αθήνα.
• Χανιώτης Φ., Χανιώτης Δ. (2011). Εργασία και Υγεία. Στο: Νοσολογία – Παθολογία. Ιατρικές Εκδόσεις Λίτσας , Αθήνα.
• Ανδρεάδης Π. Παπαϊωάννου Γ. (2004). Υγιεινή και Ασφάλεια Εργαζόμενου. Εκδόσεις ΙΩΝ, Αθήνα

 

 

Related scientific journals:

• International archives of occupational and environmental health
• Journal of occupational medicine
• Annals of occupational hygiene
• Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
• Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene
• Journal of occupational accidents
• Archives of environmental & occupational health
• Safety and health at work
• Work and occupations
• Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health
• Occupational Health And Safety
• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

 

EUDOXUS

• Εργασιακή Υγεία και Ασφάλεια & Ανθρώπινος Παράγοντας, Παπακωνσταντίνου Κ. Μπελιάς Χ. Λεπτομέρειες
•  Ιατρική της εργασίας, Αθηνά Λινού Λεπτομέρειες
• Μάνατζμεντ Ασφάλειας και Υγείας των Εργαζομένων, Jeremy Stranks Λεπτομέρειες

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Related scientific journals:

• International archives of occupational and environmental health
• Journal of occupational medicine
• Annals of occupational hygiene
• Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
• Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene
• Journal of occupational accidents
• Archives of environmental & occupational health
• Safety and health at work
• Work and occupations
• Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health
• Occupational Health And Safety
• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health