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Health Promotion in the Workplace:
Global Strategies
Dr. YITADES GEBRE
Advisor, Family Health Disease Management
Pan American Health Organization
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Healthy work places: A mode for action
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II. Healthy workplaces: a new wayof 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
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II. Healthy workplaces: a new wayof 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
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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
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Health promotion: improved workers'health-better performance
• Smoking cessation• Obesity control• Cardiovascular
health• HIV/TB testing &
treatment• Exercise & physical
activity
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Enterprise community involvementsocial & 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
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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
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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)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Is there a difference?
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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
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Workplace health promotion is the combined efforts of employers, employees and society to improve the health and well-being of people at work.
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