Occupational Health in Developing Countries
Get a global perspective on occupational health and safety and learn how it reduces workplace injury on this CPD-certified course.
Who is the course for?
This occupational health course is designed for anyone who wants to understand how to prevent the development of diseases and injuries caused by poor working conditions in developing countries.
This course is open to anyone, though study in medicine, dentistry, health sciences or natural sciences, and a good knowledge of English will be helpful to understand more complex aspects of the course.
What topics will you cover?
This course provided the following key themes:
Occupational health – basic definitions and concepts
Chemical, biological and physical factors at work and development of diseases and injuries
Psychosocial factors and health at work
Structures and functions of Occupational Health Services and how to care for the worker’s Health
Methods for measurements of work environment factors and health in occupational health settings
Prevention of occupational diseases and injuries
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to…
Assess the most important risk factors for illness and injuries at work places
Evaluate the risk for illness and injuries at work places
Discuss needed preventive measures at a work place, based on a risk assessment
Reflect on occupational health in a global perspective, and know how to work on the issue in a low income setting
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