Psychosocial Archives - Library of Education in Occupational Safety and Health

• Endocrine, Nutrition, Metabolic, Digestive & Genito-urinary diseases • Injury, Poisoning & External causes (e.g. Accidents) • Mental & Behavioral disorders • Nervous System diseases • Psychosocial • Safety, Accident risk • Transportation, Warehousing & Utilities

Work accident due by alcohol

This Virtual Patients lesson is relevant for medical students and professionals working in health care. In this lesson, we will talk onwards about alcoholism, work and accidents. We visit the Austria House, The Clinic…

• Biological • Employment conditions • Healthcare & Social Assistance • Infectious, Blood & Immune diseases • Occupational (Safety and) Health • Personal protective equipment • Physical • Psychosocial • Respiratory diseases

OpenWHO course: COVID-19 – Occupational Health and Safety for health workers

The WHO Platform OpenWHO developed a course for health workers who work under challenging or difficult conditions related to COVID-19. In this pandemic health workers are exposed to many different occupational risks to health…

• All kinds of diseases • All kinds of risks at work • All kinds of sectors • Biological • Chemical • Occupational (Safety and) Health • Occupational and Work-Related Diseases • Physical • Psychosocial

MOOC: Occupational Health in Developing Countries

Occupational Health in developing countries is a Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) provided by the website Future Learn. Through this website you can sign in for this present course. Following the course enables you…

• All kinds of sectors • Occupational (Safety and) Health • Other topics • Psychosocial • Risks at work • Sector of Industry (NACE)

Violence in the workplace

‘Workplace violence is a serious issue that affects all business sectors and occupations and the safety and security of every employee and employer. This course is offered FREE of charge by CCOHS to promote the awareness…

• Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing • All kinds of diseases • Biological • Chemical • Occupational and Work-Related Diseases • Occupational Health Services (OHS) • Psychosocial • Safety, Accident risk

Occupational Health Safety in Agriculture, Basic Occupational Health Services for informal work in India

Occupational Health, Safety in Agriculture is part of a series of 24 modules on Basic Occupational Health Services (BOHS) for informal work. This distance learning module is developed by the Indian Association of Occupational…

• Employment conditions • Manufacturing • Mental & Behavioral disorders • Musculoskeletal disorders / injuries • Occupational and Work-Related Diseases • Psychosocial

Virtual Patients: Lower Back Pain

This Virtual Patients lesson concerns the situation of three workers, coming from Brazil, Chile and Germany, who all suffer from low backpain. During the lesson information is given about all the causing factors of…

• Mental & Behavioral disorders • Psychosocial

Mental health at work: awareness

This short lesson, designed for employers, managers, supervisors and front-line employees, teaches about mental health at work. It describes the impact of mental illness, the difference between mental illness and stress, and the major…

• Mental & Behavioral disorders • Psychosocial

Violence in the workplace: awareness

This short lesson presents examples of the broad area of workplace violence, and the possible sources: which persons can be involved. In addition, the situations (physical and situational) of increased risk are shortly mentioned….

• All kinds of diseases • All kinds of risks at work • Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) diseases • Ergonomical • Injury, Poisoning & External causes (e.g. Accidents) • Mental & Behavioral disorders • Musculoskeletal disorders / injuries • One OSH core discipline • Physical • Psychosocial • Safety, Accident risk

Ergonomics essentials

This course gives insight into the relation between the working human and his/her workplace, tools, handling of materials, and environment. It will deal with all those aspects that make work easier, more healthy and…

• All kinds of risks at work • Biological • Chemical • Ergonomical • One OSH core discipline • Other topics • Physical • Psychosocial • Risks at work

General introduction to occupational health. Module 1: Occupational hygiene

This module is the first of a two year course for the Postgraduate Diploma in Occupational Health. It teaches the principles of Occupational Hygiene at an academic level. It will provide knowledge to become…