Hi all,
World Health Organization (WHO) definition of health,
“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social
well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. Therefore
Occupational health can be considered as maintaining the highest degree of the
physical, mental and social well-being of workers in any occupation according
to the International labor organization (ILO).
It is clear from the ILO definition that, occupational health
cannot be achieved only by means of physical well-being. Mental and social
well-being also bears an equal weightage in deciding the person’s health, which
breaks the myth that, health as an isolated entity exclusively confined to
doctors. This extends the responsibility to other equally important disciplines
in the organization. On the whole, maintaining the health of employees at
workplace calls for what is called as the integrated approach for an
effective way to achieve occupational health.
Integrated approach
While working for achieving occupational health in an
organization through an integrated approach; occupational medicine,
occupational safety, occupational hygiene, and administrative departments play
an equally vital role in decision making and anchoring, while all others remain
actively participated and contribute. Thus the health of the organization is a
reflection of collective contribution, knowledge, and attitude of each and
every person in the organization, though the onus, success or failure lies on
anchoring departments due to their vital role of coordination, persuasion and
providing resources. The interdisciplinary concept for occupational health
makes various departments in the organization to intersect at various points on
the way to achieve occupational health instead of running parallel.
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