文档介绍:Principles of management of occupational and environmental diseases: prevention, compensation, and return-to-work
Chung-Li Donald Du,
Center for Management of Occupational Injury and Diseases, National Taiwan University Hospital Jung-Der Wang
Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, National Taiwan University College of Public Health
Outline
Occupational health
Occupational injury
Occupational medicine as a specialty
Occupational health care and management
Notification or surveillance of occupational injury and diseases
From ad hoc system to prevention, compensation, return to work (PCR) integration in Taiwan
PCR model and perspective
Health
WHO charter: Health is a state plete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Occupational and environmental factors in the health circle
NOTES: Adapted from Dahlgren and Whitehead, 1991. The dotted lines denote interaction effects between and among the various levels of health determinants (Worthman, 1999).
Broad social, economic, cultural, health, and environmental conditions and policies at the global, national, state, and local levels
Living and working conditions
Social, family works
Individual behavior
Innate
individual traits:
age, sex, race, and
biological
factors
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The biology of
Over the life span
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Living and working conditions may include:
Psychosocial factors
Employment status and occupational factors
Socioeconomic status (e, education, occupation)
The natural and builtc environments
Public health services
Health care services
Occupational Health Status
rapid proliferation of new industrial materials, new production methods, and mercial products
little attention to the need and assessment of their impact for the human health and environment
The newly used chemicals developed by industries are even seldom tested for toxicity for animals or humans
Occupational Health Status
practicing physicians take the burden of