Role of CHN in Occupational Health
Role of CHN in Occupational Health
in Occupational Health
Prepared by
Krupa Mathew.M,
Assistant Professor
Definition
• "Occupational health should aim at the promotion and
maintenance of the highest degree of physical, mental
and social well-being of workers in all occupations
• “To summarize, the adaptation of work to man and of
each man to his job”.
• The Joint ILO/WHO Committee on Occupational
Health,1950
OBJECTIVES
Acc to Joint ILO/WHO Committee on Occupational
Health
•The maintenance and promotion of workers health and
working capacity
•The improvement of working environment and work to
become conducive to safety and health
•Development of work organizations and working cultures in a
direction which supports health and safety at work and in
doing so also promotes a positive social climate and smooth
operation and may enhance productivity of the undertakings.
OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS