01.2. Phase II

 vi. Occupational Health – (Lectures - 6 hours + Tutorials - 1 hour)

Learning Objectives	Content	Activity	Time
Describe the relationship between health and work	Aims of occupational health Importance Role of occupational health service	Lecture	2
Describe occupational health hazards and its’ control	Occupational  health hazards and its’ control & prevention Occupational Cancers, Lung and Skin disorders	Lecture	3
Describe existing legislature in relation to work	Legislature - Factories ordinance & others Eg: Workman’s compensation Act	Lecture	1

 

RECOMMENDED READING MATERIAL

• Park, K 2007, ‘Occupational health’, in Park’s Text Book of Preventive and Social Medicine pp. 658- 673, Banarsidas Bhanot Publishers, Jabalpur, India

• Herath HMSSD 1990, ‘Occupational health : An Introductory Course for Healthcare Workers’, Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

• Seneviratne RdeA, Herath HMSSD, Fernando DN and Lankathilake KN 1998, Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo.