Healthy Working Environment Training - United States

Healthy Working Environment Training​ Course Outline

Module 1: Why Develop a Healthy Workplace Framework?

• Right Thing to Do: Business Ethics
• Smart Thing to Do: Business Case
• Legal Thing to Do: Law
• Why a Global Framework?

Module 2: What is a Healthy Workplace?

• General Definitions
• WHO Definition of a Healthy Workplace
• Regional Approaches to Healthy Workplaces
  • Office for Africa (AFRO)
  • Office for the Americas (AMRO)
  • Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO)
  • Office for Europe (EURO)
  • Office for South-East Asia (SEARO)
  • Office for the Western Pacific (WPRO)

Module 3: Interrelationships of Work, Health, and Community

• How Work Affects the Health of Workers?
  • Work Influences Physical Safety and Health
  • Work Affects Mental Health and Well-Being
  • Interrelationships
  • Positive Impact of Work on Health
• How Worker Health Affects the Enterprise?
  • Accidents and Acute Injuries Affect the Enterprise
  • Physical Health of Workers Affects the Enterprise
  • Mental Health of Workers Affects the Enterprise
• How Worker Health and the Community are Interrelated?

Module 4: Evaluating Interventions

• Cochrane Collaboration
• General Evaluation Criteria
• Grey Literature
• Precautionary Principle
• Worker Participation and Evaluation Evidence
• Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions

Module 5: Evidence for Interventions that Make Workplaces Healthier

• Effectiveness of Occupational Health and Safety Interventions
• Effectiveness of Psychosocial/Organisational Culture Interventions
• Effectiveness of Personal Health Resources in the Workplace
• Effectiveness of Enterprise Involvement in the Community

Module 6: Process to Create a Healthy Workplace

• Continual Improvement Process Models
• Are Continual Improvement/OSH Management Systems Effective?
• Key Features of the Continual Improvement Process in Health and Safety
  • Leadership Engagement Based on Core Values
  • Involve Workers and their Representatives
  • Gap Analysis
  • Learn from Others
  • Sustainability
• Importance of Integration

Module 7: Global Legal and Policy Context of Workplace Health

• Standards Setting Bodies
• Global Status of Occupational Health and Safety
• Workers' Compensation
• Trade Union Legislation
• Employment Standards
• Psychosocial Hazards
• Personal Health Resources in the Workplace
• Enterprise Involvement in the Community
• Informal Economic Sector

Module 8: WHO Framework and Model

• Avenues of Influence for a Healthy Workplace
  • Physical Work Environment and Psychosocial Work Environment
  • Personal Health Resources in the Workplace
  • Enterprise Community Involvement
• Process for Implementing a Healthy Workplace Programme
  • Mobilise
  • Assemble
  • Assess and Prioritise
  • Plan
  • Do
  • Evaluate and Improve
• Graphical Depiction

Module 9: Creating a Safe and Healthy Workplace

• Protecting Your Workers
• Safety
• Efficient and Safe
• Stress
• Dust and Chemical Hazards
• How to Control Unsafe Conditions in Your Workplace?
• Vulnerable Workers
• Risk Assessment and Management
• Risk Management and Control Banding