Occupational Professions

Question 1

Occupational health

Answer 1

Concerned with the prevention of ill health in working conditions

Defined as : the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical mental and social wellbeing in all occupations .

Responsibility lay with physicians and nurses

Question 2

Occupational hygiene

Answer 2

The prevention of ill health from work ,through recognizing evaluating and controlling the risks

The British occupational hygiene society
(BOHS)

Question 3

Public health

Answer 3

Defined as the science and art of preventing disease prolonging life and promoting health through organized efforts of society

Question 4

Safety engineering

Answer 4

Ensure safety critical systems are designed to minimize the risk of failure and to ensure that any failures minimize any harmful consequences

Question 5

Ergonomics

Answer 5

Understanding of interactions among humans and elements of a system and the professions that applied the theory data and methods to design for the overall wellbeing system performance

Question 6

Occupational psychology

Answer 6

(British Psychological Society)

Performance of people at work
How organizations function
How individual and small groups behave at work

Aim is to increase effectiveness and to improve job satisfaction of the individual