Detailed Background Paper, WHO - World Health Organization

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|List of Tables and Figures | iii|
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|Acknowledgements | v |
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|Executive Summary | 1 |
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|Chapter 1: Why Develop a Healthy Workplace Framework? | 5 |
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|It is The Right Thing To Do: Business Ethics |6 |
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|It is The Smart Thing To Do: The Business Case |7 |
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|It is the Legal Thing to Do: The | |
|Law............................................................ | |
|Why a Global | |
|Framework?..........................................................| |
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|Chapter 2: History of Global Efforts To Improve Worker Health |11 |
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|Chapter 3: What Is a Healthy Workplace? |15 |
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|General Definitions |17 |
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|The WHO Definition of a Healthy |20 |
|Workplace................................................ |21 |
|Regional Approaches To Healthy Workplaces |22 |
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|Regional Office For Africa (AFRO) | |
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|Regional Office For the Americas (AMRO) | |
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|Regional Office For the Eastern Mediterranean | |
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|Regional Office For Europe (EURO) | |
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|Regional Office For South-East Asia | |
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|Regional Office For the Western Pacific | |
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|Chapter 4: Interrelationships of Work, Health and |25 |
|Community............................................... |25 |
|How Work Affects the Health of Workers |25 |
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|Work Influences Physical Safety and |32 |
|Health...................................... |33 |
|Work Affects Mental Health and |34 |
|Well-Being...................................... |34 |
|Interrelationships..................................................|35 |
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|The Positive Impact of Work on Health |37 |
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|How Worker Health Affects the | |
|Enterprise.................................................... | |
|Accidents and Acute Injuries Affect the Enterprise | |
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|The Physical Health of Workers Affects the Enterprise | |
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|The Mental Health of Workers Affects the | |
|Enterprise.............................. | |
|How Worker Health and the Community Are Interrelated | |
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|Chapter 5: Evaluating Interventions |41 |
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|The Cochrane Collaboration |43 |
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|General Evaluation Criteria |44 |
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|Grey Literature | |
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|The Precautionary Principle | |
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|Interrelatedness of Worker Participation and Evaluation Evidence | |
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|Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions | |
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|Chapter 6: Evidence For Interventions That Make Workplaces Healthier|47 |
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|Evidence For Effectiveness of Occupational Health & Safety |49 |
|Interventions ......... |51 |
|Evidence For Effectiveness of Psychosocial/Organizational Culture |55 |
|Interventions | |
|Evidence For Effectiveness of Personal Health Resources in the | |
|Workplace ...... | |
|Evidence For Effectiveness of Enterprise Involvement in the | |
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|Chapter 7: The Process: How To Create a Healthy Workplace |59 |
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|Continual Improvement Process Models |61 |
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|Are Continual Improvement/OSH Management Systems Effective? |62 |
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|Key Features of the Continual Improvement Process in Health & |63 |
|Safety............ |64 |
|Leadership Engagement based on Core Values |64 |
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|Involve Workers and their | |
|Representatives............................................. | |
|Gap | |
|Analysis............................................................| |
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|Learn from | |
|Others..............................................................| |
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|Sustainability......................................................| |
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|The Importance of Integration | |
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|Chapter 8: Global Legal and Policy Context of Workplace |69 |
|Health.......................................... |70 |
|Standards-setting |72 |
|Bodies..............................................................|73 |
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|Global Status of Occupational Health &