Introduction to GPA Objective Area 2
Dr Stavroula Leka
Dr Aditya Jain
Institute of Work, Health & Organisations
Objective
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To protect and promote health at
the workplace
GPA 2
• Defining essential interventions for prevention
and control of mechanical, physical, chemical,
biological and psychosocial risks in the
working environment
• Adopting a basic set of occupational health
standards to make certain that all workplaces
comply with minimum requirements for health
and safety protection, ensuring an appropriate
level of enforcement, strengthening workplace
health inspection, and building up
collaboration between the competent
regulatory agencies according to specific
national circumstances
GPA 2
• Capacities should be built for primary prevention of
occupational hazards, diseases and injuries,
including strengthening of human, methodological
and technological resources, training of workers and
employers, introduction of healthy work practices
and work organization, and of a health promoting
culture at the workplace. Mechanisms need to be
established to stimulate the development of healthy
workplaces, including consultation with, and
participation of workers, and employers
• Health promotion and prevention of noncommunicable diseases should be further stimulated
in the workplace, in particular by advocating healthy
diet and physical activity among workers, and
promoting mental and family health at work. Global
health threats, such as tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS,
malaria and avian influenza, can also be prevented
and controlled at the workplace
Priority 2.1
• Priority 2.1: Develop practical toolkits for the
assessment and management of OH risks (focus:
chemical, physical, biological, psychosocial risks,
musculoskeletal disorders)
• Outputs: Tools, inventory, framework document,
mapping of use and types of tools, evaluation,
definition of common criteria of toolkits
• Support:
• CC: Marilyn Fingerhut, NIOSH, Leslie Nickels, University of Illinois
at Chicago > Chemical + physical risks
• Wendy Macdonald, La Trobe University, Australia > MSDs
• Stavroula Leka and Aditya Jain, University of Nottingham, UK >
Psychosocial risks
• WHO/HQ: Evelyn Kortum
Priority 2.2
• Priority 2.2: Healthy Workplace programmes and
guidance to inform country frameworks
• Outputs: Review of effectiveness of existing
programmes for healthy workplaces, tools for creating
healthy workplaces including a health-promoting
culture and OH&S principles
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Support:
CC: Abeytunga, CCOHS, Canada
Fernando Coelho, SESI, Brazil
Partner: Valentina Forastieri, ILO
WHO/HQ: Evelyn Kortum
• WHO/PAHO: Marie-Claude Lavoie
Priority 2.3
• Priority 2.3: Develop toolkits for the assessment and
management of global health threats including HIV,
tuberculosis, malaria, influenza, emphasizing
vulnerable groups, in particular migrant workers
• Outputs: Tools, inventory, framework, mapping of use
and types of tools, evaluation, and definition of toolkits
• Support:
• CC: Milano Milosevic and Jadranka Mustajbegovic,
Medical School University of Zagreb, Croatia
• WHO/HQ: Susan Wilburn
Expected Outcomes by 2012
• Web-based toolkits
• Inclusion of control banding (simple
guidance to assess and control
exposures) principles and approaches in
standards and legislation of range of
countries
• Networks of stakeholder experts
• Training packages for toolkits
• Framework development
• Guidance development
Critical gaps by 2012
• Implementation and evaluation
and modification of toolkits for use
in local situations
• Translation of materials
• Cost-effectiveness of practical
tools
• Further network development
• Piloting
• Evaluation methods
Working Groups
• Tuesday, 10:30-13:45, Room X7: Develop a global
framework and guidance on healthy workplaces [also
take note of Healthy Workplaces Workshop: Thursday,
EB room, 13:00-18:00 – Friday, EB Room, 9:00-16:00]
• Tuesday, 15:30-17:00, Kofi Annan Room: Develop
toolkits for the assessment and management of global
health threats including HIV, tuberculosis, malaria,
influenza, emphasizing vulnerable groups, in particular
migrant workers
• Wednesday, 9:00-11:30, Executive Board Room
(EB): Develop practical toolkits for the assessment and
management of OH risks (focus: chemical, physical,
ergonomics, psychosocial risks)
Thank you!
Stavroula.Leka@nottingham.ac.uk
Aditya.Jain@nottingham.ac.uk