occupational health (redirected from Occupational safety and health)

occupational health,

the ability of a worker to function at an optimum level of well-being at a worksite as reflected in terms of productivity, work attendance, disability compensation claims, and employment longevity.

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occupational health,

n the ability of a worker to function at an optimum level of well-being at a worksite as reflected in terms of productivity, work attendance, disability compensation claims, and employment longevity.

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Patient discussion about Occupational safety and health.

Q. How to not be stressed from my job? I have a very stressful job. I stay up all night thinking about my assignments for the next day. During work hours I barely eat and my boss yells at me all the time. What to do? This is affecting my family life since I take all my stress out on them?

A. 1.Take a deep breath. This is your first, most immediate defense against stress. If you can get in the habit of pausing and taking a nice, deep breath every time you feel stress beginning to take hold, you'll have won half the battle just by preventing it from taking over.
2.Communicate. Whether you talk to a friend or talk to your cat, getting it off your chest will help a lot. If you don't feel like talking about it, write it down. Keep a journal and write down whatever it is that's bothering you. Writing is a therapy of its own.
3.Laugh. Rediscover your sense of humor by making fun of your situation. View it from your future self's perspective, telling this story to a bunch of your friends over pizza and soda. Crack some jokes. Do your goofiest impression. Tickle a child that you love. Laughter, whether it's yours or someone else's, is the best medicine--and it's contagious!
For complete article :http://www.wikihow.com/Relieve-Stress
Hope this helps.

Q. What kind of job would suit a person with a disability like arthritis? My Dad is settled in USA, and he suffers from Rheumatoid Arthritis. Can anyone suggest me a job which he can take up, which he can do, without too much of physical work? He is well educated and was a teacher in India, but he is waiting for his certificates to get to USA, to apply for teaching positions.

A. Assuming you don't consider teaching in a classroom too much physical work, he should probably wait for his teaching certificates to clear and then work as a teacher. I meas, why do you feel he should change his career?

Q. My friend’s husband has lost his job and she is pregnant now. Her husband is not willing to have a baby now. My friend’s husband has lost his job and she is pregnant now. Her husband is not willing to have a baby now as he is jobless. Now they are thinking to go for abortion and she is at a dilemma to go for the same fearing the side effects as this is the first baby and she approached me for guidance. She has the basic doubt, if she goes for abortion is there definite chances of her getting pregnant again?

A. I personally will not encourage your friend to abort the pregnancy. Abortion has its place if there is medical or serious social indication. In that case that your friend's husband just lost his job, it is wise to encourage them to keep the baby, while also encourage both of them to have positive and optimistic spirit.

Although abortion will be safer if done earlier, I myself will say it is a "murder" of the fetus. Who will ever know that next week the husband will have a new job? Who knows that next month they can find a new job opportunity.

And please be aware of the effect of abortion, it can probably harm the mother if it is not done by a doctor, not mentioning the risks of infection. A history of abortion will increase the risk of next pregnancy.

I once had a friend with exactly the same case, because of the economic issue, then they decided to abort the pregnancy. Then few months later, they felt that they were doing sins by aborting the fetus, so then they sta