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Occupational Health in Developing Countries

Ole Jacob Møllerløkken, Bente Elisabeth Moen, Gro Tjalvin, Magne Bråtveit, Akeza Awealom Asgedom, Israel Paul (Mentor), Dr Alexander M. Tungu, and Hallgeir Kismul

This course provided the following key themes: Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course is open to anyone, although previous degree-level study in medicine, dentistry, health sciences or natural sciences, and a good knowledge of English, will be helpful. You can use the hashtag #FLoccupationalhealth to talk about this course on social media.

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Occupational health – basic definitions and concepts
Chemical, biological and physical factors at work and development of diseases and injuries
Psychosocial factors and health at work
Structures and functions of Occupational Health Services and how to care for the worker’s Health
Methods for measurements of work environment factors and health in occupational health settings
Prevention of occupational diseases and injuries

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