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Unit 1: General information
Description of the aimClick to read 
The tool aims to show the different key areas of influence that can be mobilized or influenced in healthy workplace initiatives. Employers or employees can choose from the offered key areas for which they feel need to pay more attention in order to influence the improvement or creation of a healthy workplace, and how to develop the key areas effectively.
Target GroupClick to read
Benefits of the toolClick to read
The tool will allow you to create a healthy workplace, by choosing and implementing the method “learning guideline” given by the key areas of influence.
This constructed tool can be helpful and also can be applied in those workplaces and businesses where there are records of work-related injuries or illnesses, or the workplace carries a special weight that bears the above records, especially in places where there is little knowledge of the importance of maintaining or creating a healthy workplace.
The objectives include: obtaining information, geting results, reducing the time needed to develop a key area (identifying and resolving problem) and boosting user involvement in improvement and creation of healthy workplace.
DurationClick to read
The duration is according to the each person individually, but approximately the tool will take about 20 minutes
How to use the toolClick to read
To make the most of the tool, we recommend to read it carefully, then choose the key priority level and to continue taking notes of each method while reading it.
Then you will detect the problem, select a method of implementation and how to evaluate the process further.
Unit 2: Healthy workplace – Key areas of influence
ObjectivesClick to read
ContentsClick to read
Basics of a healthy workplaceClick to read
A healthy workplace is the one where employees and employers collaborate to continually improve the health, safety and wellbeing of all workers and by doing this, they sustain the productivity of the business.
Sustainable healthy workplace means to focus on maintaining occupational health for maintaining the wealth of the enterprises.
“A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease.”
Key Areas of influenceClick to read
The Employer and Employee can choose one of a key areas of influence to which they feel they need to pay more attention in order to influence the improvement or creation of a healthy workplace : 
Key Areas of influenceClick to read
Personal health resources in the workplace refers to the health services, information, resources, opportunities, flexibility, and other support to motivate employees to be healthy, live a healthy lifestyle and monitor their mental and physical health.
Enterprise involvement in the community refers to the activities in which an enterprise might engage, or expertise and resources it might provide, to support the social and physical wellbeing of a community in which it operates. It includes factors that affects the physical and mental health, safety and well-being of the workers.
Physical work environment refers to the structure, air, machinery, furniture, products, chemicals, materials, and production processes in the given workplace. All factors affects the physical safety and health as well as mental health and well-being of the workers.
Psychosocial work environment refers to organizational culture as well attitudes, values, beliefs, and daily practices that affect mental and physical wellbeing of employees. It includes factors that can bring the so-called stressors.
Personal health resourcesClick to read
Which level of priority do you give it? High/Medium/Low?
Place of implementation: detect in which model of enterprise with what kind of business activity the key area of influence will be implemented
Responsible person: Establish who have needs of the key area - personal health resources
Why consider?: Detect the exact problem
Way to enhance: Define the way to enhance workplace health resources, based on the detected problem
Detection of the problems and selection of the methods to be applied
Beginning - Preparation
- Note the Level of basic knowledge of the person who choose the key area
- Note the background of the person
- Regognize previous results
- Type of business activity it operates
Problems
- Lack of knowledge for adopting healthy lifestyle or remain healthy
- Physical inactivity and refusing of it
- Very short breaks
- High cost of fitness facilities or equipment
- Poor diet
- Lack of access to healthy snacks or meals
- Place with allowed smoking areas inside
- Illness due to lack of accessible, affordable primary health care
- Lack of knowledge of primary health care
- Lack of knowledge or resources for prevention of HIV/AIDS
Ways to enhance
- Medical Services and Medical Information
- Trainings
- Financial support
- Facilities
- Policy support
- Flexibility and promotional programes to enable and encourage workers to develop healthy lifestyle practices
- Providing fitness facilities or fitness cards
- Encouraging walking and cycling
- Putting no-smoking policies
- Flexibility in timing and length of work breaks
- Healthy food choices
- Providing confidential medical services
Evaluation
- Final step - evaluation of the results (solved problem/s)
- Writing a report on the solved problem and how it was solved
- Review of the notes taken from previous results
Enterprise involvement in the communityClick to read
Which level of priority do you give it? High/Medium/Low?
Place of implementation: Detect in which model of enterprise with what kind of business activity the key area of influence will be implemented
Responsible person: Establish who will engage in the process
Why consider?: Detect the activities, expertise and resources or factors
Way to enhance: Define the ways of involvement of Enterprise in the community
Beginning - Preparation
- Note the Level of basic knowledge of the person who choose the key area
- Note the background of the person
- Recognize Previous results
- Type of business activity it operates
Activities; Expertise and resources; Factors
• Final step -Evaluation of the results from involvment in the community
• Writing a report on the involvement actions; activities; factors; expertise
• Review of the notes taken from previous results
• Medical Services and Medical Information
• Initiating activities to control pollution
• Supporting community via screening and treatment of prevalent diseases
• Extending free or subsidized primary health care
• Instituting gender equality policies
• Providing free or affordable supplemental literacy education
• Providing additional leadership and expertise related to health and safety workplace
• Extending the access to antiretroviral medications
• Subsidizing public transportation and bicycles
Ways of involvement
• Medical Services and Medical Information
• Initiating activities to control pollution
• Supporting community via screening and treatment of prevalent diseases
• Extending free or subsidized primary health care
• Instituting gender equality policies
• Providing free or affordable supplemental literacy education
• Providing additional leadership and expertise related to health and safety workplace
• Extending the access to antiretroviral medications
• Subsidizing public transportation and bicycles
Evaluation
• Final step -Evaluation of the results from involvment in the community
• Writing a report on the involvement actions; activities; factors; expertise
• Review of the notes taken from previous results
Physical work environmentClick to read
Which level of priority do you give it? High/Medium/Low?
Place of implementation: Detect in which model of enterprise with what kind of business activity the key area of influence will be implemented
Responsible person: Establish who have needs of the key area - physical work environement
Why consider?: Detect the exact problem
Way to influence: Define the way to influence the physical work environment, based on the detected problem
Detection of the problems and selection of the methods to be applied
Beginning - Preparation
• Note the Level of basic knowledge of the person who choose the key area
• Note the background of the person
• Recognize the previous results
• Type of business activity it operates
Activities; Expertise and resources; Factors
• Chemical hazards
• Physical hazards
• Biological hazards
• Ergonomic hazards
• Mechanical hazards
• Energy hazards
• Mobile hazards (motion)
Ways to influence
• Elimination or substitution by holding a meetings
• Control or checking installation
• Administrative controls (good housekeeping; trained on safe operating procedures; preventive maintenance; enforcing smoke policies)
• Good personal protective equipment (masks; gloves; respirators; hard hats; safety boots; eye protection; earplugs; coveralls; full-body suits; resuscitation masks)
Evaluation
• Final step Evaluation of the results from the influence
• Writing a report on a solved problem and how It was solved
• Review of the notes taken from previous results
Psychosocial work environmentClick to read
Which level of priority do you give it? High/Medium/Low?
Place of implementation: Detect in which model of enterprise with what kind of business activity the key area of influence will be implemented
Responsible person: Establish who have needs of the key area – psychosocial work environment
Why consider?: Detect the exact problem
Way to influence: Define the way to influence the physical work environment, based on the detected problem
Detection of the problems and selection of the methods to be applied
Beginning - Preparation
• Note the level of basic knowledge of the person who choose the key area
• Note the background of the person
• Recognize the previous results
• Note the type of business activity it operates
Activities; Expertise and resources; Factors
• Poor work organization (work demands problems, time pressure, reward and recognition, support from supervisors, poor communication etc.)
• Organizational culture (lack of policies and practice related to dignity or respect for all workers, harassment and bullying, gender discrimination, stigmatization, intolerance for ethnic or religious diversity, lack of support for healthy lifestyles)
• Command and control management style (lack of consultation, negotiation, two-way communication, constructive feedback)
• Lack of support for work-life balance
• Fear of job-loss related to mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations
or the labour market /economy
Ways to influence
• Eliminate or modify the source (reallocate work to reduce workload, remove supervisors or include training for leadership and communication, enforce zero tolerance for discrimination)
• Lessen impact on workers by allowing flexibility, communication; supervisory; support; protect by raising awareness and providing specific training
Evaluation
• Final step - Evaluation of the results from influence
• Writing a report on a solved problem and how to solve the problem
• Review of the notes taken from the previous results
Action PlanClick to read
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What is to be done?
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Cost estimation
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First, read the tool carefully and familiarise yourself with the subject.
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Analysing
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The suggestions should then be analysed regarding the persons background, highlighting those key areas and methods that are already in place and those that should be implemented.
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The next step is to implement the suggested key areas (detectition and selection) in the company, in order to create or improve healthy workplace.
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Healthy workplace – Key area of influence
