Learning Outcome: When completing the course, the student has acquired an overview of the interaction between work and health, occupational and work-related diseases, and the main challenges for work ability in contemporary society. The student is familiar with various occupational health care systems, basic workplace safety issues and ergonomics, and understands the potential provided by workplace health promotion for public health.

Content 
-Current trends in working life
-Health-work-health relationships
-Occupational and work-related diseases
-The concept of work ability
-Ergonomics and accessibility
-Workplace risk assessment and safety management
-Occupational health services in Finland and elsewhere
-Workplace health promotion

Reading materials

Bauer, G. F., & Hämmig, O. Bridging occupational, organizational and public health : A transdisciplinary approach. Springer 2013.

Clougherty JE, Souza K, Cullen MR. Work and its role in shaping the social gradient in health.  Ann N Y Acad Sci 2010;1186:102-24. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05338.x.

Nurminen M, Karjalainen A. Epidemiologic estimate of the proportion of fatalities related to occupational factors in Finland. Scand J Work Environ Health 2001;27:161-213.