Skills for health & balance in the workplace I

This lesson provides an overview of the whole course. It provides you with information on the topics and their sequential inter-relationships.

The expected learning outcomes are embedded in the learning materials for each lesson. Your input towards achieving them is very important. Please read them and internalize them by reviewing your work and life practices. You are encouraged to study additional materials and actualize the outcomes by reflecting on how you perform work and engage with activities in your daily life.

Health-giving practices self-assessment test

We engage in numerous activities during any normal day of 24 hours; whether at home, at leisure, or in the office. These activities translate to work. Work is a daily human activity. Learning about correct health-giving practices is necessary for everyone because everyone engages in some form of work. Some activities may seem like health-giving exercises. However, repetitions and untargeted exercises often lead to injuries.

Let’s conduct a self-assessment to assist in reflecting on health practices at the workplace.

We have just completed the self-assessment test. This video will further assist us to reflect on the numerous activities we perform in any normal day of 24 hours; whether at home, at leisure, or in the office. These activities translate to work. Work is a daily human activity. Learning about correct health-giving practices is necessary because everyone engages in some form of work. Some activities may seem like health-giving exercises. However, repetitions and untargeted exercises often lead to injuries.

The expected learning outcomes are based on the learning materials for each lecture. Your input towards achieving them is very important. Please read them and internalize them by reviewing your work and life practices. You are encouraged to study additional materials and actualize the outcomes by reflecting on how you perform work and engage with activities in your daily life.

The human lifespan transcends from conception to death. We have occupations that dominate our lives at different stages.  All through our lives, we interact with the environment through occupations. In this lesson, we will discuss the different stages of life and the occupations that dominate each stage. This is important as we develop skills that can help us prevent ill-health at all stages of life. We will also learn that occupations are themselves, health-giving life activities and the continue with skills for correctly engaging in our occupations.

The expected learning outcomes are based on the learning materials for each lecture. Your input towards achieving them is very important. Please read them and internalize them by reviewing your work and life practices. You are encouraged to study additional materials and actualize the outcomes by reflecting on how you perform work and engage with activities in your daily life.

Occupations, work, play, and activities all influence our health and well-being. These concepts have different meanings. The goal of this lesson is to help us to differentiate occupations, work, play, and activities  This is important as we develop self-awareness in making health-giving movements and postures in all activities and occupations that we do. Sometimes, we forget that our work while at home may impact our health too. Let's get into the lesson and learn together.

The expected learning outcomes are based on the learning materials for each lecture. Your input towards achieving them is very important. Please read them and internalize them by reviewing your work and life practices. You are encouraged to study additional materials and actualize the outcomes by reflecting on how you perform work and engage with activities in your daily life.

We should adopt good work practices for immediate and long-term health. The goal of this lesson is for us to learn the basics of the body frame and its structures to understand how to position the body during work and activities. Positioning the body is the basic step to adopting correct postures and health-giving practices in the workplace. Let's learn together.

The expected learning outcomes are based on the learning materials for each lecture. Your input towards achieving them is very important. Please read them and internalize them by reviewing your work and life practices. You are encouraged to study additional materials and actualize the outcomes by reflecting on how you perform work and engage with activities in your daily life.

We need to understand the gravity of work-related injuries through global statistics. In this lesson, we will discuss global statistics of chronic ill health which results from work-related injuries/illnesses especially those from back pain. Thereafter, we should be able to develop prevention strategies to minimize chronic ill health caused by back pain and all other work-related illnesses in our everyday work spaces.

The expected learning outcomes are based on the learning materials for each lecture. Your input towards achieving them is very important. Please read them and internalize them by reviewing your work and life practices. You are encouraged to study additional materials and actualize the outcomes by reflecting on how you perform work and engage with activities in your daily life.

In this lesson, we continue with self-assessment on how we relate to the work environment. We will also discuss the benefits of practicing proper postures and ergonomics in the work place. This should help us develop good health practices for now and future health.