What kind of health problems can arise from chosen hazard

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Occupational Health

Essay: Psychosocial Hazard

Learning outcome 1: Understand, describe, and identify occupational health hazards

Learning outcome 2: Name dominant occupational diseases, including their origin and classification, and describe their causation, pathogenesis, diagnosis, management, and prevention

Learning outcome 3: Describe and apply the principles of occupational health to wellbeing and occupational rehabilitation

Learning outcome 4: Understand and describe social determinants of health

Task: Psychosocial hazards in the workplace increase the risk of psychological or physical harm, such as work-related stress, anxiety/depression, and musculoskeletal injuries. Technological advancements have brought further psychosocial challenges for workers' health and well-being, with many workers having their working arrangements and conditions significantly affected. Utilising a template, you will prepare an essay comprising two parts:

PART ONE: an essay focusing on one of the four psychosocial health hazards/issues among academic staff (teaching and/or research) in Tertiary Institutions:

High workload requirements, or
Poor workplace relationships (e.g., between management and workers or amongst peers), or
Imbalance between family/personal life and work, or
Unreasonable work expectations (e.g., unavailable resources to deliver as expected).

PART TWO: A recorded PowerPoint presentation (7 to 8 minutes and 8 slides max) to be presented to the University leadership team. The PowerPoint presentation should offer critical insights and evidence-based recommendations about the best way to mitigate the impact of this hazard among academic staff in Tertiary institutions.

Assessment 1 - Essay

PART ONE - Template:
A title page with your name and student number, title of unit, title of assignment,
unit coordinator's name, date, total word count.
Definition of the chosen psychosocial health/hazard and its characteristics
What kind of health problems can arise from the chosen hazard?
Whis is this hazard/topic important?
Critically explain how technological advancements have changed the hazard, including its source, occurrence/prevalence, impact, and outcomes.
Are there some segments within academic staff at Tertiary Institutions that are at higher risk than others (gender differences, dependent children, etc.) to poor health when exposed to the hazard?
Are there any gaps or areas for further research?
Approximately 20 references.

PART TWO - Template
A title page with your name and student number, title of unit, title of the
assignment, unit coordinator's name, date (one slide max)
Why is this topic/hazard important for the Tertiary Institution? (one slide max)
What are some key findings you uncovered in PART ONE and (one slide max)
Did you find any uncertainties within the literature in PART ONE? (one slide max)
Discuss the credibility evidence/literature you used in PART ONE (one slide max)
Based on your research/investigation of this hazard in PART ONE, what are some evidence-based recommendations about mitigating the impact of this hazard for academic staff at Tertiary Institutions? (two slides max)
References (one slide max)

APA 7th edition

PART ONE: Font size 11pt or 12pt Times New Roman or Arial, or Calibri
1.5 or double line spacing, Standard 2.5cm margins

PART TWO: You should aim to present each slide in one minute. Do not type in the slides everything you want to say. Your slides must present in a few words/bullet points the main points you wish to cover, and you must elaborate on those with your own words.

Body
Body paragraphs paragraph 1
- Topic sentence outlining first component
- Sentences giving explanations and providing evidence to support topic sentence
- Concluding sentence - link to next paragraph
paragraph 2
- Topic sentence outlining second component
- Sentences giving explanations and providing evidence to back topic sentence
- Concluding sentence - link to next paragraph

• What kind of health problems can arise from the chosen hazard?
• Whis is this hazard/topic important?

Critically explain how technological advancements have changed the hazard, including its source, occurrence/prevalence, impact, and outcomes.

Are there some segments within academic staff at Tertiary Institutions that are at higher risk than others (gender differences, dependent children, etc.) to poor health when exposed to the hazard?

Conclusion Are there any gaps or areas for further research?

Introduction

Your introduction should give an outline of
Background information on topic
Why the topic is important
Overall point of view of the topic (thesis)
Overview of components to be discussed (structure)

• What kind of health problems can arise from the chosen hazard?
• Whis is this hazard/topic important?

Critically explain how technological advancements have changed the hazard, including its source, occurrence/prevalence, impact, and outcomes.

Are there some segments within academic staff at Tertiary Institutions that are at higher risk than others (gender differences, dependent children, etc.) to poor health when exposed to the hazard?

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