9. Health promotion and risk prevention

At the end of the unit, you should have the following knowledge:

• You can list work-related factors that influence an employee’s health
• You can describe how these factors influence an employee’s health
• You can describe the basic principles of ergonomics.
• You know about health-promoting behaviours
• You can understand what mental stress is.
• You know the most important characteristics of different psychological stresses such as burnout or depression.
• You know the possibilities and limits in dealing with affected employees.
• You can describe EU legislation on health and safety at work.
• You know methods to detect hazards in the company.
• You can describe measures that result from this.