at the WHO/TNO/Dutchgovernment Congres 'Connecting Health and Labour' 29 - 1 December 2012

1. People Centred Care
Round Table 2
Dr. Issa Said Al Shuaili
Acting Director, Environmental and
Occupational Health Department ,
Ministry of Health, Oman
Connecting Health and Labour, WHO Global
Conference, 29 November – 1 December 2011, The
Hague, Netherlands

2. Introduction
 Occupational Health in Oman
 Workforce : 1 Million, 17 % are Omani
 Multi-displainiry approach – National
Occupational health and Safety Committee, GCC
Committee for Occupational health and Safety
Committee
 Regulations: Labour Law, Civil Service Law , in
2008 Regulation for OHS for establishments
governed by labour Law(health workplace
initiatives, protection of women, medical
surveillance )

3. Integration of OHS in primary health
care-Oman Experience
 Situation analysis for readiness of health care system for
integration- plan for Pilot project
 Conducting annual two weeks training course in
Environmental and Occupational medicine for family
physicians and primary health care doctors form different
regions in Oman.(50 doctors trained in 3 years).
 Provision of the importance of health promotion and
health education in workplace through primary health
care.
 Training of primary health care personnel in risk
assessment
 Develop a curriculum plan for occupational hygienist
Bachelor degree
 Review disability assessment system and how it can be
deliver by primary health care doctors
 Plan for attaching 20 Omani doctors from primary health

4. People-centered Care –Role and
functions of primary health care
 Health promotion and health education at
workplace
 Medical surveillance
 Fitness to work
 Risk assessment
 Early detection of Occupational diseases and
prevention of OD and Injuries
 Disability Assessment
 Provision of Personal Protective equipments
 OHS for health care workers

5. Capacity required
 Need assessment study of local context
 Consider the culture-culture sensitive
 Community and workers participation, partnership
with workers and empowerment of workers
 Human Resources development – should started
from medical school
 Developing a guideline or curriculum for training
of primary health care doctors
 Infrastructure for workplace monitoring(basic
devices such as Noise level meter, Audiometery
etc.
 Information resources such as MSDS for
chemicals, database

6. Research
 Developing evaluation system for integration-pre
and post experimental study
 Indicators for performance ( input –process and
output indicators )

7. Conclusion
 People centered care can be achieved through:
 Easy Accessibility
 Partnership with people
 Considering diversity
 Culture sensitive
 Empowerment of workers
 Gender specific

8. Thank You
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