Iran Occupational Health

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Background and aims: Health as defined by World Health Organization (WHO), it is "a state of complete physical, mental and social health and not only the absence of disease". Paying attention to the concept of welfare and well-being as a positive aspect of health among the workers of various organizations, especially in the field of health and treatment is the approach that many researchers have in mind today. Forensic workers are exposed to special psychological and physical pressures associated with exposing many clients with Specific social damage conditions The use of occupational health requires physical, social, mental and psychological well-being.
Methods: In this analytic functional study, for evaluating of health and Individual and occupational factors affecting it, all employee of Tehran forensic medicine Administration in four Specialized department(Clinical examinations, autopsy, commissions and labs) have completed physical and mental health questionnaires based on the holistic wellness which includes physical, social, emotional, intellectual, professional and spiritual components. For all welfare areas, Cut Point 3 was considered. The average above 3 was classified as "good welfare" and average under "3" was the lack of welfare among the participants.
Results: 197 people participated in the study. The results showed a significant relationship between the factors of history of hypertension, workplace and work responsibility and total welfare score. Overall, emotional wellness has the highest mean and physical wellness has the lowest mean among the participants in the research and All participants had normal health.
Conclusion: As a result of this research, the history of heart attack, blood pressure, place of work, work shift and work responsibilities have had the greatest impact on the health. Also the results show that, the score of professional and physical well-being is also variable according to different forensic medicine departments and the workers of the autopsy have a lower welfare score than the other sections, which shows the direct impact of the conditions and working environment on the health of the employees. As a result, forensic administrators should consider workers health promotion And periodic health monitoring as part of human resources strategic plans according to the welfare model.

Keywords: Individual and Occupational Factors, Mental and physical Health, Holistic Wellness Model, Legal Medicine

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