Model gpa objective X working Compendium

2009-2012 Work Plan Number	GPA2.15z Formerly AA3:P6
GPA Objective	Objective 2: To protect and promote health at the workplace
CC or NGO Name	Occupational Health Centre of the Municipal Institute of Health of Barcelona
Project title	Collaboration in the development of practical Psychosocial risk management toolkit
Keywords	Psychosocial hazards, prevention, intervention, restructuring
Project leader Email address	Lucía Artazcoz, [e-mail]
Partners (of the CC Network)	University of Nottingham
Other partners
Funding	Occupational Health Centre of the Municipal Institute of Health of Barcelona and, potentially, EU (Budget heading 04.021000.00.11, Innovative measures under Article 6 of the European Social Fund Regulation: "Innovative Approaches to the Management of Change”)
Objective of the project	To develop a tool for healthy restructuring of enterprises (it depends on funding by the EU) To develop the guidelines for management of workers with mental health problems from the occupational health services To contribute to de adaptation of the Psychosocial risk management toolkit to the Spanish context
Project outcome(s) and deadline(s) for completion of the project	Tool for healthy restructuring of enterprises (by 2008) Guidelines for management of workers with mental health problems from the occupational health services (by 2007). To contribute to the adaptation of the Psychosocial risk management toolkit to the Spanish context (by 2010)
Target group and/or beneficiaries	Occupational health services and enterprises in general.
Summary of the project	The Occupational Health Centre of the Occupational Health Centre of the Municipal Institute of Health of Barcelona is currently working on the development of the Guidelines for management of workers with mental health problems from the occupational health services in collaboration with the Catalonian Department of Health and the Catalonian Department of Labour. The project has been modified because, as we mentioned in our proposal, we applied for European funding in a collaborative project with other countries but our project was not approved. Therefore the objective of develop a tool for healthy restructuring of enterprises has been removed. The project aims at developing the guidelines for management of workers with mental health problems from the occupational health services. To contribute to the adaptation of the Psychosocial risk management toolkit to the Spanish context.
Dissemination	Scientific articles, reports, internet
Impact (global or regional)	Global
Progress on Project	A report with the results of the Delphi study has been elaborated and the guide is expected to be finished by the end of summer. Group discussions and interviews with different social agents, professionals and workers have been conducted in order to better know their needs for correctly manage work-related health problems at the workplaces. Additionally a Delphi study with occupational health physicians working in occupational health services has been conducted, a report has been written and sent to all the participants. A working team with experts from the Occupational Health Centre, the Department of Labour and experts from other institution is now elaborating this guide addressed to occupational health workers of occupational health services.
List of outcomes already achieved by this project	The Occupational Health Department are translating into Spanish the 10 guidance sheets and the guide of the PRIMA-EF project. Moreover, PRIMA-EF leaders are exploring the possibility of applying to an open call for a second phase of PRIMA-EF and we are willing to participate in it. The translation will be completed by end-2010.
List of additional outcomes expected from this project by 2012	2010: Application to DG-Sanco 2010: Translation into Spanish of 10 guidance sheets and the PRIMA-EF guide 2010-2011: Development of the project 2012: Final product (toolkit at the enterprise level)

2009-2012 Work Plan Number	GPA2.11l Existing Project AA3:P8
CONTRIBUTING PROJECT Title	Adaptation, validation and training in the use of a diagnostic tool to detect prevalence of psychosocial risk factors in the workplace
GPA Objective	Objective 2: Protect and promote health at the workplace
Responsible CC or NGO Name	CINBIOSE CANADA
Project leader	Katherine Lippel [e-mail]
Network partners	CINBIOSE Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada [e-mail]/ via Katherine Lippel, University of Ottawa Centro de Estudios de la mujer, Chile [e-mail], Departamento de Salud Ocupacional del Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile.
WHO Regions involved in this CONTRIBUTING project
Country ministries involved in this CONTRIBUTING project	Unidad de Condiciones y Medio Ambiente del Trabajo, Dirección del Trabajo. Contact name: Ingrid Soto: [e-mail]
External partners for this CONTRIBUTING project	Centro de Estudios de la mujer Michel Vézina Institut national de Santé publique du Québec, Québec, Canada. [e-mail]
Summary of the project	This project is part of a program of research «Araucaria project» whose objectives are to generate knowledge about mental health problems related to working conditions, to transfer and exchange knowledge between researchers and partners, and to disseminate information in order to sensitize policy makers and practitioners to psychosocial risks related to working conditions. The Project aims to develop a simple tool to evaluate psychosocial risk in work places and if it is relevant, to recommend more detailed research or interventions in order to reduce such risks. It integrates a gender perspective in the conception and application of the tool. This tool is directed to persons who intervene in occupational settings, such as inspectors, occupational health professionals and others.
Target group and/or beneficiaries	Inspectors of health and labour ministries, academics, policy makers and workers
Dissemination	Inspectors in occupational health in the Ministry of Labor
Impact (global or regional)	We have not as yet assessed the impact
Progress on Project (max 100 words)	The instrument is being validated in Chile by a panel of experts coordinated by the Department of Occupation Health of the Instituto de Salud Pública.
List of major outcomes already achieved by this project	Translation and adaptation of instrument to evaluate psychosocial risk factors in the workplace Inspectors in occupational health were trained in the use of the instrument to evaluate psychosocial risk factors in the workplace (workshop: March 31 – April 2, 2009)
List of additional major outcomes expected from this project by 2012	Validation of the instrument in Chile More training workshops for OH inspectors.

2009-2012 Work Plan Number	2.13h New Project
CONTRIBUTING PROJECT Title	Project D: Study of psychosocial risks in Malaysian context
GPA Objective	Objective 2: To protect and promote health at the workplace
Responsible CC or NGO Name	WHO Collaborating Centre for Work, Organisation and Psychosocial Factors, University of South Australia Australia
Project leader	Mr. Mohd Awang Idris [e-mail]
Network partners	University of Malaysia Sarawak University of South Australia
WHO Regions involved in this CONTRIBUTING project	Western Pacific Dr Shigeru Omi P.O. Box 2932 1000 Manila Philippines Telephone: [phone]  Fax:  [phone] or 526 0279  For media inquiries, please contact: Tel:   [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail]
Country ministries involved in this CONTRIBUTING project	Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia
External partners for this CONTRIBUTING project
Summary of the project	The study aims to understand psychosocial risks in Malaysian context and test the JD-R model. The study also emphasizes on definition of occupational stress among Malaysian employees, and examines on organization outcomes and life outcomes related to work. Data will be collected through survey from population samples in Malaysia Peninsular regions.
Target group and/or beneficiaries	Public Sector and Private Sector Employees
Events-opportunities for furthering the project	ICOH 2009 Cape Town
Expected results of this project by 2012 (outcomes)	To document the concept and meaning of occupational stress (by 2008) To validate the concept of job demands, resources and other related variables (by 2009) To examine the impact of job characteristic on employee life outcome and organization outcome (by 2009) by Malaysian employees (by 2009) To develop a tool for the assessment of psychosocial risk in an emerging economy context To develop materials to create work-life balance awareness training for managers and supporting staff (by 2010)
Indicators of achievement (impact)
Major Milestones (list up to three dates and milestones)	As above expected results
Public health impact	Evidence base regarding work-family policies
Funding source(s)	Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia University Malaysia Sarawak University of South Australia
Dissemination	University studies; newsletter in relevant ministry (Women and Family Development, Human Resources)

2009-2012 Work Plan Number	GPA2.11p New Project
CONTRIBUTING PROJECT Title	Psychosocial stress in the workplace with regard to burnout and gender
GPA Objective	Objective 2: To protect and promote health at the workplace
Responsible CC or NGO Name	Institute of Occupational and Maritime Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
Project leader	Ralf Wegner Mail: [e-mail]
Network partners	University of Nottingham, Institute of Work, Health and Organisations
WHO Regions involved in this CONTRIBUTING project	Europe
Country ministries involved in this CONTRIBUTING project	Ministry of Health, Germany
External partners for this CONTRIBUTING project	Institute of Work, Health and Organisation University of Nottingham
Summary of the project	Psychosocial stress in the workplace increasingly causes mental disorders like burnout. Some of the presumed predictors are long working hours, parenting, especially for full-time working female employees, and conflicts with colleagues and/or superiors. Practical measures including intervention strategies for the prevention of disorders and the recommendations of therapies should be developed on the basis of existing and newly collected data on family status, working conditions, burnout status (Maslach-Burnout-Inventory) and data including medical, physiological and biochemical analyses of 100 volunteers during working and leisure time.
Target group and/or beneficiaries	Workers with psychosocial stress at work
Events-opportunities for furthering the project	Development of a WHO questionnaire to evaluate the psychosocial stress and strain including burnout phenomena by occupational and familial factors. Organizing workshops on this issue. Collaborating with clinical physicians/clinics concerning adequate therapy.
Expected results of this project by 2012 (outcomes)	Description of the most important stress factors and evaluation of preventive strategies, such as better separation between work and leisure time, flexibilization of working time and/or organization of better childcare in companies, development of therapy recommendations in occupational medicine
Indicator of achievement (impact)	Evidence-based recommendations for the prevention and treatment of burnout
Major Milestones (list up to three dates and milestones	Analysis of existing data by 2009 Development of a WHO questionnaire by 2010 Worldwide survey in 2011 Analysis and publication of the data and recommendations in 2012
Public health impact	Global
Funding source(s)	No funds
Disseminations	Results and recommendations to be published in workshops and international journals

2009-2012 Work Plan Number (to be assigned by WHO)	GPA 2.15aa New Project
Project Title	Practical toolkits for assessment of work stress
GPA Objective (e.g. GPA5) and GPA Action (e.g. Action 28)	Objective 2: To protect and promote health at the workplace
Priority Number (e.g. 5.3) and Area (if applicable) e.g. Agriculture	Priority 2.1: Practical toolkits for the assessment and management of work stress
This project also contributes to other GPA Priorities (List them, if applicable).	Objective 3 Priority 3.1: Provide technical assistance to countries for organization, delivery and evaluation of basic OH services
Responsible CC or NGO Name	Occupational Safety and Health Council (Hong Kong)
Project leader(s) (contact name and email address)	Mr. Jason WONG (Senior Consultant) email: [e-mail]
Network partners (CC name, country, email)	Professor Fu Hua (傅華) email: [e-mail] Deputy Dean and Professor, School of Public Health Fudan University
WHO Regions involved in this project (contact name and email)	N.A.
Country ministries involved in this project (contact name and email)	N.A.
External partners for this project (contact name, organization and email)	Based on the result of research study commissioned by OSHC and conducted by Lingnan University, Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Professor Siu Oi-ling email: [e-mail]
Summary of the project (max 100 words)	Occupational Safety and Health Council will work in collaboration with Fudan University to promote management of work stress in mainland China by utilizing the practical toolkit (bilingual in both Chinese and English). Industries prone to work stress and the Health Care Sector will be our first targeted industry. We will initially launch the promotion in Shanghai and subsequently to 2 other cities (planned Beijing and Guangzhou) in mainland China. Survey will be carried out to evaluate the effectiveness programme.

Target group and/or beneficiaries	Working population in health care sector.
Major Milestones (list up to three dates and milestones)	Dec 2012- Promotion of use of work stress tool kit in health care sector in Shanghai Dec 2013- Promotion of use of work stress tool kit in health care sector in Beijing Dec 2014 –Promotion of use of work stress tool kit in health care sector in Guangzhou
Dissemination plan	Through production of publications, organizing seminars, workshops and training courses on work stress.
Funding source(s)	Self-funding by the council. The Council is the largest OSH course provider offering over 200 types of courses for various sectors in Hong Kong. OSHC has 67 full time staff and over 200 Part-time Lecturers from various professional disciplines. During 2009/10, OSHC has organized over 1,700 training programmes and seminars, with total participants over 52,000.
List of outcomes already achieved by this project	Had already distributed 2000 sets of the toolkits to various sectors and uploaded the toolkit onto OSHC’s web site for free access and usage.
List of additional outcomes expected from this project by 2012	A series of promotion programme of work stress in Shanghai health care sector should be done.
List of additional outcomes expected by 2016	Results of the evaluation programme on the effectiveness of the work stress tool kit including its coverage, user friendly, appropriateness, etc. for enhancement of the toolkit.

2009-2012 Work Plan Number (to be assigned by WHO)	GPA 2.15ab New Project
Project Title	Prevention of workplace violence via Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Kit, Training, and On-line risk assessment of workplace violence (English & Chinese)
GPA Objective (e.g. GPA5) and GPA Action (e.g. Action 28)	GPA Objective 3: To improve the performance of and access to occupational health services
Priority Number (e.g. 5.3) and Area (if applicable) e.g. Agriculture	Priority 3.2: Training materials and training for international capacity building in OH
This project also contributes to other GPA Priorities (List them, if applicable).	GPA Objective 5 Priority 5.3: Implement sectoral toolkits for the assessment and management of OH risks in the most hazardous sectors and for vulnerable workers
Responsible CC or NGO Name	Occupational Safety and Health Council (Hong Kong)- OSHC
Project leader(s) (contact name and email address)	Mr. Jason WONG (Senior Consultant) email: [e-mail]
Network partners (CC name, country, email)	N.A.
WHO Regions involved in this project (contact name and email)	N.A.
Country ministries involved in this project (contact name and email)	The Labour Affairs Bureau, a public department of the Macao Special Administrative Region Government
External partners for this project (contact name, organization and email)	Based on the result of research study commissioned by OSHC and conducted by City University of Hong Kong, Department of Applied Social Studies, Professor T Wing LO email: [e-mail]
Summary of the project (max 100 words)	Based on the result of research study on work stress and workplace violence, OSHC has developed the DIY Kit and On-line risk assessment of workplace violence (bilingual in Chinese and English) to assist organizations in risk assessment process and prevention of workplace violence. OSHC will promote the DIY Kit and On-line risk assessment of workplace violence to sectors prone and the Health Care and Services Industry will be covered in first stage and then followed by Social Service and Facility Management Sectors. We will initially launch the promotion of the Kit and On-line assessment in Hong Kong (first stage) and Macao (second stage) and survey be carried out to evaluate its effectiveness for enhancement.

Target group and/or beneficiaries	The working population in health care and services industry, and social services and facility management sectors.
Major Milestones (list up to three dates and milestones)	Dec 2012- Promotion of use of workplace violence tool kit in health care and services industry in Hong Kong Dec 2013- Promotion of use of workplace violence tool kit in health care and services industry in Macao Dec 2014 –Promotion of use of workplace violence tool kit in social services and facility management sectors in Hong Kong and Macao health care and services industry in Hong Kong
Dissemination plan	Through production of publications, organizing trainer seminars, workshops and training courses in workplace violence.
Funding source(s)	Self-funding by the council. The Council is the largest OSH course provider offering over 200 types of courses for various sectors in Hong Kong. OSHC has 67 full time staff and over 200 Part-time Lecturers from various professional disciplines. During 2009/10, OSHC has organized over 1,700 training programmes and seminars, with total participants over 52,000.
List of outcomes already achieved by this project	Had already distributed 2000 sets of the toolkit to various sectors and upload the DIY Kit onto OSHC’s web site for free access and usage.
List of additional outcomes expected from this project by 2012	A series of promotion programme of workplace violence in health care, services industry, social services and facility management sectors should be done.
List of additional outcomes expected by 2016	Results of the evaluation programme on the effectiveness of the workplace violence tool kit including its coverage, user friendly, appropriateness, etc. for enhancement of the toolkit.