Abstract

PREVENTIVE APPROCH TO OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH: A REVIEW

Vd. Sharmili S. Patil* and Dr. Yeshwant R. Patil

Abstract

Work place is the environment in which many people spend longest portion of their time. An occupation is part of our life as well as source of identity of a person in the society. Occupational health is the promotion and maintenance of highest degree of physical, mental, and social well beings of all the workers in their respective occupations. An occupational disease is any chronic aliment that occurs as a result of work or occupational activity. Healthy occupational life is now easily achievable with nutritional counselling, exercise training, de-addiction program, regular medical check-ups and stress management techniques. Ayurveda is a science of life, guiding and maintaining health and curing disease. Ayurveda also upholds the importance of occupation as a means and one of the steps in attaining Purusharthas. or the ultimate goal in life. Ayurveda provides better solution through the guidelines of proper dietary management, lifestyle advices, panchakarma procedures like de-toxification, meditation etc. This review is done to understand the occupational health and its management through Ayurveda.

Keywords: Occupation, Purusharthas, Ayurveda.