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Master Degree in Occupational Health Psychology in Instituto Superior da Maia
A 14 de Agosto de 2009 foi aprovado o mestrado em Psicologia da Saúde Ocupacional no ISMAI. Prevê-se o seu funcionamento já no ano lectivo 2009/2010.
É o primeiro mestrado nesta área em Portugal, o 3º na Europa, e numa sociedade onde o crescimento das variáveis de risco psicosocial parecem aumentar, e aliada à experiencia vanguardista do ISMAI na Psicologia da Saúde Ocupacional, acredita-se que possa ser referência em Portugal.
(Obtenha o desdobrável seleccionando este link Mestrado)
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Some News about our Investigation Work
DOS NOSSOS RESULTADOS (PARTE I) – Segundo os dados do trabalho de investigação feito a nível nacional pela hohp, e comparando vários contextos profissionais, os professores do ensino secundário são os que mais tempo demoram na sua deslocação diária entre casa-trabalho e trabalho-casa.
DOS NOSSOS RESULTADOS (PARTE II) – Professores do ensino secundário apresentam maiores indices de “despersonalização” , e menor realização profissional, que qualquer outro grupo profissional (avaliado através do Maslach Burnout Inventory). Esta é mais uma das constatações que o trabalho de investigação realizado a nível nacional pela hohp permite retirar.
Mais informações: e-mail hohp@netcabo.pt
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Health Psychology
According to Ad Kaptein (2004), “(…) Health Psychology is concerned with the study of psychological process in health, illness and health care. Health psychologists study behavioural factors associated with staying healthy, and they examine how patients with health problems can be helped to improve their quality of life. They may also examine individuals in an experimental setting, work with groups in real-life settings, or observe social interactions taking place betwen health-care professionals and patients in a variety of health-care contexts.
Health psychology is one of the fastest-growing subdisciplines in psychology, if not the fastest.
Health and ilness have long been the object of scientific and clinical interest for psychologists. The separation between “psychological” on the one hand, and “physical, medical or somatic” on the other, is quite superficial and unhelpful- modern developments in the area of psyco-neuro-immunology, for example, or the area of interrelationships between geneticc and behavioural factors in staying healthy or becoming ill, are just some illustrations of this statement.
The relatively successful application of learning –theory principles to patients or clients with psychological problems (e.g. phobias, neurotic symptoms) inspied psychologists to apply these principles to patients with various physical diisordes, and examine the effects of those interventions. (…)”
Areas of Health Psychology
_Education and health promotion
_Public Health
_Health and Illness
_Chronic illness
_Pregnancy and Maternity
_Stress and Coping
_Pain and Chronic Pain
_Avaliation in health and illness
_Emergency contexts
_Study and Intervention on the health systems
_Quality of Life and well-being
_The caregivers
_Pediatric health
_Geriatric health
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Occupational Health Psychology (Ohp)
According to Portland State University,
Occupational health psychology as an interdisciplinary field
Occupational health psychology is a rapidly expanding interdisciplinary field focusing on the promotion, development, and evaluation of workplace health and safety initiatives. OHP researchers and practitioners draw from the domains of public health, preventive medicine, nursing, industrial engineering, law, epidemiology, and psychology to develop sound theory and practice for promoting the safety, health, and wellbeing of individuals in the workplace.
Occupational health psychology specialization
The OHP specialty area focuses on the application of psychology to protect and promote worker safety, health, and well-being, and to improve the quality of work-life for employees.
Areas of occupational health psychology
A representative list of topics included in Ohp and in the Hohp investigation and intervention:
_ Health,Well-being, and Work-life Quality
_ Job Enrichment
_ Management Development
_ Organization Development
_ Team Building
_ Risk Perceptions
_ Job Stress and Burnout
_ Individual Differences and Health
_ Health and Stress in Organizations
_ Vocational/Rehabilitation Programs
_ Aggression and Violence
_ Sexual Harassment
_ Task and Equipment Design
_ Workplace Design and Safety
_ Work and Family Issues
_ Employee Assistance Programs
_ Environmental Stressors
_ Research Methods
_ Statistical Methods/Data Analysis
_ Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues
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Soon we will present the “Health, Stress, Burnout and Emotional Disorders Laboratory“ Among other things it will be an intervention unit on Hohp
SEE MORE NEWS ABOUT US IN “INFO PAGE”
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