AOHC Encore 2023-220 The Global UN Workforce

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In this video, Dr. Jasmina Goldoni-Lestadius, Dr. Matthias Lademann, and Mr. Roger Perry discuss the Global UN Workforce Achieving Data-Driven, Forward-Looking, and Sustainable Occupational Health and Well-Being Strategies. The session is prepared by the UN Health Intelligence Team and features presenters from various UN agencies. The presenters highlight the challenges of occupational and environmental medicine (OEM) practice in the UN, particularly in the context of a multinational and mobile workforce that operates in harsh and difficult environments with limited access to medical services. They also discuss the lack of trained OEM specialists and standardized and centralized health data within the UN system. To address these challenges, the UN has developed an Occupational Safety and Health Framework, which includes a survey to assess health and safety risks. The survey, implemented across the UN system, provides comprehensive information on various aspects of employees' physical and mental health, work patterns, and COVID-19 experiences. The presenters emphasize the importance of having one survey, one analytics, and one strategy to enable data comparison and identification of best practices. They discuss the survey's high response rates, the use of messaging from leadership, targeted reminders, and the role of IT support in achieving these rates. The presenters also provide an overview of the survey results, including the identification of health risk factors, the need for improved access to medical services, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on employees' health. The survey results are used to inform the development of targeted interventions and programs. The presenters highlight the benefits of the survey, such as benchmarking for best practices, identifying hotspots of health risk, and creating evidence-based programs. They also discuss the importance of data governance, capacity for analytics and data visualization, and the allocation of adequate resources for positive impact. The session concludes with a discussion of training for managers and the challenges of survey fatigue, as well as the need for ongoing research and evaluation of interventions. Overall, the video highlights the importance of data-driven approaches to address occupational health and well-being challenges within the UN system.

Keywords

Global UN Workforce

Data-Driven Strategies

Occupational Health and Well-Being

Limited Access to Medical Services

Comprehensive Employee Survey

COVID-19 Impact on Employees' Health

Targeted Interventions

Evidence-Based Programs

Data Governance

Manager Training