ESSENTIAL IN COPING SKILLS

1. Dr. James Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Senior Public Health consultant
attached with the Deputy Director
General of Health’s office in the
Ministry of Health Malaysia. He has
special interest in occupational
medicine focusing in coping skills
among the healthcare workforce.
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2. PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER
- ESSENTIAL ON JOB COPING SKILLS -

3. JOB DEMANDS
• TRAINING
• KNOWLEDGE
• FIELD EXPERIENCE
• SUPERVISION
• OVERLOAD
WORKING
ENVIRONMENT
• MUSIC
• AROMATHERAPY
• LIGHTHING
• AMBIANCE
“Life is not what its supposed to be. It is what it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference”
Mahathma Gandhi
SCOPE

4. PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER
-ESSENTIAL ON JOB COPING SKILLS -
JOB DEMANDS

6. Emphasis on epidemiology, biostatistics, (non)communicable diseases
Not emerging public health problems.
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Regular CME
Journal
reference
Discussion with senior
PH officers

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Identifying and learning from a senior
in the domain of interest.
Staying positive and having
an open mindset of learning.
Showing the interest and thinking creatively
to utilize existing skills to adapt to the current
situation.
Lack of direct field experience

9. Learn from the athletes!!!!
Ego orientated athletes
• Show off their abilities through beating their
competitors
Task orientated athletes
• Concentrate on their own abilities
• Complete the task successfully
• Improve personal growth.
Athletes should strive to be more task orientated and not
ego orientated

10. Lack of supervision and Guidance
E-mail WhatsApp Skype Facetime

11. WHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health 2012;1(2):125-127
WHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health 2012;1(2):125-127

12. Have you ever wondered
Why is it that some people
seem to shine in any sphere in
which they choose to exert
themselves, and others cannot
manage even a glimmer despite
obvious talent?

13. In her book, Mindset: The New Psychology of
Success, Carol Dweck describes

14. Overworked
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15. Are we really overworked ?
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16. SATISFICING
REFUSING
LIMITING
PRIORITISING
MULTISTASKING
JOB DELEGATION
WORK OVERLOAD

17. FILTERING
ALTERING
QUEUING
SHIFTING/ACCEPTING
ESCAPING
KEEPING THE DISTRACTION AWAY
WORK OVERLOAD

18. PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER
-ESSENTIAL ON JOB COPING SKILLS -
WORKING
ENVIRONMENT

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Listen to your favorite song/music.

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Take short breaks/nap.

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Aromatherapy.

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Aromatherapy.
Herz, Rachel S. "Aromatherapy facts and fictions: a scientific analysis of olfactory effects on mood, physiology and behavior." International
Journal of Neuroscience 119.2 (2009): 263-290.

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Aromatherapy.

24. LIGHTING
• Poor lighting at work leads to
eye‐strain, fatigue, headaches,
stress and accidents.
• Too much light can also
lead to safety and health problems
such as “glare” headaches and
stress

25. WHAT IS ADEQUATE LIGHTING?

26. Lohr VI et al, Interior plants may improve worker productivity and reduce stress in a windowless environment. Journal of Environmental Horticulture. 1996;14:97-100.
PLANTS

28. “COPING SKILLS CANNOT BE TAUGHT, IT SHOULD COME FROM WITHIN YOU BY
ADAPTATION, LEARNING, EXPERIENCE AND HAVING A GROWING MINDSET.
EMPOWER YOUSELF AND EMPOWER THE COMMUNITY”
SUDEASH