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Module 1: Health literacy: the bridge from hazard to harm

About 25 minutes. Your progress saves as you go, so you can do it in more than one sitting.

About this module

For everyone in the organisation. About 25 minutes. Every answer is followed straight away by a micro-lesson.

You'll be able to:

  • Explain how a psychosocial hazard can become psychological, cardiovascular or musculoskeletal harm
  • Describe the pathway from dysregulated blood glucose to visceral fat, chronic inflammation and chronic disease
  • Name the four levers of metabolic health and why they work best as a system
  • Identify the workplace hazards that affect you, ready for a consultation conversation

Lessons:

  1. Why this matters
  2. The stress response
  3. Blood glucose and insulin
  4. Visceral fat
  5. Chronic inflammation
  6. From inflammation to the harms in the Code
  7. The four levers
  8. Explain the pathway
  9. Preparing for the conversation

Module 1 · Lesson 1 of 9

Why this matters

Your starting point

Before we start: how confident are you that you could explain how a workplace stressor can lead to heart disease or a back injury?

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