Health screening is a programme that gives the whole medical history of a person after conducting a series of tests. The health screening programme is divided into a number of check-ups which are conducted at regular intervals. The check-ups include cardiovascular risk assessments, blood tests, urine tests, vision screenings, hearing tests, bowel cancer screenings, prostate cancer screenings, cervical smears, pelvic examinations, breast assessments and mammograms. These are conducted by organisations such as the Cancer Research Fund, Breast Cancer Care, the British Heart Foundation and Diabetes UK.
Health surveillance, on the other hand, is defined as a set of strategies and methods used to test, detect and give an assessment of the harmful effects on the physical, mental, emotional and psychological heath of factory workers due to excessive work in poor working conditions. Two major factors to be considered while undertaking a health surveillance program are, to check whether the worker is fit to do the work or not, and his overall health, excluding his productivity at the workplace.
Health surveillance, on the other hand, is defined as a set of strategies and methods used to test, detect and give an assessment of the harmful effects on the physical, mental, emotional and psychological heath of factory workers due to excessive work in poor working conditions. Two major factors to be considered while undertaking a health surveillance program are, to check whether the worker is fit to do the work or not, and his overall health, excluding his productivity at the workplace.
