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Promoting Health for Working Women

Contributor(s): Linos, Athena [editor.] | Kirch, Wilhelm [editor.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.Description: XXIV, 338 p. 116 illus., 21 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780387730387.Subject(s): Medicine | Public health | Health promotion | Health psychology | Medicine & Public Health | Health Promotion and Disease Prevention | Public Health | Health PsychologyDDC classification: 613 | 614.44 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
General Principles and Concepts -- to Health Promotion for Working Women: A Methodology -- The Legal Context for Workplace Safety and Health Promotion: Thinking of Women -- Specific Health Topics -- Workplace Health Promotion Interventions ConcerningWomenWorkers' Occupational Hazards -- Mental Health Disorders and Work-life Balance -- Musculoskeletal Disorders -- Work-Related Violence, Bullying, and Sexual Harassment -- Promoting Health for Working Women—Communicable Diseases -- Screening at the Workplace and Female Employees -- Women’s Reproductive Health Issues -- Workplace Health Promotion Aiming at Safe Working Environments for Pregnant Women -- Workplace Health Promotion Aimed at Increasing Breastfeeding -- Lifestyle Determinants -- Promoting Tobacco Awareness and Smoking Cessation for Working Women -- Women, Health, and Alcohol-related Harm -- Promoting Physical Activity and a Healthy Diet among Working Women.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: Based on European health initiatives on reducing workplace risks and promoting workplace health, Promoting Health for Working Women focuses on issues that predominantly or exclusively affect women, or have gender-specific implications because of differences or special circumstances that exist at the workplace. The editors and their twenty collaborators combine theoretical, research, and practical perspectives to create a framework for studying female workers’ health issues and risks. The methodology for organizing on-site health promotion interventions at the workplace is presented in detail, taking into consideration the key issues women face. Among the topics covered in Promoting Health for Working Women: • Legal foundations for workers’ safety, in general and by gender. • Occupational hazards, musculoskeletal injuries, communicable diseases. • Work-life balance issues, including stress, burnout, and depression. • Violence, bullying, and sexual harassment on the job. • Special focus on pregnancy and breastfeeding. • Screening at the workplace. • Smoking cessation, alcohol awareness, diet/exercise, and other lifestyle concerns. The contributors’ mix of salient data and hands-on knowledge makes Promoting Health for Working Women key reading for professionals in public health, women’s health, occupational health, and health promotion—anyone dedicated to improving women’s lives in a safer, more equitable workplace.
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General Principles and Concepts -- to Health Promotion for Working Women: A Methodology -- The Legal Context for Workplace Safety and Health Promotion: Thinking of Women -- Specific Health Topics -- Workplace Health Promotion Interventions ConcerningWomenWorkers' Occupational Hazards -- Mental Health Disorders and Work-life Balance -- Musculoskeletal Disorders -- Work-Related Violence, Bullying, and Sexual Harassment -- Promoting Health for Working Women—Communicable Diseases -- Screening at the Workplace and Female Employees -- Women’s Reproductive Health Issues -- Workplace Health Promotion Aiming at Safe Working Environments for Pregnant Women -- Workplace Health Promotion Aimed at Increasing Breastfeeding -- Lifestyle Determinants -- Promoting Tobacco Awareness and Smoking Cessation for Working Women -- Women, Health, and Alcohol-related Harm -- Promoting Physical Activity and a Healthy Diet among Working Women.

Based on European health initiatives on reducing workplace risks and promoting workplace health, Promoting Health for Working Women focuses on issues that predominantly or exclusively affect women, or have gender-specific implications because of differences or special circumstances that exist at the workplace. The editors and their twenty collaborators combine theoretical, research, and practical perspectives to create a framework for studying female workers’ health issues and risks. The methodology for organizing on-site health promotion interventions at the workplace is presented in detail, taking into consideration the key issues women face. Among the topics covered in Promoting Health for Working Women: • Legal foundations for workers’ safety, in general and by gender. • Occupational hazards, musculoskeletal injuries, communicable diseases. • Work-life balance issues, including stress, burnout, and depression. • Violence, bullying, and sexual harassment on the job. • Special focus on pregnancy and breastfeeding. • Screening at the workplace. • Smoking cessation, alcohol awareness, diet/exercise, and other lifestyle concerns. The contributors’ mix of salient data and hands-on knowledge makes Promoting Health for Working Women key reading for professionals in public health, women’s health, occupational health, and health promotion—anyone dedicated to improving women’s lives in a safer, more equitable workplace.

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