Promoting Health for Working Women

Wilhelm Kirch

ISBN 10: 1441925066 / ISBN 13: 9781441925060

Published by Springer New York, Springer US, 2010

About this Item

Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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:- 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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Promoting Health for Working Women
• Publisher: Springer New York, Springer US
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1441925066
• ISBN 13: 9781441925060
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 20D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 20 millimeters depth
• Weight: 552 grams

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Synopsis

This book is the result of an EU-funded project (EU emblem to appear on cover) on planning, implementing, and evaluating health promotion activities in the workplace. It aims to address occupational risks and hazards that are specific to women, or that women are more likely to encounter. The book begins with methodology on health promotion in the workplace, followed by chapters on several health topics particularly important to women. The approach taken by the authors bears in mind that women have a dual role in society, especially in health matters, as they greatly influence the health habits of their family, thus awareness-raising and prevention activities specifically targeting women are a fundamental factor in health promotion for the whole population.

About the Author

Athena Linos is Associate Professor in the Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology at the University of Athens Medical School.

Wilhelm Kirch is Chair of the Institute for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics at the Medical Faculty of Dresden University of Technology.  He is a past president of the European Public Health Association.  He published Extreme Weather Events and Public Health Responses (2005) with Springer, and he is editor of our forthcoming Encyclopedia of Public Health (2008).