Overview
Creates a framework for studying female workers' health issues and risks
Offers guidelines for organizing on-site health promotion programs
Includes case studies on confidentiality rules, employers' goals, and workplace culture
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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General Principles and Concepts
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Specific Health Topics
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Women’s Reproductive Health Issues
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About this book
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.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"Filled with useful tips for public health care workers, the 13 articles of this volume address health and its promotion for working women. … The articles are based on European case studies but have been tailored towards practical application, with reports on the research findings and EU standards accompanied by bulleted lists of suggestions for health promotion." (www.booknews.com, April, 2008)
"This book describes workplace health promotion and argues for gender-specific programs … . It is accessible to those without expertise in health promotion or occupational safety and health. … The editors have succeeded in covering the breadth of issues regarding workplace health promotion and make a solid argument for addressing the specific needs of working women. … a valuable resource for public health professionals involved in the design and/or implementation of the programs. The book would also be a useful teaching tool." (Kathleen M. Vetter, Doody’s Review Service, October, 2008)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
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).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Promoting Health for Working Women
Editors: Athena Linos, Wilhelm Kirch
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73038-7
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-73037-0Published: 06 December 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-2506-0Published: 19 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-73038-7Published: 16 November 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 338
Number of Illustrations: 95 b/w illustrations, 21 illustrations in colour
Topics: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Public Health, Health Psychology