Health promotion for working populations : report of a WHO expert committee [meeting held in Geneva from 9 to 15 June 1987]
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TextSeries: World Health Organization technical report series ; no. 765Publication details: Geneva : World Health Organization, 1988. Description: 49 pISBN: 9241207655Title translated: La promotion de la santé des travailleurs : rapport d'un comité OMS d' experts [réuni à Genève du 9 au 15 juin 1987]; Fomento de la salud en las poblaciones trabajadoras : informe de un Comité de Expertos de la OMS [se reunió en Ginebra del 9 al 16 de junio de 1987]Subject(s): Occupational diseases -- prevention and control | Health promotion | Health of Special GroupsNLM classification: WA 440Online resources: Click here to access online Abstract: Examines ways in which the workplace can be used as a setting for health promotion activities that go beyond the traditional concern with work-related hazards. Prepared by a group of eleven international experts, the report concentrates on programmes and activities, developed for workers, that have demonstrated their ability to alter life-styles, improve health, increase productivity, and reduce absenteeism and accidents on the job. The most extensive section uses studies and experiences, mainly drawn from industrialized countries, to illustrate favourable results achieved through specific types of programmes. These include measures to reduce smoking, promote physical activity, improve nutrition and weight control, and combat alcohol and drug abuse. Programmes concerned with reducing adverse psychosocial factors and correcting ergonomic problems are also considered.
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Examines ways in which the workplace can be used as a setting for health promotion activities that go beyond the traditional concern with work-related hazards. Prepared by a group of eleven international experts, the report concentrates on programmes and activities, developed for workers, that have demonstrated their ability to alter life-styles, improve health, increase productivity, and reduce absenteeism and accidents on the job. The most extensive section uses studies and experiences, mainly drawn from industrialized countries, to illustrate favourable results achieved through specific types of programmes. These include measures to reduce smoking, promote physical activity, improve nutrition and weight control, and combat alcohol and drug abuse. Programmes concerned with reducing adverse psychosocial factors and correcting ergonomic problems are also considered.
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