Promoting Health for Working Women (eBook)
XXIV, 338 Seiten
Springer New York (Verlag)
978-0-387-73038-7 (ISBN)
Based on European health initiatives on reducing workplace risks and promoting workplace health, this book focuses on issues that predominantly or exclusively affect women, or have gender-specific implications due to workplace inequalities. Among the topics covered: occupational hazards, work/life balance issues, pregnancy, smoking cessation, alcohol awareness, diet/exercise and other lifestyle concerns.
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).
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.
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).
Foreword 6
Preface 9
Acknowledgments 11
Contents 12
List of Figures 14
List of Tables 16
List of Contributors 19
GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS 21
Introduction to Health Promotion for WorkingWomen: A Methodology 22
The Legal Context forWorkplace Safety and Health Promotion: Thinking of Women 49
SPECIFIC HEALTH TOPICS 89
Workplace Health Promotion Interventions Concerning Women Workers’ Occupational Hazards 90
Mental Health Disorders and Work-life Balance 134
Musculoskeletal Disorders 154
Work-Related Violence, Bullying, and Sexual Harassment 178
Promoting Health forWorking Women— Communicable Diseases 200
Screening at the Workplace and Female Employees 229
WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ISSUES 257
Workplace Health Promotion Aiming at Safe Working Environments for Pregnant Women 258
Workplace Health Promotion Aimed at Increasing Breastfeeding 269
LIFESTYLE DETERMINANTS 280
Promoting Tobacco Awareness and Smoking Cessation for Working Women 281
Women, Health, and Alcohol-related Harm 308
Promoting Physical Activity and a Healthy Diet among Working Women 329
Index 343
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 16.11.2007 |
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| Zusatzinfo | XXIV, 338 p. 116 illus., 21 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| Schlagworte | Burnout • EU • Gender • Global Health • health education • Health Promotion • Occupational Health • prevention • Safety • Screening • Stress • Women • women's health • Work |
| ISBN-10 | 0-387-73038-9 / 0387730389 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-387-73038-7 / 9780387730387 |
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