Evaluation in Occupational Health Practice

Menckel, Ewa, MSc, PhD, Department of Occupational Health, National Institute for Working Life, Solna, Sweden. Westerholm, Peter, MD FFOM, Department of Occupational Health, National Institute for Working Life, Solna, Sweden.

Part 1 Evaluation approaches and models: Introduction and objectives (E Menckel & P Westerholm)
General principles and implementation in OHS evaluation (K Husman)
Evaluation, quality assurance, quality improvement and research (J Verbeek, C Hulshof & W van der Weide)
Evaluating occupational health interventions (J Ovretveit)
Quantitative methods in medical audit for OHS evaluation (R Agius, R Lee, G Fletcher & J Uttley)
Major evaluation models pertinent to OHS practice (E Menckel)
Part 2 Evaluation in practice: OHS evaluation - Principles, approaches and methods (P Westerholm & E Menckel)
International comparison highlights the standards of OHS - the Japanese case (T Muto)
Government-sponsored evaluation of OHS - the Norwegian case (T Lie & A Wannag)
Internal and external evaluation of OHS - the German case (K Khun)
Data-based outcome evaluation of occupational health program - the US case (M Weaver, K Brown & J Hilyer)
The new concept of 'Good OHS Practice' - the Finnish case (K Husman & M Lamberg)
Evaluation of OHS as a system of incentives - a German example (J Behrens)
Statistical implementation analysis of a public occupational health programme - the Canadian case (D Berthelette)
Process evaluation of OHS rehabilitation work - a Swedish case (E Menckel & P Westerholm)
Examples of occupational health audit - the UK case (S Whitaker)
Problem-based rehabilitation of work-related musculoskeletal disorders - a Swedish case (K Ekberg)
Evaluation courses of OHS professionals (E Menckel, P Westerholm & K Husman)
Part 3 Perspectives and future trends: Evaluation and ethics in an OHS setting (P Westerholm)
Economic appraisal in occupational health (J RantanenK)
Shifting the focus of occupational health services (N Ashford & K Rest).