Promoting Health for Working Women

Softcover Nachdruck of hardcover 1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4419-2506-0
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 338 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 552 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kirch, Wilhelm

Linos, Athena

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Gesundheitssoziologie, Medizinsoziologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Präventivmedizin, Gesundheitsförderung, Medizinisches Screening
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Soziologie & Psychologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

General Principles and Concepts.- to Health Promotion for Working Women: A Methodology.- The Legal Context for Workplace Safety and Health Promotion: Thinking of Women.- Specific Health Topics.- Workplace Health Promotion Interventions ConcerningWomenWorkers' Occupational Hazards.- Mental Health Disorders and Work-life Balance.- Musculoskeletal Disorders.- Work-Related Violence, Bullying, and Sexual Harassment.- Promoting Health for Working Women—Communicable Diseases.- Screening at the Workplace and Female Employees.- Women’s Reproductive Health Issues.- Workplace Health Promotion Aiming at Safe Working Environments for Pregnant Women.- Workplace Health Promotion Aimed at Increasing Breastfeeding.- Lifestyle Determinants.- Promoting Tobacco Awareness and Smoking Cessation for Working Women.- Women, Health, and Alcohol-related Harm.- Promoting Physical Activity and a Healthy Diet among Working Women.

Über Autor(innen)

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).