Promoting Health for Working Women
Título:
Promoting Health for Working Women
ISBN:
9780387730387
Edição:
1st ed. 2008.
PRODUCTION_INFO:
New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Descrição Física:
XXIV, 338 p. 116 illus., 21 illus. in color. online resource.
Conteúdo:
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.
Resumo:
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 in Promoting Health for Working Women: • 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. The contributors' mix of salient data and hands-on knowledge makes Promoting Health for Working Women key reading for professionals in public health, women's health, occupational health, and health promotion-anyone dedicated to improving women's lives in a safer, more equitable workplace.
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Acesso Eletrônico:
Full Text Available From Springer Nature Medicine 2008 Packages
LANGUAGE:
Inglês