| Document ID (ISN) | 55253 |
| CIS number |
91-142 |
| ISBN(s) |
1-85091-694-2 |
| Year |
1989 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Ashton D.
Institute of Personnel Management |
| Title |
The corporate health care revolution: strategies for preventive medicine at work |
| Bibliographic information |
Kogan Page Ltd., 120 Pentonville Road, London N1 9JN, United Kingdom, 1989. 396p. Bibl. Index. Price: GBP 30.00. |
| Abstract |
This book is divided into three main sections: Part 1 reviews the origins and scale of current health problems and discusses the US and British experience of health promotion programmes, from both an economic and a medical viewpoint. Part 2 provides background information concerning 5 major risk factors (exercise, nutrition, smoking, alcohol and drug abuse, stress) which may interact to produce various diseases, but which can be favourably influenced by worksite health promotion activities. Part 3 discusses how these risk factors interact to contribute to a number of major diseases such as cancer, heart disease and stroke. The practical application of some health promotion strategies is also discussed. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
health programmes; medical prevention; United Kingdom; USA |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
coronary diseases; drug dependence; alcoholism; smoking; physical fitness; neoplasms; immunodeficiency syndrome; economic aspects; mental stress; medical examinations; cardiovascular diseases; nutrition |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Country / State or Province | United Kingdom |
| Subject(s) |
Medicine, hygiene and first aid
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Workplace health promotion
Alcohol and drug abuse
Nutrition
|
