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Document ID (ISN)67396
CIS number 96-1530
ISBN(s) 2-940129-02-9
Year 1995
Convention or series no.
Author(s) von Vietinghoff-Scheel K., Bijl D.
International Council on Alcohol and Addictions (ICAA)
Title Alcohol and drug prevention in the workplace - Experiences from Central European and Western countries: A publication of the ILO/ICAA seminars on workplace strategies
Bibliographic information ALCON Foundation, Birkstraat 108, 3768 HL Soest, Netherlands, 1995. 94p. Bibl.ref.
Abstract This monograph contains presentations made at a one-day symposium held in Prague (Czech Republic) in 1994, as well as some other papers. Topics of the papers: alcohol and drug prevention at the workplace - a WHO/ILO project in Poland (statistics on drug abuse, description of the programme at 7 core companies); prevention of alcohol abuse in heavy industry in Macedonia; alcohol prevention and treatment strategies in Latvia; an alcohol abuse prevention programme carried out by a private medical consultancy firm in Hungary; influence of alcohol on industrial accidents in the Czech Republic; role and initiatives of the ILO in developing alcohol and drug prevention programmes in business and industry; development of an alcohol policy within Heineken, a Dutch beer brewing firm; results of a comparative study of alcohol workplace policies in England; management intervention as a method for combatting alcohol and drug abuse in the US ("performance based constructive confrontation"); evaluating the effectiveness of alcohol and drug abuse treatment programmes in the United Kingdom.
Descriptors (primary) plant health organization; drug dependence; role of management; alcoholism; Eastern Europe
Descriptors (secondary) Latvia; The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; Netherlands; Poland; USA; conference; Czech Republic; Hungary; statistics; breweries; United Kingdom
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Country / State or ProvinceSwitzerland; Netherlands
Subject(s) Psychology and sociology
Broad subject area(s) Stress, psychosocial factors
Browse category(ies) Occupational health services
Alcohol and drug abuse