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Indicators and Measures of Health Promotion/Health Protection at the Workplace.

PB89200976

Publication Date	1989
Personal Author	Cohen, A.; Murphy, L.
Page Count	52
Abstract	Worksite health protection represents those efforts concerned with reducing worker health and safety risks posed by hazardous working conditions, the emphasis being on engineering control measures. Worksite health promotion is directed to the worker's personal lifestyle and seeks to alter those behaviors and habits which presents risks of disease or injury. Education and motivation are the techniques employed in this instance. The paper describes health protective and health promotion programs and practices now evident at the workplace. Actions and indicators reflecting governmental or legislative support to such efforts are described as are those depicting employer and employee actions and responsibilities. Worksite health protection and health promotion activities and the benefits that accrue from their effective integration are discussed. Initial ideas for attaining this objective are offered.
Keywords	Accident prevention Industrial medicine Motivation Education Legislation Environments Evaluation Occupational safety and health Health promotion Employee health programs Life styles Training devices
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 41I - Job Environment 94D - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH. Div. of Biomedical and Behavioral Science.
Supplemental Notes	Presented at Invitational Symposium 'Indicators of Health Protective Behaviors' held at the University of California at Los Angeles on October 31-November 2, 1987.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198920

Indicators and Measures of Health Promotion/Health Protection at the Workplace.

Indicators and Measures of Health Promotion/Health Protection at the Workplace.
PB89200976

Publication Date	1989
Personal Author	Cohen, A.; Murphy, L.
Page Count	52
Abstract	Worksite health protection represents those efforts concerned with reducing worker health and safety risks posed by hazardous working conditions, the emphasis being on engineering control measures. Worksite health promotion is directed to the worker's personal lifestyle and seeks to alter those behaviors and habits which presents risks of disease or injury. Education and motivation are the techniques employed in this instance. The paper describes health protective and health promotion programs and practices now evident at the workplace. Actions and indicators reflecting governmental or legislative support to such efforts are described as are those depicting employer and employee actions and responsibilities. Worksite health protection and health promotion activities and the benefits that accrue from their effective integration are discussed. Initial ideas for attaining this objective are offered.
Keywords	Accident prevention Industrial medicine Motivation Education Legislation Environments Evaluation Occupational safety and health Health promotion Employee health programs Life styles Training devices
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 41I - Job Environment 94D - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH. Div. of Biomedical and Behavioral Science.
Supplemental Notes	Presented at Invitational Symposium 'Indicators of Health Protective Behaviors' held at the University of California at Los Angeles on October 31-November 2, 1987.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198920