Introduction to Occupational Health in Public Health Practice / Public Health/Enviromental Health NY (ePub)

Introduction to Occupational Health in Public Health
Practice

Bernard J. Healey and Kenneth T. Walker

Introduction to Occupational Health in Public Health
Practice

Introduction to Occupational Health in Public Health Practice
uses concepts of prevention, epidemiology, toxicology, disparities,
preparedness, disease management, and health promotion to explain
the underlying causes of occupational illness and injury and to
provide a methodology to develop cost-effective programs that
prevent injury and keep workers safe. Students, health educators,
employers, and other health care professionals will find that this
essential resource provides them with the necessary skills to
develop, implement, and evaluate occupational health programs and
forge important links between public health and worker safety.

Praise for Introduction to Occupational Health in Public Health
Practice

"Successful evidence-based health promotion and disease
prevention efforts recognize that health choices and outcomes of
individuals and communities are profoundly affected by their
respective social and physical environments. This book is a great
tool to identify opportunities and strategies to integrate and
leverage efforts for the individual, family, workplace, and broader
community."

--Robert S. Zimmerman, MPH, president of Public Health Matters
LLC, former Secretary of Health, Pennsylvania

"A timely and crucial book for all health care
professionals."

--Mahmoud H. Fahmy, PhD, Professor of Education, Emeritus,
Wilkes University