Description
Managing health at work reviews recent developments in the field of workplace health from a practical point of view. It is aimed at managers and health specialists concerned with initiating new policies to develop and improve workplace health. The book provides essential guidance in managing health at work, gives specific examples of good practice and alerts the reader to relevant guidelines surrounding issues such as stress, cancer, HIV and AIDS, RSI, health eating and exercise. The author argues that increasing attention should be paid to the use of workplace health especially with the growing number of employees making claims against their employers for a wide range of health problems. The book *gives examples of good practice in the field of workplace health; *identifies the role of the manager in improving health in the workplace; *describes the latest research into prevention of high-profile health complaints The book will be an essential tool for health promotion specialists and managers with personnel and human resources responsibilities. Students involved in undergraduate and postgraduate studies in occupational health, health promotion and managing health will find the book an important reference
