Promotional strategies in occupational health. Can it be extrapolated to general preventive medicine in the Caribbean Region?
This article highlights promotional strategies that are currently in use in occupational health which have yielded positive results in terms of cost-effectiveness and the prevention of occupational disease. Suggestions are offered on the possible extrapolation of these strategies to disease prevention programmes in medical practice in the Caribbean Region.
Coleman
A M
AM
St. Ann Health Department, Jamaica.
D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control; D016272:Occupational Health; D011315:Preventive Medicine; D014900:West Indies