title: Promotional strategies in occupational health. Can it be extrapolated to general preventive medicine in the Caribbean Region?
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: St. Ann Health Department, Jamaica.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Coleman
mesh_terms: D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control; D016272:Occupational Health; D011315:Preventive Medicine; D014900:West Indies