title: [The search for interventional priorities for the prevention of chronic diseases in females employed in the health service].
abstract: With a view of clearing up certain influence of the working and living conditions on health, some results of control examinations in occupational medicine from the years 1985 to 1988 of women employed in the health service (n = 86,769) were analyzed and compared with those of the investigations carried out on all women in the GDR (n = 662,578). The tracking down of significant deviations in the age-standardized prevalence rates for chronic health disturbances was performed by means of a specialized computer programme for the health of women and for 7 occupations. Among other things, it was possible to prove permanently increased prevalence rates for chronic diseases of the kidneys/urinary passages in the overall population and in the personnel for laboratory diagnostics, as well as an increased prevalence of hypertension in day nursery educators. The elaborated strategy for tracking down work-related diseases and chronic diseases proved effective and can also be used for issues in other economic sectors.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Heuchert
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bräunlich
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Enderlein
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kreibich
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Oberdoerster
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stark
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wulke
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005859:Germany, East; D006296:Health Services; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012947:Social Work
vernacular_title: Fahndung nach Interventionsschwerpunkten zur Prävention chronischer Krankheiten bei im Gesundheitsdienst beschäftigten Frauen.