Promotional strategies in occupational health. Can it be extrapolated to general preventive medicine in the Caribbean Region?
Coleman, A.M.
West Indian Medical Journal 40(4): 155-158
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0043-3144 PMID: 1785193 Document Number: 385690
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.
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