Australian Blue-Collar Men's Health and Well-Being: Contextual Issues for Workplace Health Promotion Interventions

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 715-720

  Du Plessis, Karin ^a,b   Cronin, David ^a   Corney, Tim ^a,c   Green, Emma ^a  

^a Incolink ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

health promotion; men's health; worksite safety and health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BUILDING INDUSTRY; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORKPLACE; WORKSITE SAFETY AND HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

HEALTH PROMOTION; MEN'S HEALTH; WORKSITE SAFETY AND HEALTH;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84882592904     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: 15526372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839912464046     Document Type: Article

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