Clinical, Economic And Humanistic Evaluation Of A Worksite Health Promotion Program Conducted Among Employees Of A Public University In Malaysia

The burden of cardiovascular (CV) diseases is increasing in Malaysia. This has an adverse effect on the country’s health, society and economy. The general objective of this research was to develop an effective and efficient worksite health promotion program that could reduce the cardiovascular risk...

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Main Author: Liau, Siow Yen
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Published: 2011
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spelling my.usm.eprints.43369 http://eprints.usm.my/43369/ Clinical, Economic And Humanistic Evaluation Of A Worksite Health Promotion Program Conducted Among Employees Of A Public University In Malaysia Liau, Siow Yen RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica The burden of cardiovascular (CV) diseases is increasing in Malaysia. This has an adverse effect on the country’s health, society and economy. The general objective of this research was to develop an effective and efficient worksite health promotion program that could reduce the cardiovascular risk factors among employees at the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Engineering campus. This was a quasiexperimental study conducted between 2009 and 2010. The six-month program consisted of individualized counseling and seminars targeted at five behavioral risk factors (RFs) i.e. smoking, alcohol consumption, inadequate fruit and vegetable intake, physical inactivity and overweight/obesity. 2011-10 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/43369/1/LIAU%20SIOW%20YEN.pdf Liau, Siow Yen (2011) Clinical, Economic And Humanistic Evaluation Of A Worksite Health Promotion Program Conducted Among Employees Of A Public University In Malaysia. PhD thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
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Clinical, Economic And Humanistic Evaluation Of A Worksite Health Promotion Program Conducted Among Employees Of A Public University In Malaysia
description The burden of cardiovascular (CV) diseases is increasing in Malaysia. This has an adverse effect on the country’s health, society and economy. The general objective of this research was to develop an effective and efficient worksite health promotion program that could reduce the cardiovascular risk factors among employees at the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Engineering campus. This was a quasiexperimental study conducted between 2009 and 2010. The six-month program consisted of individualized counseling and seminars targeted at five behavioral risk factors (RFs) i.e. smoking, alcohol consumption, inadequate fruit and vegetable intake, physical inactivity and overweight/obesity.
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title Clinical, Economic And Humanistic Evaluation Of A Worksite Health Promotion Program Conducted Among Employees Of A Public University In Malaysia
title_short Clinical, Economic And Humanistic Evaluation Of A Worksite Health Promotion Program Conducted Among Employees Of A Public University In Malaysia
title_full Clinical, Economic And Humanistic Evaluation Of A Worksite Health Promotion Program Conducted Among Employees Of A Public University In Malaysia
title_fullStr Clinical, Economic And Humanistic Evaluation Of A Worksite Health Promotion Program Conducted Among Employees Of A Public University In Malaysia
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title_sort clinical, economic and humanistic evaluation of a worksite health promotion program conducted among employees of a public university in malaysia
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