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
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2011
Subjects:	RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica
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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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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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Clinical, Economic And Humanistic Evaluation Of A Worksite Health Promotion Program Conducted Among Employees Of A Public University In Malaysia

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