## Abstract ## Background Despite the human and monetary costs of occupational injury and illness, occupational health care has focused more on treatment than prevention, and prevention is not part of many clinical occupational health practices. This represents a failure of occupational health car
Integrating occupational health services with primary health care
β Scribed by Sarath Gunatilake; Dr. T. E. J. De Fonseka; Dr. D. N. Fernando
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 297 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0894-1912
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β¦ Synopsis
In most developing countries, the occupational health services designed according to a Western model fail to reach millions of people working in small industries and agricultural settings. This article describes a WHO-assisted project in Sri Lanka to integrate occupational health with the existing primary health care services.
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