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An Experimental Multi‐Lingual Health Program in Industry
Author(s) -
Boyton Helen,
Lennie Ian
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1980.tb00690.x
Subject(s) - sympathy , workforce , project commissioning , publishing , population , public relations , health professionals , population health , medical education , business , engineering , psychology , political science , medicine , economic growth , environmental health , health care , economics , social psychology , law
Health programs too frequently reflect the needs and experience of middle class health professionals rather than the real concerns of at risk populations. The migrant industrial workforce is one population frequently overlooked. The experiment described here, a multi‐lingual industrial health education program, was designed as a contribution to overcoming this discrepancy. The program was extensively evaluated and found to be moderately successful. Programs relevant to the industrial workforce are possible, but, as well as scientific and technical expertise, require skills in education, knowledge of industrial relations and awareness of and sympathy with the particular problems of migrant workers.