What Is Health Competence?
It is clear that in the modern world adults of working age are concerned about health issues. One look at the Internet these days will produce such headlines as:
• Obesity is an epidemic.
• Mortality rates increase for middle-age males.
• Government fails to protect citizens against lead poisoning in their water.
• Dementia threatens the Baby Boom Generation.
• Adults fail to get enough sleep.
A recent survey reported that one or more major stressors affect 77 percent of Americans at work, such as a long commute to get to work, high demands on the job, and the risk of being fired or laid off. In a second survey of 115,000 employees from 33 countries, respondents in Japan reported the most ...
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