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This paper identifies issues related to worksite health promotion programs for women by examining ways that work factors, health behaviors, family roles and responsibilities, and women's health are linked. Work conditions may affect women uniquely, as in the case of chemical exposure affecting reproductive health; disproportionately, such as the interaction between work and family roles; or differently from men, as in women's experience of stress in the workplace. The focus is on the differences and uniqueness of working women's health. Drawing on a public health perspective, implications for consideration by worksite health promotion programs specialist, human resource managers, and researchers are presented.

A structured, skill-building treatment approach aims at eliminating violent behavior between abusive couples. Principles, components, and screening and evaluation procedures of the program are described. The program, developed for military families, could be adapted for civilian use.

The evolution of health promotion in the military is reviewed and contrasted with developments in private sector activities. Programs in both arenas generally take a mechanistic, mortality and risk factor-based approach which targets lifestyle and behavioral change. In the military, that has resulted in a fragmentation of function and perception in the line and medical communities about health promotion. A "world view" model and a conceptual systems approach to health promotion are presented in which human resources, occupational health, life-style, and health benefits programs are integrated to achieve efficiencies in program management, decreased mortality, and reduced medical care costs.