This paper identifies issues related to worksite health promotion prog
rams 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 expo
sure affecting reproductive health; disproportionately, such as the in
teraction between work and family roles; or differently from men, as i
n women's experience of stress in the workplace. The focus is on the d
ifferences and uniqueness of working women's health. Drawing on a publ
ic health perspective, implications for consideration by worksite heal
th promotion programs specialist, human resource managers, and researc
hers are presented.