Organizational characteristics influence implementation of worksite health protection and promotion programs: evidence from smaller businesses

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• Personal Author:
  Allen JD ; Caban-Martinez, Alberto J. ; Davis KL ; Katz JN ; McLellan DL ; Nelson CC ; Pronk NP ; Sorensen, Glorian ; Wagner, Gregory R.
• Description:
  Objective: We explored associations between organizational factors (size, sector, leadership support, and organizational capacity) and implementation of occupational safety and health (OSH) and worksite health promotion (WHP) programs in smaller businesses. Methods: We conducted a web-based survey of human resource managers of 117 smaller businesses (<750 employees) and analyzed factors associated with implementation of OSH and WHP among these sites using multivariate analyses. Results: Implementation of OSH, but not WHP activities, was related to industry sector (P = 0.003). Leadership support was positively associated with OSH activities (P < 0.001), but negatively associated with WHP implementation. Organizational capacity (budgets, staffing, and committee involvement) was associated with implementation of both OSH and WHP. Size was related to neither. Conclusions: Leadership support and specifically allocated resources reflecting that support are important factors for implementing OSH and WHP in smaller organizations [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Promotion Occupational Health Safety Small Business
• Keywords:
  Health Promotion Health Protection Safety Programs Small Businesses Total Worker Health Work Organization
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Florida ; Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  57
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046687
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2015 Sep; 57(9):1009-1016
• Contact Point Address:
  Deborah L. McLellan, PhD, MHS, Center for Community-Based Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Ave, LW715, Boston, MA 02215
• Email:
  deborah_mclellan@dfci.harvard.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20070901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20260831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:96a42a8f3182c63f0b9ecdbff920385dffa64169a06a31bcad8be3ff47a7b2e291bbdf039a7ca28828ff38ee902ea6b36bdc2a6d1fc89fc153634ad0cb6197da
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/202038/cdc_202038_DS1.pdf
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