Does Employee Participation in Workplace Health Promotion Depend on the Working Environment? A Cross-Sectional Study of Danish Workers

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• Personal Author:
  Burr H ; Holtermann A ; Jørgensen MB ; Punnett, Laura ; Villadsen E
• Description:
  Objectives: To investigate if participation in workplace health promotion (WHP) depends on the work environment. Methods: Questionnaire data on participation in WHP activities (smoking cessation, healthy diet, exercise facilities, weekly exercise classes, contact with health professionals, health screenings) and the work environment (social support, fatiguing work, physical, quantitative and emotional demands, job control and WHP availability setting) were collected cross-sectionally in 2010 in a representative sample (n=10 605) of Danish workers. Binary regression analyses of the association between work environment characteristics and participation in WHP were conducted and adjusted for age, gender and industry. Results: WHP offered during leisure time was associated with lower participation in all measured activities compared with when offered during working hours. Low social support and fatiguing work were associated with low participation in WHP. No associations with participation in WHPs were observed for physical work or quantitative demands, work pace or job strain. However, high physical demands/low job control and high emotional demands/low job control were associated with low participation. Conclusions: Lower participation in WHP was associated with programmes during leisure, low social support, very fatiguing work and high physical or emotional demands with low job control. This suggests that to obtain proper effect of health promotion in a workplace setting, a good work environment is essential. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Promotion Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace
• Keywords:
  Cross Sectional Studies Employee Health Health Promotion Questionnaires Total Worker Health TWH Work Environment
• ISSN:
  2044-6055
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  6
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20056687
• Citation:
  BMJ Open 2016 Jun; 6(6):e010516
• Email:
  mbj@nrcwe.dk
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Performing Organization:
  University of Massachusetts, Lowell
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20060701
• Source Full Name:
  BMJ Open
• End Date:
  20210831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3d3d7f41dae456bca284c654cc7ded85e1a7872b607ac1c77c526c06a2bc01c5e4618af0edc6508feef36490f13e061271a47f7a0468b1205affe096a887d571
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/214240/cdc_214240_DS1.pdf
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