Workplace Participatory Occupational Health/Health Promotion Program

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• Alternative Title:
  J Gerontol Nurs
• Personal Author:
  Zhang, Yuan ; Flum, Marian ; Kotejoshyer, Rajashree ; Fleishman, Jane ; Henning, Robert ; Punnett, Laura
• Description:
  Nursing home employees experience high physical and psychosocial workloads, resulting in poor health outcomes. An occupational health/health promotion program, designed to facilitate employee participation, was initiated in three nursing homes. The aim of the current study was to evaluate facilitators and barriers of the program after 3-year implementation. Focus groups with employees and in-depth interviews with top and middle managers were conducted. The Social Ecological Model was used to organize the evaluation. Facilitators and barriers were reported from both managers' and employees' perspectives, and were categorized as intrapersonal, interpersonal, institutional, and corporate level. Management support, financial resources, and release time for participation were identified as the three most important factors. Supports from multiple levels including both human and environment, and managers and employees, are important for a successful participatory occupational health/health promotion program. [Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 42(6), 34-42.].
• Subjects:
  Focus Groups Health Promotion Nursing Homes Occupational Health Services Workplace
• Source:
  J Gerontol Nurs. 42(6):34-42
• Pubmed ID:
  26977705
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5860908
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U19 OH008857/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  42
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b4a9797cc4875ced93b77ce750d17ff6ee122245f052e02f21cf471e1878ca39
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/52655/cdc_52655_DS1.pdf
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