scholarly journals Experiences From a Web- and App-Based Workplace Health Promotion Intervention Among Employees in the Social and Health Care Sector Based on Use-Data and Qualitative Interviews

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (10) ◽  
pp. e350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Charlotte Balk-Møller ◽  
Thomas Meinert Larsen ◽  
Lotte Holm
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Workplace Health Promotion ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Health Care Sector ◽  
Workplace Health ◽  
Health Promotion Intervention ◽  
The Social

Framework for Evaluating Workplace Health Promotion in a Health Care Delivery Setting

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 480-487
Author(s):  
Ron Z. Goetzel ◽  
Jeff Berko ◽  
Katherine McCleary ◽  
Enid Chung Roemer ◽  
Kimon Stathakos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Care Delivery ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Workplace Health Promotion ◽  
Workplace Health

PD12 Economic Benefit Of Workplace Health Promotion: What Has Been Proven?

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (S1) ◽  
pp. 134-135
Author(s):  
Ingrid Rosian-Schikuta
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Model Calculation ◽  
Economic Benefit ◽  
Methodological Quality ◽  
Literature Search ◽  
Workplace Health Promotion ◽  
Workplace Health ◽  
Economic Analyses ◽  
Meta Analyses

Introduction:Maintaining people's ability to work is a priority in many European countries. Through healthier and more motivated employees, companies should benefit from lower absenteeism and increased productivity. The public sector expects savings in health care costs, an increase in the employment rate and avoidance of early retirement. Employees benefit from improving their health and well-being. The aim of the study is to investigate whether there is empirical economic evidence for the benefit of workplace health promotion.Methods:Systematic literature search in electronic databases and handsearch for systematic reviews, meta-analyses and economic studies with predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria.Results:Literature search provided two meta-analyses (with 84 primary studies), three systematic reviews (with 36 primary studies) and one model calculation (with 6 primary studies). There are relatively few empirical studies available to prove the economic benefit, often with inadequate methodological quality. Most of them are conducted in the United States of America. Only a few are from Europe, and those are mainly from Scandinavia. The available studies show a positive return on investment for companies however with a width range. Benefits for the health and social services have also been proven in a model calculation.Conclusions:The positive results must be interpreted with caution. Firstly, there is a lack of good primary studies on the effectiveness of measures on which economic analyses could be based; secondly, the methodological quality and comparability of economic analyses can still be improved and thirdly, the transferability of the results is often limited due to differences in health care systems.

Health Promotion for Small Workplaces: A Community-Based Participatory Research Partnership

2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-14
Author(s):  
Debra L. Fetherman ◽  
Timothy G. McGrane ◽  
Joan Cebrick-Grossman
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Workplace Health Promotion ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Health Promotion Program ◽  
Workplace Health ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Promotion Program ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
The Social

Background The majority of U.S. worksites are smaller worksites that often employ low-wage workers. Low-wage workers have limited access to, and participation in, workplace health promotion programs. Community-based participatory research (CBPR) has been identified as a key method to directly engage employers in identifying the health promotion needs of smaller workplaces. This article describes a four-phased process where CBPR was used to tailor a workplace health promotion program to meet the needs of a smaller workplace that employees low-wage workers. Outcomes of this program were measured and reported over time. Methods The CBPR approach was based on the Social Ecological Model along with two additional health promotion models. Publicly available evidence-based tools were also used for this four-phased process which included the following: (a) initial program assessment, (b) program planning, (c) program implementation, and (d) program evaluation. Key strategies for developing a comprehensive workplace health promotion program guided the process. Findings The workplace’s capacity for promoting health among its employees was improved. There were sustainable improvements in the health interventions and organizational supports in place. Conclusion/Application to Practice A CBPR approach may be a way to build the capacity of smaller workplaces with low-wage employees to address the health promotion needs of their workforces. The use of publicly available strategies and tools which incorporate the social ecological determinants of health is of equal importance.

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