Getting to Know You: Occupational Health Researchers Investigate Employee Assistance Professionals' Approaches to Workplace Stress

Abstract

296prevent and address job stress at the organizational level. A review of literature for and about employee assistance professionals was conducted to explore their perspectives on these issues. Results show high awareness regarding the health effects of job stress and a wide range of approaches to address this problem. EAPs appear to be a potential strong partner in efforts to prevent workplace stress, but face obstacles to intervening at the level of the work environment.KEYWORDS cardiovascular disease, dual client relationship, occupational health, organizational intervention, stress, work environment Work-related stress, work organization factors that lead to stress and associated cardiovascular and other diseases (such as depression, anxiety, cognitive impairments, and substance abuse), are increasingly urgent topics in occupational health.

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