Integrated preventive care coverage effectiveness in high-risk worksites in Mexico

Rocha, Georgina Mayela Núñez; Salinas-Martı́nez, Ana Marı́a; Hernández, Sandra Angélica Ramírez; Elizondo, María Eugenia Garza

doi:10.1007/s00420-010-0550-2

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“…Individual health risk assessments and health risk reduction programs aimed at lifestyle are popular applications for WHP (for example Ott et al 2010; Rocha et al 2010). However, the participation in such programs varies considerably between companies and is often low (Robroek et al 2009).…”

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Moral issues in workplace health promotion

Robroek

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et al. 2011

Int Arch Occup Environ Health

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PurposeThere is debate to what extent employers are entitled to interfere with the lifestyle and health of their workers. In this context, little information is available on the opinion of employees. Within the framework of a workplace health promotion (WHP) program, moral considerations among workers were investigated.MethodsEmployees from five companies were invited to participate in a WHP program. Both participants (n = 513) and non-participants (n = 205) in the program filled in a questionnaire on individual characteristics, lifestyle, health, and opinions regarding WHP.ResultsNineteen percent of the non-participants did not participate in the WHP program because they prefer to arrange it themselves, and 13% (also) preferred to keep private life and work separate. More participants (87%) than non-participants (77%) agreed with the statement that it is good that employers try to improve employees’ health (χ2 = 12.78, p = 0.002), and 26% of the non-participants and 21% of the participants think employer interference with their health is a violation of their privacy. Employees aged 50 year and older were more likely to agree with the latter statement than younger workers (OR = 1.56, 95% CI 1.02–2.39).ConclusionThis study showed that most employees support the importance of WHP, but in a modest group of employees, moral considerations may play a role in their decision whether or not to participate in WHP. Older workers were more likely to resist employer interference with their health. Therefore, special attention on such moral considerations may be needed in the communication, design, and implementation of workplace health promotion programs.

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