The Impact of Worksite Wellness Programs by Size of Business: A 3-Year Longitudinal Study of Participation, Health Benefits, Absenteeism, and Presenteeism

Schwatka, Natalie V.; Smith, Derek E.; Weitzenkamp, David; Atherly, Adam; Dally, Miranda; Brockbank, Claire v. S.; Tenney, Liliana; Goetzel, Ron Z.; Jinnett, Kimberly; McMillen, J. Curtis; Newman, Lee S.

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“…In our systematic review of literature on small business worksite wellness programs, we found that they often have an easier time implementing initiatives, incorporating employee suggestions, holding people accountable, generating teamwork, and achieving high participation rates (McCoy et al, 2014). Indeed, in our past research with 314 businesses enrolled in a externally supported, health promotion program, we observed higher employee participation rates amongst small business employees than large business employees (Schwatka et al, in press). Small business founders and early leaders can be a major source of guidance for how the business should operate (Schein, 2010).…”

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Small Business Total Worker Health: a Conceptual and Methodological Approach to Facilitating Organizational Change

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Nearly half of Americans are employed by small businesses, and future projections suggest that the number of those employed by small businesses will rise. Despite this, there is relatively little small business intervention research on the integration of health protection and health promotion, known as Total Worker Health® (TWH). We first discuss the importance of studying small businesses in TWH research and practice. Second, we describe an example of a small business TWH intervention, Health Links™ plus TWH owner/senior manager leadership training, that we are evaluating via the Small+Safe+Well (SSWell) study. Key features of the intervention and the SSWell study include attention to multi-level influences on worker health, safety and well-being; organizational change; and dissemination and implementation science strategies via the RE-AIM model. We offer several considerations for future small business TWH research and practice both in terms of the small business context as well as intervention development and evaluation. Our goal is to provide TWH researchers and practitioners with a framework and an example of how to approach small business TWH interventions. Ultimately, through the SSWell study, we aim to provide small businesses with strong evidence to support the use of TWH strategies that are practical, effective and sustainable.

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“…23 Moreover, systematic and regular physical activity has shown great benefits to the health and well-being of workers. 24 - 26 …”

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“…4 and LCA, in this situation, would not represent aggravating factors and the rest time between workdays could be enough to provide relief to the workers’ musculoskeletal symptoms, thus reducing absenteeism. Schwatka et al 24 performed a study involving 763 office workers; those that participated in a physical exercise program presented lower absenteeism rates throughout 12 months when compared to those who did not participate in the program. Hogsbro et al 28 reported that physically inactive workers had a 27% higher number of sick leaves and higher levels of absenteeism when compared to those who were physically active.…”

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Impact of physical activity levels on musculoskeletal symptoms and absenteeism of workers of a metallurgical company

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Introduction: Physical inactivity is the fourth biggest risk factor for global mortality. In Brazilian metallurgical industries, workers present a high incidence of musculoskeletal symptoms as one of the main causes of absenteeism. Objectives: To investigate the impact of physical activity levels and leisure-time physical exercise on musculoskeletal symptoms and absenteeism among administrative and production workers of a metallurgical industry. Methods: This is a transversal study that included 206 workers. We applied the Modified Baecke Questionnaire, leisure-time physical activity and leisure-time physical exercise domains), as well as the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire regarding symptom occurrence and severity scores (1-4), and compared levels of absenteeism. Our sample was divided into 2 groups: production and office workers. Results: We observed a significant difference between the groups regarding symptom severity score 3 (p = 0.03) and absenteeism (p = 0.02); the production group presented higher results. There was a correlation between leisure-time physical exercise and absenteeism (r = -0.57, p = 0.01) and between leisure-time physical activity and absenteeism (r = -0.55, p = 0.01) in the production worker group, whereas in the office worker group, leisure-time physical activity and symptom severity score 4 were correlated (r = 0.63, p = 0.02). Conclusions: Production workers presented higher occurrences of symptom severity score 3 and absenteeism; increased levels of leisure-time physical activity and physical exercise reduced absenteeism. Leisure-time physical activity was correlated with severity score 4 in the office worker group.

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“…The authors examine the relationship of business size to the occurrence of chronic and non-chronic health conditions. They conclude that SMEs may have the most to gain from worksite health promotion programs, due to higher employee participation rates and health improvements observed in SMEs (Schwatka et al, 2018a).…”

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Conference Summary Understanding Small Enterprises Conference, 25–27 October 2017

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The Impact of Worksite Wellness Programs by Size of Business: A 3-Year Longitudinal Study of Participation, Health Benefits, Absenteeism, and Presenteeism

Abstract: Small businesses achieve higher employee participation rates and more health improvements when compared to employees from large employers. Findings suggest that small businesses may gain the most from a WWP.

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Small Business Total Worker Health: a Conceptual and Methodological Approach to Facilitating Organizational Change

Small Business Total Worker Health: a Conceptual and Methodological Approach to Facilitating Organizational Change

Impact of physical activity levels on musculoskeletal symptoms and absenteeism of workers of a metallurgical company

Conference Summary Understanding Small Enterprises Conference, 25–27 October 2017

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