Workplace health promotion in health care settings in Finland, Latvia, and Lithuania

Bulotaitė, Laima; Šorytė, Dovilė; Vičaitė, Sigita; Šidagytė, Rasa; Lakiša, Svetlana; Vanadziņš, Ivars; Kozlova, L P; Eglīte, M.; Hopsu, Leila; Salmi, Anne; Lerssi-Uskelin, Jaana

doi:10.1016/j.medici.2017.10.002

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“…The holistic approach to occupational health is considered to be of primary importance in some central and northern European countries. The most numerous and effective WHPOW projects are concentrated in Scandinavian and central European countries [ 18 , 19 ]. In these countries, health promotion often has fiscal incentives.…”

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Obstacles and Future Prospects: Considerations on Health Promotion Activities for Older Workers in Europe

Magnavita

2018

IJERPH

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The ageing of workers is one of the most important issues for occupational health and safety in Europe. The ageing of the active population means that health promotion is a necessity rather than a mere option. This review considers barriers and perspectives for workplace health promotion for older workers. Lack of awareness on the part of management and inflexibility in the occupational health and safety system appear to be major barriers. To overcome these, it will be necessary to disseminate knowledge regarding the effectiveness of health promotion actions for older workers, encourage greater involvement on the part of social partners, recover resources by replacing medical consumerism and bureaucratic practices, adopt an integrated approach combining the prevention of occupational risks and the promotion of healthy lifestyles, and recognize subsidiarity and the ability of working communities to regulate themselves.

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Section: Obstacles To Health Promotionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Obstacles and Future Prospects: Considerations on Health Promotion Activities for Older Workers in Europe

Magnavita

2018

IJERPH

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“…Most behavioural workplace research has focused on the individual worker, e.g., the readiness to change in relation to health promotion strategies, e.g., exercise, smoking cessation regiments, and diet (Bulotaitė et al, 2017;Helfrich et al, 2018;Kilpatrick et al, 2014;Mache et al, 2015;Street & Lacey, 2018). However, when considering a complex phenomenon like a workplace, the workplace as a whole has to be ready for engaging in such organizational changes to achieve success.…”

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Can a participatory organizational intervention improve social capital and organizational readiness to change? Cluster randomized controlled trial at five Danish hospitals

Jakobsen

Clausen

Andersen

2020

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Aim: This study investigates the effect of a participatory organizational intervention on social capital and organizational readiness for change. Design: Cluster randomized controlled trial. Methods: In 2016, 27 departments from five hospitals in Denmark were randomly allocated at the department level to 1 year of participatory intervention (14 clusters, 316 healthcare workers) or a control group (13 clusters, 309 healthcare workers). The participatory intervention consisted of 2 × 2 hr workshops, where managers, 2-5 healthcare workers from each department, and the hospital's health and safety staff, developed action plans for implementing solutions for improving the use of assistive devices at the department throughout the 1-year intervention period. Workplace social capital: (a) within teams (bonding); (b) between teams and nearest leaders (linking A); and (c) between teams and distant leaders (linking B) and organizational readiness for change were measured using questionnaires at baseline, 6, and 12 months. Results: No group-by-time interaction occurred for any of the outcome measures. However, explorative post hoc analysis showed within-group improvements in bonding and linking B social capital and organizational readiness for change following the participatory intervention. Conclusion: Participatory organizational interventions may improve social capital within teams and between teams and distant leaders and organizational readiness for change. Impact: Implementing participatory interventions at the workplace may be a costeffective strategy as they provide additional benefits, e.g., increased social capital and improved organizational readiness for change, that exceed the primary outcome of the intervention. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02708550) March 2016.

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“…The study [13] based on multiple questionnaires investigated, if the given workplace health promotion of health care workers leads to willingness to change their lifestyle in three northern European countries compared to partially given workplace health management systems. The results for the countries varied strongly.…”

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“…The results for the countries varied strongly. The amount of health care workers, which were willing to change their lifestyle for a better personal health ranged between 3% and 27% [13]. The study used internationally self-collected survey answers combined to a cross-sectional data set.…”

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“…Based on a systematic review of more than a 100 peer reviewed studies, the study [16] argues, that for 1$ spent on wellness programs the company receives 3,27$ due to the fall in medical costs and another decrease of 2,73$ in costs of absenteeism [16]. Although in the case of Germany and most of the EU countries these benefits are split between health insurances and companies, the ROI is still above 100% and a step-by-step implementation does not involve large entrance costs [13].…”

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Possible Economic Benefits from Mandatory Workplace Health Management Systems

Schiller¹

2019

Proceedings of the International Conference on Economics, Management and Technology in Enterprises 2019 (EMT 2019)

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The increasing incidence of employee health issues generates high costs for employers as well as for the insurers. By reviewing the literature on different forms of integrated workplace health management systems, we find that by implementing just a few prevention measures, positive returns can be achieved for the employer, the employee and the insurer. Given that the market seems incapable of creating this allocation improvement by itself, the integration of health management into the Working Conditions Act seems reasonable.

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Workplace health promotion in health care settings in Finland, Latvia, and Lithuania

Abstract: HCWs recognized various WHP activities, facilities and programs organized at their workplaces; however, their needs were notably higher than the situation reported. WHP situation differed among the three European countries.

Cited by 9 publications

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Obstacles and Future Prospects: Considerations on Health Promotion Activities for Older Workers in Europe

Obstacles and Future Prospects: Considerations on Health Promotion Activities for Older Workers in Europe

Can a participatory organizational intervention improve social capital and organizational readiness to change? Cluster randomized controlled trial at five Danish hospitals

Possible Economic Benefits from Mandatory Workplace Health Management Systems

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