Do working characteristics influence the participation at health measures? Findings from a trial phase of workplace health promotion.
Germany
Health promotion
Health settings
Military
Occupational health management
Journal
Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England)
ISSN: 1745-6673
Titre abrégé: J Occup Med Toxicol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101245790
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
05
06
2019
accepted:
30
04
2020
entrez:
2
6
2020
pubmed:
2
6
2020
medline:
2
6
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Health behavior is presumed to be influenced by organizational factors. This study analyzes how workplace characteristics influence health behavior in terms of participation at health measures. Employees of the German Federal Ministry of Defense were surveyed at the beginning (January / February 2015) and at the end (June 2015) of the trial phase of workplace health promotion (WHP). Differences in participation of characteristic groups were calculated using Pearson's Chi Employees who reported higher satisfaction with work demand participated more often in health measures (aOR: 1.02, 95%-CI = 1.01, 1.04, Participation at WHP varies significantly between settings after controlling for individuals' characteristics. Thus, working characteristics should be considered as a decisive factor for WHP effectiveness. There is consensus that behavioral prevention is most effective when conditional prevention is granted as behavior is presumed to be influenced by individuals´ environmental conditions. Though objective working conditions may seem similar further context characteristics which remain unconsidered may lead to different behavior patterns. This article shows that more attention must be payed to setting specific characteristics with regard to effective Occupational Health Promotion.This project is registered by the Federal Ministry of Defense (research number: E/U2AD/ED003/EF555).
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Health behavior is presumed to be influenced by organizational factors. This study analyzes how workplace characteristics influence health behavior in terms of participation at health measures.
METHODS
METHODS
Employees of the German Federal Ministry of Defense were surveyed at the beginning (January / February 2015) and at the end (June 2015) of the trial phase of workplace health promotion (WHP). Differences in participation of characteristic groups were calculated using Pearson's Chi
RESULTS
RESULTS
Employees who reported higher satisfaction with work demand participated more often in health measures (aOR: 1.02, 95%-CI = 1.01, 1.04,
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
Participation at WHP varies significantly between settings after controlling for individuals' characteristics. Thus, working characteristics should be considered as a decisive factor for WHP effectiveness. There is consensus that behavioral prevention is most effective when conditional prevention is granted as behavior is presumed to be influenced by individuals´ environmental conditions. Though objective working conditions may seem similar further context characteristics which remain unconsidered may lead to different behavior patterns. This article shows that more attention must be payed to setting specific characteristics with regard to effective Occupational Health Promotion.This project is registered by the Federal Ministry of Defense (research number: E/U2AD/ED003/EF555).
Identifiants
pubmed: 32477422
doi: 10.1186/s12995-020-00262-3
pii: 262
pmc: PMC7238617
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
11Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2020.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interestsSammito is an active officer of the German Ministry of Defense.
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