HEATH PROMOTION AT THE WORKPLACE

Workplace Health Protection and Promotion

T raditionally, health protection and health promotion activities have operated independently of each other in the workplace. Health protection has usually been viewed as encompassing the activ­ ities that protect workers from occupational injury and illness ranging from basic safety training to the use of protective gear, work orga­ nization, and safety-enhancing modifications. Health promotio...

Mental health promotion in the workplace.

Workplace Health Promotion and Wellbeing

1National Research Centre for the Working Environment, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark 2Physical Activity and Human Performance group, SMI, Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark 3National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, Netherlands 4VU University Medical Center, 1081 BT Amsterdam, Netherlands 5University o...

Web-based Workplace Health Promotion

People’s activities are often monotonous over long periods of time, e.g., sitting at a desk and working with a computer. Together with an inactive lifestyle, this leads to muscle weakness, postural faults and movement dysfunction, thereby increasing the likelihood of musculoskeletal problems. Ever more young people are affected by such musculoskeletal problems. Strength and weight training can ...

The Productivity Dilemma in Workplace Health Promotion

BACKGROUND Worksite-based programs to improve workforce health and well-being (Workplace Health Promotion (WHP)) have been advanced as conduits for improved worker productivity and decreased health care costs. There has been a countervailing health economics contention that return on investment (ROI) does not merit preventive health investment. METHODS/PROCEDURES: Pertinent studies were reviewe...