OBJECTIVES The main objective is to describe the potential health and work problems of the aging employees in the Dutch working population. In this way, we can identify groups at extra risk of specific health problems. METHODS In The Netherlands, occupational health services gather questionnaire data about work and health as part of periodical occupational health surveys (POHSs). These data f...

Winners and losers from computerization: A study of the psychosocial work conditions and health of Swedish state employees Gunnar Aronsson a , Margareta Dallner b & Carl Åborg c a Division of Social and Organizational Psychology, National Institute of Occupational Health, Solna, S‐17184, Sweden b National Institute of Occupational Health, c The Swedish Foundation for Occupational Health and Saf...

This cross-sectional study aimed to identify the prevalence of smoking among employees of a university hospital in Southern Brazil. Data collection happened in 2008, during the periodic health exam, using a questionnaire, according to the smoking status of the employees. The sample consisted of 1,475 subjects, in which 979 (66.4%) were non-smokers, 295 (20%) former smokers and 201 (13.6%) smoke...

BACKGROUND Alcohol misuse in England costs around £7.3 billion (US$12.2 billion) annually from lost productivity and absenteeism. Delivering brief alcohol interventions to employees as part of a health check may be acceptable, particularly with online delivery which can provide privacy for this stigmatised behaviour. Research to support this approach is limited and methodologically weak. The ai...

BACKGROUND The current study examined help-seeking behavior for mental health problems of employees in the mining industry. METHODS The research involved a paper-based survey completed by a cross-section of employees from eight coalmine sites. The research aimed to investigate the frequency of contact with professional and non-professional sources of support, and to determine the socio-demogr...

Although evidence from scientific evaluations of health promotion programs has demonstrated improvements in selected health outcomes, the relationship between participation in health programs and definitive economic returns in medical cost savings has been more difficult to establish. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of employee participation in health promotion programs with...

The first challenge in developing an effective health promotion program for employees is the performance of a health needs assessment on the target population. In an effort to meet this challenge, 600 corporate employees were surveyed and compared with respect to the allotment of time to work, leisure, and self/family care activities; health risk factors; perceived health; and activity satisfac...