TY - JOUR
T1 - Promoting employee health by integrating health protection, health promotion, and continuous improvement
T2 - a longitudinal quasi-experimental intervention study
AU - von Thiele Schwarz, Ulrica
AU - Augustsson, Hanna
AU - Hasson, Henna
AU - Stenfors-Hayes, Terese
PY - 2015/2
Y1 - 2015/2
N2 - Objective: To test the effects of integrating health protection and health promotion with a continuous improvement system (Kaizen) on proximal employee outcomes (health promotion, integration, and Kaizen) and distal outcomes (workability, productivity, self-rated health and self-rated sickness absence). Methods: Twelve units in a county hospital in Sweden were randomized to control or intervention groups using a quasiexperimental study design. All staff (approximately 500) provided self-ratings in questionnaires at baseline, and a 12- and 24-month follow-up (response rate, 79% to 87.5%). Result: There was a significant increase in the proximal outcomes over time in the intervention group compared with the control group, and a trend toward improvement in the distal outcomes workability and productivity. Conclusions: Integration seems to promote staff engagement in health protection and promotion, as well as to improve their understanding of the link between work and health.
AB - Objective: To test the effects of integrating health protection and health promotion with a continuous improvement system (Kaizen) on proximal employee outcomes (health promotion, integration, and Kaizen) and distal outcomes (workability, productivity, self-rated health and self-rated sickness absence). Methods: Twelve units in a county hospital in Sweden were randomized to control or intervention groups using a quasiexperimental study design. All staff (approximately 500) provided self-ratings in questionnaires at baseline, and a 12- and 24-month follow-up (response rate, 79% to 87.5%). Result: There was a significant increase in the proximal outcomes over time in the intervention group compared with the control group, and a trend toward improvement in the distal outcomes workability and productivity. Conclusions: Integration seems to promote staff engagement in health protection and promotion, as well as to improve their understanding of the link between work and health.
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U2 - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000344
DO - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000344
M3 - Article
C2 - 25654524
AN - SCOPUS:84930517484
SN - 1076-2752
VL - 57
SP - 217
EP - 225
JO - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JF - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
IS - 2
ER -