Prevention, health promotion and workplace health management in German banks: Results from a nationwide representative survey

Plath, Sven-Christoph; Köhler, Thorsten; Krause, H.H.; Pfaff, Holger

doi:10.1007/s10389-007-0165-6

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“…Wolf (2008) maintains that the implications for the workplace are enormous as mental disease goes hand-in-hand with significant productivity losses, and Fielding and Piserchia (1989) stress that an appropriate target for health promotion is the workplace. When implementing corporate health promotion, the responsibility should mainly rest with the management (Plath, Köhler, Krause, & Pfaff, 2008). Advancing knowledge in the area of leadership for health promotion could make valuable contributions to increasing the health of the population (Andersson, Poltnikoff, Raine, & Barret, 2005).…”

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Change of the quality management culture through health-promotion activities?

Bäckström¹,

Lagrosen²,

Eriksson³

2014

Total Quality Management & Business Excellence

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There is great demand for workplace health-promotion programmes that improve co-worker health and provide a return on investment, which is due to the continuous escalation of care costs and the prioritisation of co-worker health by businesses. Early research found that organisations that have achieved good co-worker health with low sickness absence through their conscious and well-structured work were also working according to Quality Management. Health-promotion interventions are possible in every organisation, but before starting a health-promotion programme it is necessary to analyse the organisation and especially its culture. The purpose of this paper is to measure in what way health-promoting activities influence the Quality Management culture, particularly the health-related values 'Leadership commitment' and 'Participation of everybody'. A comparison between the Quality Management culture before starting a health-promotion project and the results a year later is presented. The results show that health-promotion activities do not affect the Quality Management culture, at least not from a year perspective. On the other hand, the results show that health-promotion activities can affect co-workers' perception of their health.

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Change of the quality management culture through health-promotion activities?

Bäckström¹,

Lagrosen²,

Eriksson³

2014

Total Quality Management & Business Excellence

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“…The latter include, for instance, company size, the existence of health promotion programmes, and absence policies (ibid). When implementing corporate health promotion, the responsibility should mainly rest with the management (Plath et al, 2008). Thus health promotion activities are important in order to improve co-worker health and in the long term the efficiency in the organization.…”

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A health‐related quality management approach to evaluating health promotion activities

Bäckström

Eriksson

Lagrosen

2012

International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to describe health promotion activities accomplished within a project and to measure the conditions for sustainable health within the case organizations. Also, the purpose is to test a previously developed measurement approach, which measures health-related quality management. Design/methodology/approach -A health promotion project currently being carried out at eight Swedish elementary schools has been studied. In earlier research a measurement approach was developed to measure health-related quality management. The approach was handed out to the co-workers at the eight different schools in the initial stage of the project. The leaders at the schools were informed of the results of their own school and the mean value of all the eight schools. The consistency and reliability of the statements within the approach was tested. Findings -A description of health promotion activities accomplished and planned within the project can be found. The results from the measurement of the health-related quality management in the eight schools are presented, together with the mean score of all schools. The test of the measurement approach is presented and discussed. Originality/value -A description of health promotion activities can help managers and project leaders to plan and carry out valuable health promotion activities in their striving for both sustainable health among the co-workers and efficient organizations. This measurement approach can help managers and project leaders to measure the effects of the health promotion activities.

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“…[5][6][7][8][9][10][16][17][18][19] Our hypothesis is that higher values of perceived social capital are associated with pronounced HPW (see Fig. 1).…”

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“…[1][2][3][4] However, not all companies currently implement worksite health promotion (WHP). With the percentage of companies engaging in WHP ranging from approximately 20% to 80% depending on different sample characteristics and the question used in the particular study, [5][6][7][8][9][10] there is a clear need to promote WHP implementation. However, public health researchers, practitioners, and politicians first need a better understanding of the factors influencing the adoption of health promotion innovations.…”

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“…[11][12][13][14][15] Although these factors are rarely studied with respect to WHP, some studies have shown that several company characteristics can have a certain degree of influence on the (systematic) implementation of WHP activities or programs. [5][6][7][8][9][10][16][17][18][19] In this study, we propose an innovative concept of the perceived willingness of a company to conduct WHP on a permanent basis. 20 This concept is based on the assumption that health promotion willingness (HPW) forms the foundation for WHP implementation and is a key factor in building health promotion capacity.…”

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