The Healthy LifeWorks Project

Makrides, Lydia; Smith, Steven M.; Allt, Jane; Farquharson, Jane; Szpilfogel, Claudine; Curwin, Sandra; Wang, Feifei; Edington, Dee W.

doi:10.1097/jom.0b013e318222af67

Cited by 13 publications

(5 citation statements)

References 44 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…A third workplace health promotion program that has been demonstrated to have positive effects on employees' health and the organization's health is the comprehensive workplace wellness program in the Department of Justice in Nova Scotia, Canada. As Makrides et al (2011) reported, this program was voluntary and included an annual health risk assessment, competitions among employees to improve their health, incentives, health fairs, and other programs and policies to support healthy behaviors. In an economic analysis, Makrides and colleagues (2011) found that, from 2004 to 2008, employees whose risk scores went from low levels of risk to high levels of risk had the highest increases in both drug costs and absences and that those individuals whose risk scores went down had the lowest increase in drug costs.…”

Section: Systems Approaches To Workplace Wellness Programsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Workplace Stress Management Interventions and Health Promotion

Tetrick

Winslow

2015

Annu. Rev. Organ. Psychol. Organ. Behav.

180

120

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Employee health and wellness are important for employees, their families, and their organizations. We review the literature on both stress management interventions in organizations and workplace health promotion and wellness programs, from the lens of primary, secondary, and tertiary interventions as well as the framework provided by the job demands-resources model (Bakker & Demerouti 2007). Stress management interventions tend to be ameliorative, often focusing on restoring resources that have been depleted by the work environment, whereas workplace health promotion and wellness programs tend to be more preventive, enhancing job and personal resources for all employees. There appears to be a trend toward incorporating stress management as a component of workplace wellness programs, with these programs taking more of a primary or secondary intervention approach than a tertiary approach. In addition, although organization-level interventions are still relatively rare, there is growing evidence that organizational interventions, especially when combined with individual-level interventions, can be quite effective in promoting a positive, healthy work environment. We conclude the review by offering suggestions for future research and some considerations for the design and evaluation of future interventions.

show abstract

Section: Systems Approaches To Workplace Wellness Programsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Workplace Stress Management Interventions and Health Promotion

Tetrick

Winslow

2015

Annu. Rev. Organ. Psychol. Organ. Behav.

180

120

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The remaining 4 studies (4%) all used ad hoc approaches that (41, 45-48, 51, 56-58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72-75, 79, 81, 83, 84, 87-90, 92, 93, 95, 97, 98, 100-102, 105, 107-110, 113, 117-125) North-America 34 (39, 40, 43, 44, 50, 52-55, 59, 61, 63, 65, 69, 71, 76, 80, 82, 85, 86, 91, 94, 96, 99, 103, 106, 111, 112, 114-116, 126- (39, 41, 42, 44, 45,49,50,(52)(53)(54)(55)59,60,67,68,70,71,76,77,82,87,95,115, 128) Inferred: 19 (40, 43, 46,57,61,63,65,80,86,91,92,94,96,103,111,116,(125)(126)(127)56,62,64,66,69,72,73,75,78,79,81,(83)(84)(85)…”

Section: Productivity Estimation Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Productivity estimation in economic evaluations of occupational health and safety interventions: a systematic review

Steel¹,

Godderis²,

Luyten³

2018

Scand J Work Environ Health

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Productivity estimation is a key factor in demonstrating the cost-effectiveness of occupational health and safety (OHS). However, the studies analysed in this systematic review lack standardization, exclude important factors, and the precision, validity and reliability of estimates widely differs. Researchers should be aware of how the method and precision of estimating productivity affects results, and, ultimately, the economic attractiveness of OHS. Key terms: absenteeism; cost-effectiveness; economic evaluation; friction cost; human capital; indirect cost; measurement; methodology; occupational health; occupational health and safety; presenteeism; productivity estimation; review; systematic review; valuation; work This article in PubMed: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29405241 Additional materialPlease note that there is additional material available belonging to this article on the Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health -website. Scand J Work Environ Health -online first 1Review Productivity estimation in economic evaluations of occupational health and safety interventions: a systematic review by Jonas Steel, MSc, 1 Lode Godderis, MD,2,3 Jeroen Luyten, PhD 1,4 Steel J, Godderis L, Luyten J. Productivity estimation in economic evaluations of occupational health and safety interventions: a systematic review. Scand J Work Environ Health -online first. doi:10.5271/sjweh.3715Objectives Occupational health and safety (OHS) interventions' effect on worker productivity is an essential, but complex element of the value of these programs. The trustworthiness of economic evaluation studies, aiming to provide guidance to decision-makers in the field of OHS, depends at least partly on how accurately productivity changes are measured. We aim to review the methods used to estimate productivity changes in recently published economic evaluations of OHS interventions. MethodsWe performed systematic searches of economic evaluations of OHS programs published between 2007 and 2017 and reviewed these studies' methods to quantify the programs' impact on worker productivity ResultsOf the 90 identified studies, 44 used a human capital approach, 17 a friction cost approach, 13 stated productivity in natural units (eg, a cost-per-absence-day-avoided), 7 made use of compensation expenses, 4 used output-based methods, 4 an "ad hoc" approach, and 1 study did not state its method. Different approaches were combined in 19 studies. Within these methods, we observed a wide diversity in their precise implementation, especially regarding the measurement and valuation of absenteeism and presenteeism.Conclusions Productivity is a key element of the economic attractiveness of investing in OHS. Economic evaluation studies of OHS would benefit from more methodological standardization in their approach to quantifying productivity change. Future research should better account for the methodological uncertainty that occurs in estimating it in order to demonstrate the impact that particular choices and approaches to productivity estimation ca...

show abstract

“…Se ha comprobado que los costos por ausentismo laboral son menores (17) cuando se implementan programas de promoción de la salud, ya que estos contribuyen a la merma de factores de riesgo para la salud, lo que incide a su vez en la mengua de los costos de atención por enfermedad (18). Esto facilita ver claramente que existe un impacto positivo en costos para la empresa, siempre y cuando se involucre al trabajador desde la planeación hasta la ejecución, lo cual favorece un ambiente laboral saludable, retomando los fundamentos de la estrategia pslt (19).…”

Section: Condiciones Individualesunclassified

Modelo de Promoción de la salud en el lugar de trabajo: una propuesta

Canoles

Portilla²,

Morales³

2019

Av. enferm.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Objetivo: proponer un modelo de promoción de salud en el lugar de trabajo fundamentado en los modelos de Nola Pender y de condiciones de trabajo de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia.Síntesis del contenido: los trabajadores son un grupo poblacional que puede verse afectado por acciones desarrolladas en los espacios de trabajo, por tanto, la implementación de programas de promoción de la salud es primordial para la persona que labora y para la organización. Desde el sustento teórico-científico de la disciplina de enfermería, el modelo de promoción de la salud de Nola Pender puede ser un primer acercamiento para aportar al marco de promoción de la salud en el lugar de trabajo en Colombia.Conclusiones: el modelo de promoción de la salud de Nola Pender y el de condiciones de trabajo de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia permiten crear un acercamiento a un modelo integral de promoción de la salud en el lugar de trabajo para la implementación de programas enfocados en su contexto, el comportamiento, la percepción de salud y todas aquellas necesidades individuales de los trabajadores.

show abstract

The Healthy LifeWorks Project

Abstract: Both high-risk reduction and low-risk maintenance are important to contain drug costs. Only low-risk maintenance also avoids absenteeism costs associated with high risks.

Cited by 13 publications

References 44 publications

Workplace Stress Management Interventions and Health Promotion

Workplace Stress Management Interventions and Health Promotion

Productivity estimation in economic evaluations of occupational health and safety interventions: a systematic review

Modelo de Promoción de la salud en el lugar de trabajo: una propuesta

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About