The Pro-family Workplace: Social and Economic Policies and Practices and Their Impacts on Child and Family Health

Berkman, Lisa F.; O’Donnell, Emily M.

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“…Ghana is presently undergoing rapid social and economic changes, and these can have a profound effect on adolescents, in relation to their health and wellbeing and experience of social support and stressful life events. It is known that social and economic policies have an association with physiological changes in children and/or their close family members (Berkman & O'Donnell, 2013 ).…”

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Exploring Ghanaian adolescents’ meaning of health and wellbeing: A psychosocial perspective

Glozah

2015

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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There is presently no internationally agreed upon set of indicators for assessing adolescent health and what “health and wellbeing” means to adolescents. The psychosocial context of family, friends, and school plays a crucial role in the construction of health and wellbeing by adolescents. In spite of this, not much is known about the meaning Ghanaian adolescents attach to their health and wellbeing and the role of stress and social support in the construction of this meaning. This study explores how perceived social support and stress influence the construction of the meaning of health and wellbeing to Ghanaian adolescents. Eleven respondents purposively selected from 770 males and females participated in semi-structured interviews, which were transcribed verbatim and analysed with thematic analysis. Findings pointed to the fact that health and wellbeing was largely construed as “ability to perform daily functions,” such as ability to take critical decisions and a general sense of vitality and mental strength. These were influenced by perceived social support (“encouragement and advice” and “religiosity or spirituality”) and stress (“teasing, strictness, quarrels, and arguments”). These findings suggest that effective communication, mutual respect, and support from significant others, in the midst of stressful life events, contribute substantially to a holistic construction and meaning of health and wellbeing by Ghanaian adolescents.

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Exploring Ghanaian adolescents’ meaning of health and wellbeing: A psychosocial perspective

Glozah

2015

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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“…Work-family pressures are significant stressors demonstrated to decrease employees’ task performance (Berkman & O’Donnell, 2013; Kelly et al, 2008; Sabbath, Guevara, Glymour, & Berkman, 2015). Longitudinal evidence has linked work-family support with improvements in employees’ organizational commitment, job satisfaction and well-being, though samples have primarily included white-collar workers (Kelly et al, 2008; Kelly et al, 2014; Moen, Kelly, Tranby, & Huang, 2011).…”

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“…Emerging evidence suggests that not only can work-family support improve workers’ ability to meet work and family demands, but they may also positively impact business outcomes by improving worker performance (Berkman & O’Donnell, 2013; Kelly et al, 2008). Reviews indicate that provision of work-family support influences employees’ productivity, absenteeism and turnover and is strongly associated with organizational commitment—the degree to which workers intend to work towards the organization’s mission (Kelly et al, 2008).…”

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Supporting employees' work-family needs improves health care quality: Longitudinal evidence from long-term care

Okechukwu

Kelly²,

Molino

et al. 2016

Social Science & Medicine

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We analyzed qualitative and quantitative data from U.S.-based employees in 30 long-term care facilities. Analysis of semi-structured interviews from 154 managers informed quantitative analyses. Quantitative data include 1,214 employees' scoring of their supervisors and their organizations on family supportiveness (individual scores and aggregated to facility level), and three outcomes: (1), care quality indicators assessed at facility level (n=30) and collected monthly for six months after employees' data collection; (2), employees' dichotomous survey response on having additional off-site jobs; and (3), proportion of employees with additional jobs at each facility. Thematic analyses revealed that managers operate within the constraints of an industry that simultaneously: (a) employs low-wage employees with multiple work-family challenges, and (b) has firmly institutionalized goals of prioritizing quality of care and minimizing labor costs. Managers universally described providing work-family support and prioritizing care quality as Correspondence should be sent to Cassandra A. Okechukwu, Assistant Professor, Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave, Kresge 7th Floor, Boston, MA 02115 (cassandrao@post.harvard.edu). Phone: +01 617 432 4486; Fax: +01 617 432 3123.. Publisher's Disclaimer: This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final citable form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. HHS Public Access Author Manuscript Author ManuscriptAuthor ManuscriptAuthor Manuscript antithetical to each other. Concerns surfaced that family-supportiveness encouraged employees to work additional jobs off-site, compromising care quality. Multivariable linear regression analysis of facility-level data revealed that higher family-supportive supervision was associated with significant decreases in residents' incidence of all pressure ulcers (−2.62%) and other injuries (−9.79%). Higher family-supportive organizational climate was associated with significant decreases in all falls (−17.94%) and falls with injuries (−7.57%). Managers' concerns about additional jobs were not entirely unwarranted: multivariable logistic regression of employee-level data revealed that among employees with children, having family-supportive supervision was associated with significantly higher likelihood of additional off-site jobs (RR 1.46, 95%CI 1.08-1.99), but family-supportive organizational climate was associated with lower likelihood (RR 0.76, 95%CI 0.59-0.99). However, proportion of workers with additional off-site jobs did not significantly predict care quality at facility levels. Although managers perceived providing workfamily support and ensuring hi...

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“…Studies investigating the reasons have largely focused on behavioral explanations, such as differential trends in smoking and obesity (e.g., Cutler et al 2010). However, a complete explanation must incorporate contextual factors that are the social and economic drivers of behaviors, health, and longevity (Berkman and O’Donnell 2013; Montez and Zajacova 2013b; National Research Council 2011). …”

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“…Moreover, work-family context changed dramatically in post-WWII America. Women’s labor force participation rates increased sharply, age at first marriage rose, divorce rates increased, the proportion of nonmarital births rose, and single mother households became more common, while fertility rates changed little (Berkman and O’Donnell 2013; Blau 1998; Cherlin 2010; Raley and Bumpass 2003; Spain and Bianchi 1996; Zeng et al 2012). In addition, as we describe below, work and family life is strongly patterned by education level and this pattern may have changed in recent decades.…”

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Trends in Work–Family Context Among U.S. Women by Education Level, 1976 to 2011

Montez

Sabbath

Glymour

et al. 2013

Popul Res Policy Rev

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This study compares trends in work-family context by education level from 1976 to 2011 among U.S. women. The major aim is to assess whether differences in work-family context by education level widened, narrowed, or persisted. We used data from the 1976–2011 March Current Population Surveys on women aged 25–64 (n=1,597,914). We compare trends in four work-family forms by education level within three race/ethnic groups. The work-family forms reflect combinations of marital and employment status among women with children at home. Trends in the four work-family forms exhibited substantial heterogeneity by education and race/ethnicity. Educational differences in the work-family forms widened mainly among white women. Compared with more-educated peers, white women without a high school credential became increasingly less likely to be married, to be employed, to have children at home, and to combine these roles. In contrast, educational differences in the work-family forms generally narrowed among black women and were directionally mixed among Hispanic women. Only one form—unmarried and employed with children at home—became more strongly linked to a woman’s education level within all three race/ethnic groups. This form carries an elevated risk of work-family conflict and its prevalence increased moderately during the 35-year period. Taken together, the trends underscore recent calls to elevate work-family policy on the national agenda.

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The Pro-family Workplace: Social and Economic Policies and Practices and Their Impacts on Child and Family Health

Cited by 12 publications

References 42 publications

Exploring Ghanaian adolescents’ meaning of health and wellbeing: A psychosocial perspective

Exploring Ghanaian adolescents’ meaning of health and wellbeing: A psychosocial perspective

Supporting employees' work-family needs improves health care quality: Longitudinal evidence from long-term care

Trends in Work–Family Context Among U.S. Women by Education Level, 1976 to 2011

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