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New frontiers in workplace health [PDF]
Tuesday, August 15, 2017, at 1:00 p.m. ETWork-related injuries and stress are increasing! Each year, more than 4,500 deaths occur from work-related injuries and 10%\ue2\u20ac\u201c20% of all cardiovascular diseases among working-age people are work ...
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Getting Australia more active: challenges and opportunities for health promotion
, 2014 A growing body of evidence demonstrates that regular physical activity promotes health and assists in the prevention of non-communicable diseases but this is presently curtailed by low and unhealthy participation rates in Australia and comparable ...
Harris, Neil +11 more
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Effectiveness of workplace health promotion and primary prevention interventions: a review [PDF]
, 2009 Background: Workplace health promotion and primary prevention interventions are highly prevalent. However, their effectiveness remains mostly unclear. Aim: This article compiles and summarizes the results of current reviews concerning the effectiveness ...
Ahrens, Dieter +2 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Migrant healthcare workers in Australia find themselves at the centre of three intersecting concerns, often presented as ‘crises’ in contemporary discourse: the ‘care crisis’, the ‘housing crisis’ and the ‘migration crisis.’ Yet their own perspectives on these issues are rarely foregrounded. This paper explores the role of homeownership in the
Leah Williams Veazey
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The Productivity Dilemma in Workplace Health Promotion
The Scientific World Journal, 2015 Background. Worksite-based programs to improve workforce health and well-being (Workplace Health Promotion (WHP)) have been advanced as conduits for improved worker productivity and decreased health care costs.
Martin Cherniack
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Workplace health resources based on sense of coherence theory
, 2012 Purpose – In workplace health promotion, enhancing resources are less explored than risk factors. The aim of this paper is to explore the usability of the sense of coherence (SOC) theory to identify considerable and positively perceived work-related ...
Nilsson, Petra, +4 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Culturally responsive early childhood education (ECE) environments can increase child and family participation, enhance service quality, and improve developmental outcomes for children. Educators from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds contribute to inclusive ECE and are crucial for addressing workforce shortages.
Sene Gide +4 more
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, 2009 The present study was to describe the input/process and evaluate the effectiveness of Taiwanese Workplace Health Promotion Initiatives based on employees' perspectives.
Chu, Cordia M +8 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study employs an intersectionality‐informed latent class analysis (LCA) to examine the hidden diversity of discouraged workers in Australia. Drawing on nationally representative data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey, we identified six empirically distinct subgroups defined by intersecting demographic and ...
Sora Lee, Woojin Kang
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Workplace health promotion and working conditions as determinants of employee health
, 2014 Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate general psychosocial work conditions and specific workplace health promotion (WHP) measures in relation to employee health and sickness absence in Swedish municipal social care organizations.
Ljungblad, Cecilia, +7 more
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