Essays about: "workplace health promotion"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words workplace health promotion.

  1. 1. PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AT WORK AND JOB PERFORMANCE : A qualitative study of physical activity at work from the perspective of office workers in Tanzania.

    University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för hälsa, vård och välfärd

    Author : Getrude Munuo; [2023]
    Keywords : employees; job performance; lifestyle habit; physical activity; qualitative method;

    Abstract : Sedentary behavior has been among the major challenges facing employees working in offices subsequently failing to attain WHO recommendations on physical activity. Office employees are mostly at high risk of developing non-communicable diseases because most of their work is executed while sitting. READ MORE

  3. 2. Workplace Health Promotion: Managing Control and Support Expectations : A qualitative research study on how managers balance conflicting goals of supporting and controlling employees when implementing Workplace Health Promotion

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Olivia Nilsson; Kevin Coleman; Sara Eriksson; [2023]
    Keywords : Management; Employee Health; Workplace Health Promotion; Support; Control; Work-Life Boundary;

    Abstract : This study investigated how managers balance the contrasting expectations of support and control when practicing Workplace Health Promotion (WHP). This was analyzed by conducting a qualitative interview study based on 11 managers from 5 different companies. READ MORE

  4. 3. Mental distress in healthcare workers affected by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and previous interventions that may be useful in promoting mental health in healthcare workers : A systematic literature review

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper

    Author : Josefin Lindblom Ekman; Michaela Karlsson; [2021]
    Keywords : SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; Mental distress; Mental health; Healthcare workers; interventions; SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; psykisk belastning; psykisk ohälsa; psykisk hälsa; sjukvårdspersonal; interventioner;

    Abstract : Introduktion: Sjukvårdspersonal runt om i världen har stått på frontlinjen i stressiga arbetsmiljöer och tagit hand om COVID-19-patienter sedan SARS-CoV-2 förklarades som en global pandemi. Under pandemiska förhållanden står sjukvårdspersonal inför specifika utmaningar, där vissa leder till symptom på psykisk ohälsa. READ MORE

  5. 4. Impact of Empathy on Burnout Among Swedish Professional Health Care Workers: An Empirical Study

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Socialt arbete

    Author : Rebecca Linder; [2021]
    Keywords : health promotion; empathic distress; empathy; compassion; social care professionals; health care professionals; social work; hälsofrämjande arbetsliv; empatistress; empati; compassion; omsorgsarbetare; socialt arbete;

    Abstract : Objective: Research on the association of empathy and burnout within professional health care workers has shown that the work is posing a risk for burnout. Empathy and compassion abilities are essential to understand others and when working with caring for others. READ MORE

  6. 5. Implementation of Physical Activity at the Workplace to Improve Well-being - In a Danish Context

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Author : Kristiansen Sofie; [2020]
    Keywords : Physical Activity; Physical Activity at the Workplace; Health Promotion; Intervention; Well-being;

    Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of the thesis was to investigate how a ten-week physical activity interventioncould affect the general well-being of employees from a sedentary office environment.Method: 16 employees participated in a ten-week intervention which implementedphysical activity in their workplace. READ MORE