From Theory to Practice: A Determinants Approach to Workplace HealthPromotion in Small Businesses  

Oleh:

Eakin, Joan M. ; Cava, Maureen ; Smith, Trevor F.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Health Promotion Practice vol. 2 no. 2 (Apr. 2001), page 172-181.
Fulltext: 172HPP22.pdf (75.95KB)

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A determinants approach to workplace health promotion focuses on the sources of health and ill health in the workplace itself. Key practice requirements of such an approach include the capacity to shift focus beyond the individual to the work environment, to cross disciplinary and jurisdictional boundaries in identifying problems and solutions, to foster health promotion selfsufficiency within the workplace, to enable worker participation in the process, and to adapt practice strategies to a business setting. This article identifies the challenges of such practice by reference to the experiences of health promoters in a Canadian public health department who attempted a determinants-centered stress reduction program for small-sized businesses. Findings underscore the significance for workplace health promotion of the broader structural context in which the workplace and the intervention are located, of differing perspectives between health professionals and workplace parties, and of conflicting professional accountabilities. Possibilities for addressing these challenges are considered.

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