Promoting Employee Health by Integrating Health Protection, Health Promotion, and Continuous Improvement: A Longitudinal Quasi-Experimental Intervention Study

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 217-225

  Von Thiele Schwarz, Ulrica ^a   Augustsson, Hanna ^a   Hasson, Henna ^a   Stenfors Hayes, Terese ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRODUCTIVITY; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SEX RATIO; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WELLBEING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TIME; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK LEAVE; SWEDEN; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TIME FACTORS; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 84930517484     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000344     Document Type: Article

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