Health Behaviors and Overweight in Nursing Home Employees: Contribution of Workplace Stressors and Implications for Worksite Health Promotion

Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Miranda, Helena ^a,b   Gore, Rebecca J ^a   Boyer, Jon ^a,c   Nobrega, Suzanne ^a   Punnett, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; COWORKER; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LATITUDE; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; NIGHT WORK; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; OBESITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; STRESS; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE; WORKSITE HEALTH PROMOTION; AGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84941060550     PISSN: 23566140     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/915359     Document Type: Article

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