Factors associated with availability of, and employee participation in, comprehensive workplace health promotion in a large and diverse australian public sector setting: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1197-1206

  Kilpatrick, Michelle ^a   Blizzard, Leigh ^a   Sanderson, Kristy ^a   Teale, Brook ^b   Venn, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Tasmanian State Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SMOKING; WELLBEING; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKPLACE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TASMANIA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PUBLIC SECTOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; TASMANIA;

EID: 84946824626     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000538     Document Type: Article

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