Does workplace health promotion contribute to job stress reduction? Three-year findings from Partnering Healthy@Work

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Jarman, Lisa ^a   Martin, Angela ^b   Venn, Alison ^a   Otahal, Petr ^a   Sanderson, Kristy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health promotions; Stress, psychological; Wellness programs; Workplace

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYEE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION MODEL; RANDOM SAMPLE; REWARD; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE; ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; PERCEPTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORK;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERCEPTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; REWARD; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORK; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84951751852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2625-1     Document Type: Article

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