Health risk appraisals in Swedish occupational health services

Autor: Mira Müller, Magnus Svartengren, Allan Toomingas, Ång Björn Olov, Mikael Forsman, Wilhelmus Johannes Andreas Grooten, Katarina Kjellberg
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
Předmět:
Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
occupational medicine
Occupational Health Services
Health Promotion
Risk Assessment
Occupational safety and health
Feedback
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Surveys and Questionnaires
Environmental health
Health examinations
Health care
Health Sciences
Global health
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Life Style
Health policy
Sweden
030505 public health
business.industry
Public health
public health
Rehabilitation
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
Public Health
Global Health
Social Medicine and Epidemiology
Middle Aged
Hälsovetenskaper
Folkhälsovetenskap
global hälsa
socialmedicin och epidemiologi
Health promotion
occupational health
Occupational health nursing
Female
Health education
0305 other medical science
business
Research Article
Zdroj: Work (Reading, Mass.)
Popis: BACKGROUND: Health risk appraisals (HRAs) in occupational health services (OHS) in Sweden are very commonly used for health promotion issues, but not much research has explored the extent and nature of individual feedback that is provided. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to describe and explore HRAs in OHS regarding the content of the feedback in relation to the individual status and overall employee satisfaction. METHODS: Feedback (evaluation and advice) and employee satisfaction with HRA were studied in employees that participated in health risk appraisals with a specific feedback session (HRA-F) (n = 272) and employees that participated in a single session (HRA-S) (n = 104). Associations between feedback and individual status concerning life style were assessed with Cohen's kappa (k). RESULTS: The employees received mainly information and advice for improvement on health and lifestyle issues (89-100%), while advice for improvement of working conditions was less common (15-59%). The feedback provided on life style was not based on individual status (k < 0.4), except for smoking and risky alcohol consumption (k > 0.55). A great majority of employees reported good overall satisfaction with their HRAs. CONCLUSIONS: The evaluation and feedback given to employees after HRAs should be based more on HRA-results and advice could be focused more on work-related factors.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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