Strengthening health promotion in Australian workplaces.
The Australian workplace has emerged as an important venue for influencing the health of employees through regulations and behaviour change programs. Recent surveys have highlighted a growth in this activity but the effectiveness of these programs in changing unhealthy work practices and policies is questionable. The need for strengthening programs by stronger designs and evaluation, and addressing organisational factors and employee participation in planning and implementation processes is documented. Efforts in that direction in Queensland are cited, Building on these existing foundations, redirecting existing resources, and building intersectoral cooperation in public-private partnerships hold a creative, exemplary vision of the future for Australian workplace programming.
Fisher
K J
KJ
Department of Human Movement Studies, University of Queensland.
Deeds
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Siebel
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Allen
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D001315:Australia; D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017149:Private Sector; D017150:Public Sector; D011793:Queensland; D017132:Workplace