title: Why do people with suboptimal health avoid health promotion at work?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore why people who have active work and who experience suboptimal health avoided using a multipurpose in-house health promotion service in the Danish police.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were first collected via an electronic survey (N=6060) and subsequently via 25  telephone interviews targeting nonusers who perceived their health to be suboptimal.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Many nonusers with suboptimal health wished to change health behaviors, but did not use the service. Reasons were both individual (eg, laziness) and organizational (eg, delivery of the service).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although many reported barriers are more individual in nature, increased information and accessibility could serve to increase participation.
authors.affiliation: National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark. rpe@nrcwe.dk
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Persson
authors.forename: Bryan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cleal
authors.forename: Tina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bihal
authors.forename: Sofie Mandrup
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: Mette Øllgaard
authors.initials: MØ
authors.lastname: Jakobsen
authors.forename: Ebbe
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Villadsen
authors.forename: Lars L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Andersen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003718:Denmark; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology*; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*