title: Prevalence and development of workplace health promotion in Germany: results of the IAB Establishment Panel 2012.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Based on survey data from the IAB Establishment Panel, the investigation aims to examine the prevalence of workplace health promotion among German establishments and its determinants.
  
  
  METHODS
  The IAB Establishment Panel 2012 comprises interviews with 15,556 establishments of all sizes and industrial sectors in Germany. We first present some descriptive statistics and then analyse the determinants of the prevalence of workplace health promotion by means of a probit regression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 2012, 27 % of the interviewed establishments reported providing workplace health promotion measures on a voluntary basis. 64 % of all employees do work in establishments with workplace health promotion. From 2002 to 2012, the share of establishments with workplace health promotion increased by 8 % points. The strongest increase was observed in establishments in Western Germany and establishments with work councils. Most popular among the measures of workplace health promotion are employee surveys and analysis of the sickness absence. The vast majority of establishments provide only single measures. The econometric analysis shows that industrial sector, size of establishment, expected problems with human resources and the existence of a work council are important factors for workplace health promotion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Only a minority of establishments are committed to workplace health promotion, while these establishments provide the majority of jobs in Germany. Our analysis displays considerable disparities in terms of prevalence as well as potential for further extensions. This could be taken more into account when discussing innovative approaches of workplace health promotion.
authors.affiliation: Head of Section Quality of Health Care, Health Economics, Health System Analysis (GE 6), Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority (LGL), Schweinauer Hauptstraße 80, 90441, Nuremberg, Germany. alfons.hollederer@lgl.bayern.de.
authors.forename: Alfons
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hollederer
authors.affiliation: Faculty for Social Work, Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, Kapuzinergasse 2, 85072, Eichstaett, Germany. frank.wiessner@ku.de.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wießner
mesh_terms: D005858:Germany; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D006306:Health Surveys / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000639:trends*; D017132:Workplace / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: Health circle; Health management; Health promotion; Health protection; Sickness absence