title: Workplace Participatory Occupational Health/Health Promotion Program: Facilitators and Barriers Observed in Three Nursing Homes.
abstract: Nursing home employees experience high physical and psychosocial workloads, resulting in poor health outcomes. An occupational health/health promotion program, designed to facilitate employee participation, was initiated in three nursing homes. The aim of the current study was to evaluate facilitators and barriers of the program after 3-year implementation. Focus groups with employees and in-depth interviews with top and middle managers were conducted. The Social Ecological Model was used to organize the evaluation. Facilitators and barriers were reported from both managers' and employees' perspectives, and were categorized as intrapersonal, interpersonal, institutional, and corporate level. Management support, financial resources, and release time for participation were identified as the three most important factors. Supports from multiple levels including both human and environment, and managers and employees, are important for a successful participatory occupational health/health promotion program. [Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 42(6), 34-42.].
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Flum
authors.forename: Rajashree
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kotejoshyer
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fleishman
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Henning
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Punnett
mesh_terms: D017144:Focus Groups; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017132:Workplace