Department of Accounting, Torrens University Australia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Department of Employment Relations and Human Resources, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Health Promot Int. 2021 Oct 13;36(5):1403-1412. doi: 10.1093/heapro/daab004.
Workplace health promotion programmes (WHPPs) are more likely to succeed where design and implementation account for the influence of health's complex, systemic nature. Thus, a greater understanding of how frameworks developed to progress WHPPs are operationalized across different countries and industries is needed. This study investigates health concerns targeted in an underexplored setting-Australian universities, describing how diverse programmes are implemented to target different health issues and health risk factors. Content analysis is used to outline how Australian universities implement WHPPs to target diverse health concerns. Content from 497 website documents is collected and analysed using NVivo software. A framework for examining diverse WHPPs currently used in practice is developed. Based on this framework, it was evident that Australian universities emphasized initiatives targeting health issues focusing on 'mental health' and 'diabetes'. Regarding health risk factors, 'alcohol and other addictions', 'discrimination and harassment', and 'physical activity' were emphasized. Links between different health concerns targeted and corresponding WHPPs implemented, provide workplaces with a benchmark for designing and implementing programmes. University WHPPs targeted a diverse range of health concerns when enough legal and political motivations to do so existed. These findings about the motivations for improving employee health indicate a potential gap between health promotion benefits reported in literature and the appreciation for these benefits in practice.
工作场所健康促进计划（WHPPs）在设计和实施考虑到健康的复杂、系统性本质的影响时，更有可能取得成功。因此，需要更多地了解为推进 WHPP 而制定的框架如何在不同国家和行业中运作。本研究调查了一个尚未充分探索的领域——澳大利亚大学中的健康问题，描述了不同的计划如何针对不同的健康问题和健康风险因素进行实施。内容分析法用于概述澳大利亚大学如何实施 WHPP 以针对不同的健康问题。使用 NVivo 软件收集和分析了 497 份网站文件的内容。开发了一个用于检查当前实践中多样化 WHPP 的框架。基于该框架，很明显，澳大利亚大学强调针对“心理健康”和“糖尿病”等健康问题的举措。至于健康风险因素，“酒精和其他成瘾”、“歧视和骚扰”以及“身体活动”受到重视。针对不同健康问题的目标和相应 WHPP 的实施之间的联系，为设计和实施计划的工作场所提供了基准。只要存在足够的法律和政治动机，大学 WHPP 就会针对一系列广泛的健康问题。这些关于改善员工健康的动机的发现表明，文献中报告的健康促进益处与实践中对这些益处的认识之间可能存在差距。
