Hoyle Louise Patricia, Ryde Gemma Cathrine, Coulter Jamie, Rollason Jennie
Faculty of Health Science and Sport, University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom.
School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Front Sports Act Living. 2024 May 30;6:1308603. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2024.1308603. eCollection 2024.
Health care workers are crucial for a productive and thriving health care system, yet the health and lifestyle behaviour of key groups within this workforce (for example nurses and healthcare assistants/support workers) is typically poor. The extent of health and wellbeing documents that guide action towards improving their health and wellbeing is unknown. Using one health care system, NHS Scotland, as an example, the aim of this study was to assess the number of NHS health boards with workplace documents focused on health and wellbeing of employees, the quality of these documents and the extent to which they reference lifestyle behaviours, namely physical activity.
Documentary analysis was undertaken on employee health and wellbeing policies (and wider documents). These were sourced through online searches on Google search engine and Freedom of Information Requests sent to all 14 Scottish NHS Health Boards. Titles and content were assessed for relevance to employee health and wellbeing. Content analysis was used to analyse the included documents against eight predefined codes.
Thirteen documents were retrieved with 11 of the 14 Health Boards having at least one relevant document. The content varied greatly between documents with regards to how many reported the eight codes and the quality of content within these. Nine documents mentioned physical activity but mainly in relation to current activities rather than in the context of a future healthy workforce.
Despite the importance of a healthy, health care workforce, more work is needed to ensure high level documents are able to support these efforts, especially with reference to lifestyle behaviours.
医护人员对于高效且蓬勃发展的医疗保健系统至关重要,然而该劳动力群体中的关键人群(例如护士以及医疗保健助理/辅助人员)的健康和生活方式行为通常较差。指导采取行动改善他们健康和福祉的健康与福祉文件的范围尚不清楚。以苏格兰国民保健服务体系(NHS Scotland)这一医疗保健系统为例,本研究的目的是评估拥有关注员工健康和福祉的工作场所文件的NHS健康委员会的数量、这些文件的质量以及它们提及生活方式行为(即身体活动)的程度。
对员工健康和福祉政策(以及更广泛的文件)进行文献分析。这些文件通过在谷歌搜索引擎上的在线搜索以及向苏格兰所有14个NHS健康委员会发送的信息公开请求获取。评估标题和内容与员工健康和福祉的相关性。内容分析用于根据八个预定义代码分析纳入的文件。
共检索到13份文件,14个健康委员会中有11个至少有一份相关文件。不同文件之间在报告八个代码的数量以及其中内容的质量方面差异很大。九份文件提到了身体活动,但主要是关于当前的活动,而非在未来健康劳动力的背景下。
尽管健康的医护人员队伍很重要,但仍需要做更多工作来确保高水平的文件能够支持这些努力,特别是在涉及生活方式行为方面。