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A. Yassi
Health Promotion in the Workplace The Merging of the Paradigms
Keywords: health promotion, occupational health, environmental health, health care
PURPOSE: To synthesize the lessons from both occupational health and health promotion, to improve workplace health. APPROACH: This article briefly outlines the evolution in defining and understanding health promotion as well as current thinking in occupational health and safety. It also discusses an approach taken in the healthcare sector in British Columbia, Canada, where evidencebased practices and collaboration became the cornerstones to bringing about change and achieve impressive cost-beneficial results in healthcare workforce health. CONCLUSION: Traditionally, workplace health promotion and occupational health and safety have been two solitudes. Workplace health promotion is rooted in wellness and healthy lifestyle choices, while occupational health is heavily dictated by workplace health and safety requirements and legislation. Recently however, there has been increasing recognition of the need for a more holistic approach that focusses on workplace culture, addressing both primary and secondary prevention [1], as well as interventions aimed both at the individual as well as the organisation [2].
Methods of Information in Medicine, Schattauer
Print ISSN: 0026-1270
Volume: 44, 01/2005
Pages: 278 - 284