International Journal of Workplace Health Management: Volume 4 Issue 3

Effects of environmentally‐focused interventions on health risks and absenteeism

Mary L. Marzec, Thomas Golaszewski, Shirley Musich, Patricia E. Powers, Sandra Shewry, Dee W. Edington

The purpose of this study is to determine results of an environmental approach to improving employee health status in a government employer setting.

Employees' satisfaction with employer‐sponsored elder‐care programs

Allard E. Dembe, Jamie S. Partridge, Elizabeth Dugan, Diane S. Piktialis

This study aims to evaluate whether employees consider employer‐sponsored elder‐care programs to benefit aging family members and whether those programs help employees with…

Sickness presence, sickness absence, and self‐reported health and symptoms

Gunnar Aronsson, Klas Gustafsson, Christin Mellner

The purpose of this paper is to compare sickness presence (SP) and sickness absence (SA) regarding the strength of their relationship to health/ill‐health. In a previous Canadian…

Working hours and personal preference among Taiwanese employees

Luo Lu

The aim of this research is to explore effects of hours of work and the role of personal preference on job satisfaction, work‐to‐family conflict (WFC) and overall life…

Improving workplace incident investigations by enhancing memory recall

Carla L. MacLean, Veronica Stinson, E. Kevin Kelloway, Ronald P. Fisher

Industrial incident investigations determine what caused an adverse workplace event so that preventative measures can be instituted and reduce the risk of such incidents happening…

Effects of a mail‐based intervention to improve knowledge of blood pressure and cholesterol values

Chi‐Fung Lu, Alyssa B. Schultz, Mary Jenny, Dee W. Edington

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate a mail‐based educational intervention to improve knowledge of blood pressure and cholesterol values among members of a large insurance…