ReviewSSM - population health2021
The effectiveness of workplace health promotion programs on self-perceived health of employees with a low socioeconomic position: An individual participant data meta-analysis.
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- Public health policies and interventions to address health inequities in high-income countries: an umbrella review.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Network spillover effects associated with the ChooseWell 365 workplace randomized controlled trial to promote healthy food choices.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2024Trial
- Effectiveness of the Web-Based Support Program Based on the Health Promotion Model in Pregnant Women with Preeclampsia.Maternal and child health journal · 2026Article
- From checkups to change: Longitudinal changes in lifestyle-related factors following repeated occupational health assessments among 106 005 Swedish workers.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2026Article
- Migrant and ethnic inequalities in cervical cancer screening: exploring the role of cultural health capital using data from the Belgian Health Interview Survey.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Promoting Health Literacy in the Workplace Among Civil Servants: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Article
- Determinants of sickness absence in police: Case study of Abu Dhabi police department, UAE.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Physical activity interventions in workplace health promotion: objectives, related outcomes, and consideration of the setting-a scoping review of reviews.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Responsive evaluation: an innovative evaluation methodology for workplace health promotion interventions.BMJ open · 2022Review
- Perceptions of employees with a low and medium level of education towards workplace health promotion programmes: a mixed-methods study.BMC public health · 2022Article
- A German Model Project for Workplace Health Promotion-Flow of Communication, Information, and Reasons for Non-Participation in the Offered Measures.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Stakeholder dialogue on dilemmas at work as a workplace health promotion intervention including employees with a low SEP: a Responsive Evaluation.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Health Promotion for Women in the Workplace: A Scoping Review.Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)Article
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7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The aim of the current study was to evaluate whether workplace health promotion programs improve self-perceived health of employees with a low socioeconomic position (SEP), and whether differential effects exist between individuals with a low SEP for gender, marital status or age. Individual participant data from six Dutch intervention studies aiming at promoting healthy behavior and preventing obesity in the work setting, with a total of 1906 participants, were used. The overall intervention effect and interaction effects for gender, marital status and age were evaluated using two-stage meta-analyses with linear mixed regression models. In the first stage effect sizes of each study were estimated, which were pooled in the second stage. Compared to control conditions, workplace health promotion programs did not show an overall improvement in self-perceived health of employees with a low SEP (β0.03 (95%CI: -0.03 to 0.09)). Effects did not differ across gender, marital status and age. Future research could be focused on the determinants of self-perceived health next to health behavior to improve the health of employees with a low SEP.
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