Workplace health promotion in health care settings in Finland, Latvia, and Lithuania
Abstract
Materials and methods: A questionnaire survey of 357 workers from health care sector in three European countries was conducted. Participants were asked to indicate various WHP activities/facilities/programs organized at their workplaces, WHP needs, opportunities to initiate changes related to the healthiness of their workplaces, and readiness to change their lifestyles.
Results: Participants from three European countries differed in their WHP needs and in their responses on various activities/facilities/programs implemented at the institutions. Workers from Finnish institutions had the greatest opportunities to make initiatives relevant to their workplaces' healthiness, while Lithuanian workers were least provided with such opportunities. Furthermore, the results showed that there were differences of readiness to change among the workers from the three countries.
Conclusions: HCWs recognized various WHP activities, facilities and programs organized at their workplaces; however, their needs were notably higher than the situation reported. WHP situation differed among the three European countries.
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Bulotaitė, L.; Šorytė, D.; Vičaitė, S.; Šidagytė, R.; Lakiša, S.; Vanadziņš, I.; Kozlova, L.; Eglīte, M.; Hopsu, L.; Salmi, A.; et al. Workplace health promotion in health care settings in Finland, Latvia, and Lithuania. Medicina 2017, 53, 348-356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2017.10.002
Bulotaitė L, Šorytė D, Vičaitė S, Šidagytė R, Lakiša S, Vanadziņš I, Kozlova L, Eglīte M, Hopsu L, Salmi A, et al. Workplace health promotion in health care settings in Finland, Latvia, and Lithuania. Medicina. 2017; 53(5):348-356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2017.10.002
Chicago/Turabian StyleBulotaitė, Laima, Dovilė Šorytė, Sigita Vičaitė, Rasa Šidagytė, Svetlana Lakiša, Ivars Vanadziņš, Lāsma Kozlova, Maija Eglīte, Leila Hopsu, Anne Salmi, and et al. 2017. "Workplace health promotion in health care settings in Finland, Latvia, and Lithuania" Medicina 53, no. 5: 348-356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2017.10.002