The Top Ten Healthy Workplace Resources
With the 7th Global Healthy Workplace Awards and Summit tickets on sale, we thought it would be a good time to focus on some great healthy workplace resources of 2018, which we believe were really useful and significantly contributed to the occupational health field.
1. Occupational Health: the Global Value and Evidence, Society of Occupational Medicine
This research report discusses the value of Occupational Health (OH) from a global perspective, including financial aspects, legal, moral, and other less tangible effects (such as effects on the corporate image).
2. Global Mental Health: Some Perspectives on Challenges and Options for Scaling Up Response, World Bank Group
The compilation offers some perspectives on the challenges and options for scaling up a sustained global response to the prevailing mental health inaction.
3. Effects of Office Workstation Type on Physical Activity and Stress, University of Arizona
Workers in open office seating had less daytime stress and greater daytime activity levels compared to workers in private offices and cubicles, according to new research led by the University of Arizona.
https://oem.bmj.com/content/75/10/689
4. Good Practice Guide to Develop Physical Activity Programs at Work, FitWork
The overall aim of the Fitwork Guide is to support people who want to implement exercise programmes in the workplace. http://fitwork.eu/files/fitworkGuide.pdf
5. 2018 Global Employee Engagement Trends Report, Aon
The 2018 Trends in Global Employee Engagement Study measures employee engagement by analysing data from more than 1,000 organisations across the globe from more than 60 industries.
6. Burnout in the Workplace: a Review of Data and Policy Responses in the European Union, Eurofound
The report examines the work determinants associated with burnout and looks at the effects of burnout, including psychosocial and physical work factors, work intensity and work organisation. It also reviews national strategies and policies regarding this issue, the involvement of the social partners in the current debate, as well as preventive actions currently in place.
https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/sites/default/files/ef_publication/field_ef_document/ef18047en.pdf
7. Promising practices for health and wellbeing at work – A review of the evidence landscape, RAND Corporation, Public Health England
The study commissioned by Public Health England aimed to support an understanding of the landscape of workplace wellbeing interventions in the UK. They show promising examples of how to develop an evidence base for workplace health and wellbeing initiatives across different workplace wellbeing areas.
www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2409.html
8. Loneliness at Epidemic Levels in America, Cigna
A survey of more than 20,000 U.S. adults ages 18 years and older revealed that nearly half of Americans report sometimes or always feeling alone (46%) or left out (47 %).
https://www.multivu.com/players/English/8294451-cigna-us-loneliness-survey/
9. Global Centre for Healthy Workplaces Awards and Certification Good Practices, GCHW
This online resource features profiles of Global Healthy Workplace Awards winners and finalists and profiles of Global Healthy Workplace Certified employers that represent the best in workplace health good practices.
www.globalhealthyworkplace.org/profiles
10. 21st Century Workforces and Workplaces – The Challenges and Opportunities for Future Work Practices and Labour Markets
This book charts, explains and analyses the past five years, which has seen the rewriting of much of what we thought we knew about employment and how workplaces respond to pressure. The book also outlines what hasn’t changed and, in doing so, distinguishes myth from reality and subsequently asks what sort of work environments we want to see in 2025 and what we can do today to help bring about the necessary changes.
Book by: Stephen Bevan, Ian Brinkley, Cary Cooper, Zofia Bajorek
If you found these resources useful and would like to learn more about and/or improve your workplace health programme, then join us for the 7th Global Healthy Workplace Awards and Summit in Melbourne, Australia from 30th October to 1 November 2019.
The Global Centre for Healthy Workplaces provides a global platform for learning and sharing via the Global Awards, Healthy Workplace Certification, the Global Summit, social media and other forms of communications.