Employers' perspective on workplace health promotion programs in British Columbia, Canada
department or school: Medicine, Faculty of
department or school: Population and Public Health (SPPH), School of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Leon Elizalde, Maria Angelica
issued: 2018-04-16T19:33:42Z
issued: 2018
related degree: Master of Science - MSc
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Introduction: In recent years, the incidence of many non-communicable diseases, along with their risk factors, has increased in Canada. The workplace represents a convenient setting to reach a large segment of the Canadian adult population with prevention and health promotion programs. Given the central role that employers play in providing these programs, it is important to explore their perspectives on important aspects of programming. Objectives: This study explores employers’ perspectives on factors affecting the implementation of workplace health promotion programs, along with their motivations for implementing such programs. This study also compares factors affecting the implementation and motivations for implementing the program between participants whose programs were identified as following promising practices relative to those programs which have not achieved these standards. Methods: Participants were recruited from attendees at the 2017 Extra Mile Awards event sponsored by the Canadian Cancer Society. Employers who have previously worked with the Society and offered a workplace health promotion program to their staff were invited to participate in this event. Qualitative data were collected using semi-structured individual interviews on topics related to the history and design of programs. Data were analyzed following the template analysis approach, using an iterative process to categorize data into matching patterns. Results: A total of 15 participants agreed to take part on this study (15/46). The factors affecting the program implementation fell into two major categories: strategic and tactical. Motivations were related to improving the employees’ health and taking advantage of the associated benefits of this improvement to the business. There were no differences between programs that followed promising practices relative to those that did not in terms of factors affecting the implementation nor in the motivations for offering the program. Conclusions…
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note: EMPLOYERS’ PERSPECTIVE ON WORKPLACE HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAMS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA by Maria Angelica Leon Elizalde B.Sc., Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 2009 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE in THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL STUDIES (Population and Public Health) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver) April 2018 © Maria Angelica Leon Elizalde, 2018 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for acceptance, a thesis/dissertation entitled: Employers’ Perspective on Workplace Health Promotion Programs in British Columbia, Canada submitted by Maria Angelica Leon Elizalde in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Population and Public Health Examining Committee: Carolyn Gotay, PhD Supervisor Chris Lovato, PhD Supervisory Committee Member Barbara Kaminsky, MSc Supervisory Committee Member Arminee Kazanjian, PhD Additional Examiner iii Abstract Introduction: In recent years, the incidence of many non-communicable diseases, along with their risk factors, has increased in Canada. The workplace represents a convenient setting to reach a large segment of the Canadian adult population with prevention and health promotion programs. Given the central role that employers play in providing these programs, it is important to explore their perspectives on important aspects of programming. Objectives: This study explores employers’ perspectives on factors affecting the implementation of workplace health promotion programs, along with their motivations for implementing such programs. This study also compares factors affecting the implementation and motivations for implementing the program between participants whose programs were identified as following promising practices relative to those programs which have not achieved these standards. Methods: Participants were rec…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2018-05
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0365703
language: eng
degree discipline: Population and Public Health
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/65414