Using Targeted Interventions to Lower Health Risks in a Multi-site Wellness Program

Health risks of flexibility of working hours and working place Health risks of flexibility of working hours and working place Recent studies have shown that employees with fixed-term and on-call contracts have higher health risks than employees with indefinite term contracts. This article focuses on another type of flexible labour: home- and telework. It aims to find out whether or not flexibility of working hours and working place interferes with higher health risks as well. Based on panel data analyses of data of the National Survey of Working Conditions the article concludes that place and time independent work leads to lower health risks instead. The sick leave figures of teleworkers appear 0,4 to 0,5 percent point lower than that of similar employees who do not telework. Home- and teleworkers experience more autonomy in their work. Furthermore, they have better relationships with their colleagues and managers. Remote workers encounter, however, more difficulties combining work and care than non-remote workers. They feel they neglect their family or their employer more often.

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Association Between Corporate Wellness Program Participation and Changes in Health Risks

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine ◽

10.1097/jom.0000000000000531 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 57 (10) ◽

pp. 1119-1126 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

John C. White ◽

Stephen Hartley ◽

Ronald J. Ozminkowski

Keyword(s):

Health Risks ◽

Program Participation ◽

Wellness Program ◽

Corporate Wellness

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The ‘filter fraud’ persists: the tobacco industry is still using filters to suggest lower health risks while destroying the environment

Tobacco Control ◽

10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-056245 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. tobaccocontrol-2020-056245

Author(s):

Karen Evans-Reeves ◽

Kathrin Lauber ◽

Rosemary Hiscock

Keyword(s):

Health Risks ◽

Tobacco Industry ◽

Lower Health

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Adapting the reverse pyramid airplane boarding method for social distancing in times of COVID-19

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0242131 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 15 (11) ◽

pp. e0242131 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

R. John Milne ◽

Liviu-Adrian Cotfas ◽

Camelia Delcea ◽

Liliana Crăciun ◽

Anca-Gabriela Molănescu

Keyword(s):

Health Risks ◽

Social Distance ◽

Recent Literature ◽

Infection Risk ◽

Agent Based ◽

Social Distancing ◽

Agent Based Modelling ◽

Airport Terminal ◽

Lower Health ◽

Reduce Health Risk

Social distancing resulting from the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) has disrupted the airplane boarding process. Social distancing norms reduce airplane capacity by keeping the middle seats unoccupied, while an imposed aisle social distance between boarding passengers slows the boarding. Recent literature suggests the Reverse Pyramid boarding method is a promising way to reduce health risk and keep boarding times low when 10 apron buses (essentially 10 boarding groups) are used to transport passengers from the airport terminal to a two-door airplane. We adapt the Reverse Pyramid method for social distancing when an airplane is boarded using a jet bridge that connects the terminal the airplane’s front door. We vary the number of boarding groups from two to six and use stochastic simulation and agent-based modelling to show the resulting impact on four performance evaluation metrics. Increasing the number of boarding groups from two to six reduces boarding time only up to four groups but continues to reduce infection risk up to six groups. If the passengers carry fewer luggage aboard the airplane, health risks (as well as boarding times) decrease. One adaptation of the Reverse Pyramid (RP) method (RP-Spread) provides slightly faster boarding times than the other (RP-Steep), when luggage volumes are high, while RP-Steep results in less risk to window seat passengers from later-boarding passengers walking by their row. Increasing the minimum aisle social distance from 1 m to 2 m increases boarding times but results in lower health risks to passengers walking down the aisle and to the previously seated passengers they pass.

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How Can We Keep Immigrant Travelers Healthy? Health Challenges Experienced by Canadian South Asian Travelers Visiting Friends and Relatives

Qualitative Health Research ◽

10.1177/1049732317746381 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 28 (4) ◽

pp. 610-623 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Rachel D. Savage ◽

Laura C. Rosella ◽

Natasha S. Crowcroft ◽

Jasleen Arneja ◽

Eileen de Villa ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Promotion ◽

South Asian ◽

Health Risks ◽

Medical Advice ◽

Risk Awareness ◽

Targeted Interventions ◽

Health Advice ◽

Visiting Friends And Relatives ◽

Group Interviews ◽

Familial Obligations

Immigrant travelers who visit friends and relatives (VFR travelers) experience substantially higher rates of travel-related infections than other travelers, in part due to low uptake of pretravel health advice. While barriers to accessing advice have been identified, better characterization is needed to inform targeted interventions. We sought to understand how South Asian VFR travelers perceived and responded to travel-related health risks by conducting group interviews with 32 adult travelers from an ethnoculturally diverse Canadian region. Travelers positioned themselves as knowledgeable of key health risks, despite not seeking pretravel health advice. Their responses to risks were pragmatic and rooted in experience, but often constrained by competing concerns, including rushed travel, familial obligations, cost, and a desire to preserve authentic experiences. Moving beyond risk awareness to reinforcing the value of medical advice and intervention, in a manner that is sensitive to these unique concerns, is needed when delivering tailored health promotion messages to VFR travelers.

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Effects of advertising features on smokers’ and non-smokers’ perceptions of a reduced nicotine cigarette modified risk tobacco product

Tobacco Control ◽

10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-056441 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. tobaccocontrol-2020-056441

Author(s):

Melissa Mercincavage ◽

Lauren R Pacek ◽

James Thrasher ◽

Joseph N Cappella ◽

Cristine Delnevo ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Health Risk ◽

Factorial Design ◽

Health Risks ◽

Perceived Health ◽

Tobacco Product ◽

Adult Participants ◽

Addiction Risk ◽

Lower Health ◽

The Impact ◽

Product Perception

IntroductionResearch is needed to determine the impact of marketing on perceptions and use of reduced nicotine content (RNC) cigarettes, particularly as US regulators have permitted the sale of an RNC cigarette modified risk tobacco product (MRTP) that seeks further authorisation to advertise using modified risk claims. This study examined the effects of two advertising elements (product name and disclaimer content) on perceptions of an RNC cigarette MRTP.MethodsAdult participants (n=807, 28.7% smokers, 58.2% male, 74.2% non-Latinx white) completed an online MTurk survey. Participants were randomised to view one of six RNC cigarette advertisements, using a 2×3 between-subject factorial design to manipulate product name (‘Moonlight’ vs ‘Moonrise’) and disclaimer content (industry-proposed: ‘Nicotine is addictive. Less nicotine does NOT mean a safer cigarette’ vs focused: ‘Less nicotine does NOT mean a safer cigarette’ vs no content), then completed recall and product perception questionnaires.ResultsAll participants who viewed the industry-proposed disclaimer (vs no content) perceived greater addiction risk (p’s<0.05). Non-smokers who viewed this disclaimer also perceived greater health risks and held fewer false beliefs (p’s<0.05). Smokers who viewed Moonlight (vs Moonrise) ads perceived lower health risks (p<0.05).ConclusionsDisclaimer content may effectively inform consumers about addiction risk of a new RNC cigarette MRTP, and further inform non-smokers about health risks. This element, however, had little effect on perceived health risks among smokers, among whom the Moonlight product name was associated with health risk misperceptions similar to the banned ‘light’ descriptor.

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