SAFE07034 2019 Workplace Health Promotion and Wellness

Workplace Health Promotion and Wellness

Workplace Health Promotion and

SAFE07034

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SAFE - Safety Studies

ESCI - Environmental Science

07 - Level 7

05 - 05 Credits

Semester

€

2019 - Full Academic Year 2019-20

9999 - The End of Time

Edel Costello, Margaret McCallig

SG_SOCCU_J07 201900 Bachelor of Science in Occupational Safety and Health

This module will focus on core topics that impact on workers health and wellness both positively and negatively. During this module students will gain a detailed knowledge and understanding of health promotion practice in a workplace setting. The learner will be able to identify and outline the core skills required to plan, implement and evaluate health promotion initiatives from a theoretical perspective.

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Recommended Reading
2014-10-01 Health Promotion In The Workplace 4th edition CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 1502509466 ISBN-13 9781502509468

Health Promotion in the Workplace is a valued reference for anyone who designs, manages, evaluates or studies workplace health promotion programs. Authored by a team of program managers and scholars who have designed and managed programs in several thousand settings, conducted hundreds of program evaluations, and published thousands of scientific studies on the most effective approaches, this 722 page book provides the rare combination of practical perspective combined with conservative scientific rigor. This 4th edition is completely revised from the 3rd edition, which was published in 2002, and builds on the principles first articulated in 1984, in the 1st edition. The earlier editions have been used by tens of thousands of professionals around the world. The overall book is organized around the Awareness, Motivation, Skills and Opportunity (AMSO) Framework, which was first articulated by Dr. Michael P. O'Donnell in 2005. The AMSO Framework has been adopted by hundreds of employers, and integrated into federal legislation that guides federal spending in this area. This book is written with three audiences in mind. The largest audience is the rapidly growing network of professionals who have embraced health promotion as a career. Our hope for them is to provide the insights and tools they need to be as effective as possible in their work, and in turn improve the health and quality of life for millions of people every day. Another key group is human resource professionals who have not chosen health promotion as a career, but have been tasked with implementing programs in their own organizations. Our hope for them is to provide a tangible sense of how programs should work, so they know how to hire the best people to help them and how to monitor and oversee the successful rollout, evaluation, and evolution of a program. The most important audience may be students, most of whom are young people with open minds and passion, people who are still formulating career plans. Our hope is that this book opens their minds to a career path through which they can help individuals experience an enhanced health and sense of wellbeing, transform workplaces into communities that care for their workers while they improve productivity and moderate medical cost increases, all of which will help organizations remain financially sustainable and commercially successful. This text is appropriate for students in undergraduate and graduate level programs. The 23 chapters of the book are organized into six major sections. The three chapters devoted to The Health Promotion Concept, include the health perspective, the business case and the AMSO Framework. The four chapters in on Management cover how to design, manage, evaluate, and market a program. The five chapters on Core Theories describe the behavior change theories most important for health promotion: goal setting, Transtheoretical Model, incentives, self efficacy, and tailoring. The eight chapters on Building Skills address health assessment, fitness, nutrition, stress management, weight control, tobacco control, decision support and EAP. The two chapters on Enhancing Opportunities discuss the impact of social relationships on organization culture. The final chapter is on special challenges in small business settings, the untapped frontier for workplace health promotion.

Recommended Reading
2014-06-23 Workplace Well-being: How to Build Psychologically Healthy Workplaces Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 1118469461 ISBN-13 9781118469460

Workplace Wellbeing is a complete guide to understanding and implementing the principles of a psychologically healthy workplace for psychologists and other practitioners.

• Grounded in the latest theory and research yet filled with plenty of case studies and proven techniques
• Introduces the core components of psychologically healthy workplaces, including health and safety, leadership, employee involvement, development, recognition, work-life balance, culture and communication
• Addresses important issues such as the role of unions, the importance of leadership, healthy workplaces in small businesses, respectful workplace cultures, and corporate social responsibility
• Discusses factors that influence the physical safety of employees, as well as their physical and psychological health
• Brings together stellar scholars from around the world, including the US, Canada, Europe, Israel, and Australia

Recommended Reading
2013-09-07 How to Design and Finance Workplace Health Promotion Programs American Journal of Health Promotion
ISBN 0615732259 ISBN-13 9780615732251

How to develop a workplace wellness incentive program that complies with new federal regulations, is cost neutral to employers, and is consistent with behavioral psychology that drives healthy behavior. This workbook is an invaluable tool that can be used by any employer or consultant to design a workplace health promotion program. It provides a practical approach to creating successful programs based on decades of research by one of the leading experts in the field. The author shares what makes the best workplace health promotion programs in the United States different from the hundreds of other programs across the country.

As outlined in additional reading in Booklist. 

As directed in lecture material. 

www.thekeepwellmark.ie

www.hsa.ie

 

Research Reports and Best Practice Documents and Strategies will be provided for students as downloads on the subject  moodle page.