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{"title":"The Effect of Workplace Health Promotion Programs on Quality of Life in Women Employees: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.","authors":"Aysenur Karakus, Gokcen Akyurek","doi":"10.1177/21650799261440356","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/21650799261440356","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Workplace health promotion programs are gaining prominence due to their potential to improve the physical and mental health of female employees. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of workplace health promotion programs on general health and quality of life outcomes in working women.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A systematic search of six databases was conducted for randomized controlled trials published between 2000 and 2025. A total of 20 randomized controlled trials involving 3,962 female employees were included, with 11 studies contributing to the meta-analysis. Interventions varied in type and duration, including physical activity, mindfulness, self-management education, and relaxation techniques. Pooled effect sizes were calculated using a random-effects model (Hedges' g), and subgroup analyses were conducted based on intervention types.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Workplace health promotion programs demonstrated a significant positive effect on overall quality of life (SMD = 0.71). Subgroup analyses revealed a moderate and significant improvement in general quality of life, a small-to-moderate but consistent effect on physical health outcomes, and positive yet non-significant effects on psychological and mental health outcomes, which were characterized by substantial heterogeneity.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Workplace health promotion programs are effective in enhancing health and quality of life among female employees across diverse work settings. Future research should explore long-term outcomes and adapt interventions for specific needs of subgroups of women.</p><p><strong>Application to practice: </strong>Workplace health promotion programs can be integrated into occupational health practice to improve health and quality of life among female employees.</p>","PeriodicalId":48968,"journal":{"name":"Workplace Health & Safety","volume":" ","pages":"21650799261440356"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147844633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Root of Occupational Health Risks in Indonesia's Nursing Workforce.","authors":"I Wayan Gede Suarjana, Syamsulhuda Budi Musthofa, Bina Kurniawan, Hanifa Maher Denny","doi":"10.1177/21650799261448554","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/21650799261448554","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48968,"journal":{"name":"Workplace Health & Safety","volume":" ","pages":"21650799261448554"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147844594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Addressing Workplace Bullying and Occupational Stress Among Nurses in the Philippines.","authors":"Darin Jan C Tindowen","doi":"10.1177/21650799261446255","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/21650799261446255","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48968,"journal":{"name":"Workplace Health & Safety","volume":" ","pages":"21650799261446255"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147844460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reducing Job-Related Distress to \"Burnout\" Raises Concerns.","authors":"Renzo Bianchi","doi":"10.1177/21650799261448183","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/21650799261448183","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48968,"journal":{"name":"Workplace Health & Safety","volume":" ","pages":"21650799261448183"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147822584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"From Sanitizer Use to Safe Practice: Pandemic Insights for Health Communication.","authors":"Reymark Padla Malinda, Tyreese L Matias, Vilma O Lorca, Jose Benito C Ronolo, Mariz Rochelle C Sedon, Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno","doi":"10.1177/21650799261446259","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/21650799261446259","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48968,"journal":{"name":"Workplace Health & Safety","volume":" ","pages":"21650799261446259"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147822539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Moving for Minutes, Moving Toward Wellness: Lessons From a Nursing School for the World of Work.","authors":"Jose Eric M Lacsa","doi":"10.1177/21650799251390537","DOIUrl":"10.1177/21650799251390537","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48968,"journal":{"name":"Workplace Health & Safety","volume":" ","pages":"212-213"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145369100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Beyond Walls: Rethinking the Healing Power of Place in Nursing Homes.","authors":"Jose Eric M Lacsa, Rosemarie V Bautista","doi":"10.1177/21650799251407582","DOIUrl":"10.1177/21650799251407582","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48968,"journal":{"name":"Workplace Health & Safety","volume":" ","pages":"214-215"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145745296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Hand Sanitizer Use During the Pandemic: Frequency and Health Effects Among Healthcare and Non-Healthcare Professionals.","authors":"Burak Kurt, Hazal Ozdemir Koyu","doi":"10.1177/21650799251392217","DOIUrl":"10.1177/21650799251392217","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Hand sanitizer use increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, yet knowledge about its safe use and potential health impacts remains limited, particularly across different occupational groups. There is a need to better understand the frequency and health effects of hand sanitizer use, especially when comparing healthcare professionals and non-healthcare professionals.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study included 305 adults from a central district of Türkiye, with 48.5% being healthcare professionals. Data were collected on participants' knowledge of sanitizer contents, frequency of use, and any health problems experienced. Regression analysis was performed to identify factors associated with sanitizer-related health problems.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Only 28.4% of healthcare professionals and 12.1% of non-healthcare professionals reported full knowledge of the contents of the sanitizers they used. Daily use of hand sanitizer 10 or more times was reported by 53.4% of healthcare professionals and 33.8% of non-healthcare professionals. Regression analysis indicated that female gender and being a healthcare professional were significantly associated with sanitizer-related health problems (<i>p</i> < .01). Despite frequent use, both groups demonstrated insufficient knowledge regarding safe sanitizer use, which may contribute to increased health risks such as skin irritation or allergic reactions.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings highlight the importance of implementing targeted, evidence-based educational interventions and developing clear guidelines on the safe use of hand sanitizers for both healthcare and non-healthcare professionals. Future studies should focus on the effectiveness of these interventions in reducing healthcare-associated infections and improving hygiene practices.</p><p><strong>Application to practice: </strong>Occupational health and public health professionals can use these results to design workplace and community-based training programs, promote safer hygiene practices, and minimize sanitizer-related health risks across diverse populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":48968,"journal":{"name":"Workplace Health & Safety","volume":" ","pages":"218-227"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13044265/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145679189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Organization-Level Safety Climate and Worker Behavior in the Oil and Gas Industry: The Mediating Role of the \"Company Man\" Leadership Attributes.","authors":"David Renz, Luz S Marin","doi":"10.1177/21650799261424573","DOIUrl":"10.1177/21650799261424573","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Using the intelligence leadership model as a conceptual framework, this study examined the relationship between organization-level safety climate and two dimensions of worker safety behavior (worker safety participation and workers safety engagement) and how this relationship could be affected by workers perceived safety leadership traits of the person in charge.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study was conducted with 105 oil and gas field workers from multiple contractor companies across eight sites in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Participants completed a comprehensive 53-item self-administered questionnaire designed to assess three constructs: safety leadership intelligence (emotional intelligence [six items], rational intelligence [four items], and spiritual intelligence [six items]), organization-level safety climate (16 items), and worker safety behavior (safety participation [five items] and safety engagement [four items]). Study hypotheses were evaluated using structural equation modeling analysis.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>The results showed significant direct and indirect pathways between organization-level safety climate and worker safety behavior (worker safety participation and worker safety engagement), through safety intelligence leadership attributes (emotional, rational, and spiritual). Specifically, perceived person-in-charge's (PIC) leadership attributes related to emotional safety intelligence were found to both fully and partially mediate the relationship with worker safety participation and worker safety engagement respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusions/application to practice: </strong>In high-risk, high-pressure environments, workers are more likely to engage in proactive safety behaviors when they perceive their leaders as empathetic, emotionally self-aware, and capable of fostering genuine interactions. This type of influence cannot be mandated by authority alone, nor achieved just by charisma; it must be earned through emotional connections.</p>","PeriodicalId":48968,"journal":{"name":"Workplace Health & Safety","volume":" ","pages":"228-240"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147445744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Analyzing Occupational Safety Managers' and Representatives' Assessments of Collaboration With Occupational Health Care.","authors":"Sari Nissinen, Anniina Kainalainen, Erja Sormunen","doi":"10.1177/21650799251392224","DOIUrl":"10.1177/21650799251392224","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Collaboration between occupational safety (OS) and occupational health care (OHC) is essential for workplace health and safety, yet the experiences of OS actors have been less studied.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To examine OS managers' and representatives' experiences of collaboration with OHC and identify related factors.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study was conducted in Finland via an online survey in March-April 2025. A total of 222 OS managers and 364 OS representatives responded to a questionnaire. Data were analyzed using non-parametric methods. Group differences were examined with the Mann-Whitney <i>U</i> and Kruskal-Wallis tests. Spearman's rank correlation was used to explore associations between background variables and attitude statements related to perceived seamless collaboration.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>OS managers rated the collaboration as more seamless than OS representatives (mean 7.76 vs. 7.17; <i>p</i> < .001), and more often gave it an excellent rating (39% vs. 22%). Seamless collaboration was particularly associated with the OHC agreement's comprehensiveness, OS experience, and digital tools. The strongest associations were found for OHC participation in OS activities (<i>r</i> = .78) and availability of workload data (<i>r</i> = .77).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The availability of information related to workload factors and the participation of OHC in workplace OS activities are particularly important for a positive experience of collaboration. Seamless collaboration with OHC also requires clear, jointly agreed procedures.</p><p><strong>Application to practice: </strong>OHC should strengthen its collaboration with OS by clearly identifying and communicating workload and resource factors in the work environment, in order to effectively and impactfully target development measures.</p>","PeriodicalId":48968,"journal":{"name":"Workplace Health & Safety","volume":" ","pages":"241-253"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13044258/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145795240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}