health and wellbeing @work 2012 aadil kazi presentation

7/31/2019 Health and Wellbeing @Work 2012 Aadil Kazi Presentation

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Strategies to Enhance Productiveand Healthy Environments for theOlder Workforce

Dr Myanna Duncan, Professor Cheryl Haslam

Mr Aadil Kazi


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Objectives

Introduce the Working Late project

Overview of the research phases

Maintaining and improving health across the

life course

Explore physical activity levels

Evaluate occupational health initiatives

Feedback from organisational stakeholders


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Ageing

Increasing age of the UK workforce

Important to maintain health, productivityand quality of working life

Need to promote a healthyworking environment


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Working Late

Collaborative Research Project supportedby the New Dynamics of Ageing

programme


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Aims

Explore the dynamics of later life working

Develop interventions to improve healthand workability

Develop design solutionsto improve the quality ofworking life


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1. User Engagement

Engagement with users to inform researchprocess

Research presented to, discussed with,and modified by selected user groups


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2.1 Later Life Working

Examine work participation andrecruitment opportunities

Impact of age discrimination legislation

Interactions between workand family commitments


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2.2 Journey to Work

Information, support and technologyrequired to accommodate changing needs

Relationship between travel andorganisational factors

Impact of family commitments


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3.1 Occupational Health

Identification of current occupationalhealth strategies

Evaluate workplace policies and strategiesfor promoting health and workability

Aims to develop innovative healthpromotion interventions


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3.2 Interventions

Development of health education materialsto engage and motivate employees

Implement occupational health physicalactivity interventions

Long term intervention to test and evaluatehealth promoting activity interventions


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4. Ageing Through Design

Explore the design needs of ageingworkers:

a)Equipment, tools and workspacesb)Job design and planning

Develop design models for aninclusive workplace usingOrganiser for Working Late


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Current OH Strategies

Summary:

Survey with employees:

Identify use and experiences of OHFeedback from health initiativesPhysical activity levels

Interviews and focus groups withmanagers and Occupational Healthprofessionals


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Results

August 2009 to March 2010 596 responses

June 2010 to July 2010 217 responses

February 2011 to April 2011 328 responsesTotal: 1141 completed questionnaires

145 Organisations:

Private sector: 59.3%

Public sector: 40.7%


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Results

66% of respondents regularly engage inphysical activity

Recommended: 30 minutes of moderateintensity physical activity, 5 times per week(Pre July 2011)

Meet

guidelines

Not meet

guidelines

50 and younger 13.4% 50.2%

51 and older 8.0% 28.4%


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New Activity Guidelines

ADULTS (1964 years)

150 minutes (2.5 hours) of moderate intensity activity in a week

Or 75 minutes of vigorous intensity activity in a week

Or a combination of moderate and vigorous intensity activity+

Activity to improve muscle strength 2 days a week

Minimise amount of sedentary time

OLDER ADULTS (65+ years)

Activity to improve balance and co-ordination 2 days a week


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Sedentary Time

Activity Workday Non workday

In transport 1hr 5m 54mAt work 5hrs 7m 55mWatching TV 1hr 34m 2hrs 41mUsing a computer 52m 1hr 30mOther leisure activities(socialising, cinema, etc)

40m 2hrs 25mSleeping at night 6hrs 42m 7hrs 20mFeet up (lying down) 1hr 46m 2hrs 36m


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Sitting Time

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

Workday Non workday

Tim

espentsitting

ineach

domain(minu

tes)

Other leisure

Computer at home

TV

At work

Transport


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Relationships

Significant positive correlation betweensitting time spent at work and:

Sitting time outside of work

General Health Questionnaire

Body Mass Index


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Body Mass Index

520

540

560

580

600

620

Normal Overweight Obese

Sittingtim

eona

w

orkday(m

inutes)

BMI Group


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Press Coverage


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Occupational Health

34% of the sample had contact with OH

Poor

Satisfactory

Good

Excellent


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Occupational Health Services

Sickness absence monitoring 14.7%

Back care, MSD and pain management 14.4%

Additional workplace health screening 12.7%

Stress management 7.9%

Accident/incident assessment and advice 7.9%

Counselling 8.9%

Pre-employment health screening6.4%

Work related illness/disease 6.3%

Disability 5.4%


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Occupational Health Initiatives

Do you know of any health initiative(s)being promoted in the past 12 months?

Yes = 52.4%No = 27.1%

Unsure = 20.5%


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Workplace Health Initiatives

What health initiatives?

Physical activity 24.3%

Mental health promotion 19.1%Health screening 15.0%

Information on illnesses and diseases 15.0%

Smoking and alcohol programmes 14.5%

Nutrition and healthy eating 11.2%


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Participation

Yes: 37.7%No: 62.3%

Not interestedto change

routine

Poor qualityinitiative

Read theinformation butdid not act on it

Just heard aboutthe initiatives today!

Not enough time

Field or home worker

Do not want to betold what to do

Not applicable(e.g. non-smoker)


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Feedback

What could beimproved?

Descriptions

More accessibleMake available for all sites and all staff. Runregularly and at different times

Companycooperation

Support from senior managers and companyallowing staff to participate

Improvedresources

Improve information targeted and easy to

understand, more publicity, more than just awebsite


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Feedback

What is good? Descriptions

Knowledge andawareness

Increases awareness of health issues, providesideas and facts, improves understanding

Employee healthHelped improve health (e.g. stop smoking, loseweight)

Workplaceatmosphere

Improved team relationships, team building,shows company cares

Initiative specificInclusive, enjoyable, proactive, varied, accessible,valid, choice to participate


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Interviews & Focus Groups

34 interviews

2 focus groups

Themes:

Barriers to delivering OH services

Characteristics of effective interventions

Managing the older workforce


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Barriers

Lack of trust

Historically in the UK, if you were sent tosee occupational health, the next thing yougot was your P45.


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Barriers

Knowledge of services

There is a high level of ignorance amongmany managers of exactly whatoccupational health does and how it canprovide them with a service.


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Effective Interventions

Relevance

Trying to run interventions whichhave a relevance, so where thereare a lot of musculoskeletaldisorders, having something like a

back care clinic.


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Managing Older Workers

Weve even retired some people from

jobs if theyre over a certain age and then

re-employing them in an alternative job.

It has to be client focused. It is notsomething that we should assume one

size fits all.


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Summary

Findings highlight low engagement andawareness of OH department andinitiatives

Scope for promoting incidentalactivity & reducing sedentary time


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Summary

Challenges for OH provision at theindividual and organisational level

Research has helped to identify what OHinitiatives employees may value

Evidence based occupational healthprovision for an older workforce


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Contact

[email protected]

www.workinglate.org

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