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
www.workinglate.org