Bridging Occupational, Organizational and Public Health. a Transdisciplinary Approach

Description:

In our complex, fast changing society, health is strongly influenced by the continuously changing interactions between organisations and their employees. Three major fields contribute to health-oriented improvements of these interactions: occupational health, organizational health and public health. As currently only partial links exist amongst these fields, the book aims to explore potential synergies more systematically. Considering the high mental and social demands in a service and knowledge sector economy, the first part of the book focuses on work-related psychosocial factors. As a large proportion of inequalities in health in developed countries can be explained by inequalities in working conditions, those psychosocial factors with a particularly high public health impact are highlighted. As addressing these psychosocial factors requires to involve the organization as the key change agent, the second part covers approaches to improve public health through organizational level health interventions. The last section takes a look into the future of occupational, organizational and public health: what are the future challenges regarding occupational health and how can they be tackled within and beyond the organizational level. Overall, this integrating book will help to broaden the evidence-base, legitimacy and efficacy of occupational- and organizational-level health interventions and thus increase their public health impact.

Contents:

1 From fidelity to figuration: Current and emerging approaches to organizational health intervention research: Georg F. Bauer, Gregor J. Jenny.- Part I: Concepts of organizational health.- 2 Psychosocial interventions and salutogenic organizations: systematic review evidence of theory, context, implementation and outcome: Matt Egan.- 3 Organizational Health Intervention Research in Medical Settings: Anthony Montgomery, Karolina Doulougeri, Katerina Georganta, Efharis Panagopoulou.- 4 Qualitative, sense of coherence-based assessment of working conditions in a psychiatric in-patient to guide salutogenic interventions: Orly Idan, Orna Braun-Lewensohn, Shifra Sagy.- Part II: Organizational concepts guiding theory-driven interventions.- 5 Salutogenesis in the workplace: building GRRs and SOC: Lenneke Vaandrager, Maria Koelen.- 6 Interventions to Promote Healthy & Resilient Organizations (HERO) from Positive Psychology: Susana Llorens, Marisa Salanova, Pedro Torrente, Hedy Acosta.- 7 Alignment for achieving a healthy organization: Ulrica von Thiele Schwarz, Henna Hasson.- 8 A multi-level and participatory model for prevention of work-related stress in knowledge work: Christine Ipsen, Vibeke Andersen.- 9 In how far is the Health Promoting Hospital a salutogenic hospital, and how can it be developed? Jurgen M. Pelikan, Christina Dietscher, Hermann Schmied.- 10 The limits of control: A systemic, model-based approach to changing organisations towards better health: Gregor J. Jenny, Georg F. Bauer.- Part III: Concepts of organizational health interventions and change.- 11 Policy level interventions for organizational health: Development and evolution of the UK Management Standards: Colin Mackay, David Palferman.- 12 An Automated and Systematic Web-based Intervention for Stress Management and Organizational Health Promotion: Dan Hasson, Karin Villaume.- 13 The nature of change in organizational health interventions: Some observations and propositions: Maria Karanika-Murray, Caroline Biron.- 14 Process Monitoring in Intervention Research: A 'Dashboard' with Six Dimensions: Raymond Randal.- Part IV: Intervention and change concepts guiding theory-driven interventions.- 15 Integrated safety management as a starting point for changing the working environment: Louise Moller Pedersen, Kent Nielsen.-16 Building healthy organizations through music and culture interventions: Vibeke Milch, Jonas Rennemo Vaag, Fay Giaver, Per A ystein Saksvik.- 17 An Integrated Health Protection/Promotion Program Supporting Participatory Ergonomics and Salutogenic Approaches in the Design of Workplace Interventions: Robert A. Henning, David W. Reeves, The CPH-NEW Research Team.- 18 Participatory intervention from an organizational perspective: Employees as active agents in creating a healthy work environment: Karina Nielsen, Maria Stage, Johan Simonsen Abildgaard, Charlotte V. Brauer. Part III: Concepts of organizational health interventions and change.- 11 Policy level interventions for organizational health: Development and evolution of the UK Management Standards: Colin Mackay, David Palferman.- 12 An Automated and Systematic Web-based Intervention for Stress Management and Organizational Health Promotion: Dan Hasson, Karin Villaume.- 13 The nature of change in organizational health interventions: Some observations and propositions: Maria Karanika-Murray, Caroline Biron.- 14 Process Monitoring in Intervention Research: A 'Dashboard' with Six Dimensions: Raymond Randal.- Part IV: Intervention and change concepts guiding theory-driven interventions.- 15 Integrated safety management as a starting point for changing the working environment: Louise Moller Pedersen, Kent Nielsen.-16 Building healthy organizations through music and culture interventions: Vibeke Milch, Jonas Rennemo Vaag, Fay Giaver, Per A ystein Saksvik.- 17 An Integrated Health Protection/Promotion Program Supporting Participatory Ergonomics and Salutogenic Approaches in the Design of Workplace Interventions: Robert A. Henning, David W. Reeves, The CPH-NEW Research Team.- 18 Participatory intervention from an organizational perspective: Employees as active agents in creating a healthy work environment: Karina Nielsen, Maria Stage, Johan Simonsen Abildgaard, Charlotte V. Brauer. Part III: Concepts of organizational health interventions and change.- 11 Policy level interventions for organizational health: Development and evolution of the UK Management Standards: Colin Mackay, David Palferman.- 12 An Automated and Systematic Web-based Intervention for Stress Management and Organizational Health Promotion: Dan Hasson, Karin Villaume.- 13 The nature of change in organizational health interventions: Some observations and propositions: Maria Karanika-Murray, Caroline Biron.- 14 Process Monitoring in Intervention Research: A 'Dashboard' with Six Dimensions: Raymond Randal.- Part IV: Intervention and change concepts guiding theory-driven interventions.- 15 Integrated safety management as a starting point for changing the working environment: Louise Moller Pedersen, Kent Nielsen.-16 Building healthy organizations through music and culture interventions: Vibeke Milch, Jonas Rennemo Vaag, Fay Giaver, Per A ystein Saksvik.- 17 An Integrated Health Protection/Promotion Program Supporting Participatory Ergonomics and Salutogenic Approaches in the Design of Workplace Interventions: Robert A. Henning, David W. Reeves, The CPH-NEW Research Team.- 18 Participatory intervention from an organizational perspective: Employees as active agents in creating a healthy work environment: Karina Nielsen, Maria Stage, Johan Simonsen Abildgaard, Charlotte V. Brauer.

Author Biography:

After his medical studies, Georg Bauer, MD DrPH, has been public health researcher since 1990, in Europe as well as in the United States, where he received his Master and Doctor of Public Health at the School of Public Health in Berkley, California. His research areas include salutogenesis, community-based health promotion, health indicators, as well as occupational and organizational health with a focus on organizational health development (OHD). Currently he heads the Division Public and Organizational Health of the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Zurich and the Center for Organizational and Occupational Sciences, ETH Zurich. The division is committed to a transdisciplinary research approach, combining researchers from diverse fields (Psychology, Sociology, Medicine, Economics) and partners from the field. To establish a sustainable research-practice link, a consulting center for OHD as well as a MAS Work + Health and a CAS in OHD are integral parts of the research division.