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Workplace health promotion in a continuous Rationalised Hospital sector

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: The article explores the complexities of implementing health-promoting physical activity within the context of a Norwegian public hospital. Through an extensive case study, it examines the rollout of Active Hospitals, a program crafted in alignment with prevailing best practices in workplace physical activity. Departing from prior studies, the article adopts the perspective of the implementation facilitators. It illustrates how the implementation process faced obstacles stemming from new organizational paradigms, characterized by heightened rationalization, standardization, and perpetual restructuring within the sector. Consequently, the article underscores how reforms associated with New Public Management significantly limits health policies' ambitions to turn the workplace into a health-promoting setting These challenges are particularly pertinent concerning the enduring goals of social sustainability.

Source: SSM - Qualitative Research in Health

DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100466

Author: Thor Christian Bjørnstad

Institution: University of South-Eastern Norway

Language: English

Topic: Workplace Health and Well-being

Subfield: General Health Professions

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,450