Eficácia dos programas de promoção de saúde nos locais de trabalho: revisão integrativa / Effectiveness of workplace health promotion programs: integrative review

ABSTRACT

Introduction and Objective: The current perspective of healthy workplaces implies reinventing new approaches to the relationships between health and work, emphasizing it as a health-promoting agent. Thus, welfare programmes have emerged that include best practices in occupational health. The aim of this study is to present the data gathered on the effectiveness of health promotion programmes in the workplace, through an integrative review. Methodology: Integrative review of the literature according to the Whittemore and Knafl methods, based on English and Portuguese literature published between 2010 and 2019 in the Medline (via PubMed) and EBSCO databases. Grey literature collection was based on searches in the Open Access Scientific Repositories of Portugal and Google Scholar. Studies with experimental, quasi-experimental and descriptive design were included. Results: A total of 57 studies were extracted, in which 98% of the programmes were included in the generation of well-being, namely programmes focused on disease management, treatment of chronic diseases, lifestyle management or prevention of chronic diseases. Most of the programmes showed positive results, since participants decreased body weight, blood pressure, cholesterol level, glycaemia, tobacco consumption, sedentarism and stress level, and increased the level of knowledge, confidence, physical activity, overall health and consumption of healthy food. Conclusion: The results of this study are of potential interest for health professionals and policy-makers, as they provide valuable information for the design of new strategies to promote the health of employees

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