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abstract: 'The workplace is an effective channel for disseminating health promotion
interventions,(1) and it is becoming an increasingly important vehicle
for reaching women. In the United States, 54\% of women over 18 work
outside the home. Bureau of Labor projections indicate that by the year
2005, women will be entering the workforce at a faster rate than men.
Manufacturing worksites, in particular, offer an effective means of
reaching women who are underserved, undereducated, and from lower income
strata. The worksite may play a particularly important role in reaching
these underserved women because they may have less access to traditional
channels for health care and prevention. However, poor participation in
worksite programs is often cited as a major contributor to less than
optimal outcomes in worksite-based programs.
Little is known about the determinants of participation in worksite
health promotion programs. In addition, there is no common definition of
`''participation,'''' which adds to the confusion in this literature.(2)
While it is difficult to make comparisons across data that use different
definitions of participation, several recurrent themes exist.
Demographic characteristics tend to predict participation in worksite
health promotion programs. Younger employees, those with higher
education levels, and women are more likely to participate,(2,6)
although men are more likely to participate in fitness programs.(7,8)
Organizational or worksite-level factors that promote individual
participation in health promotion programs are less clear. Top
management support, willingness to allow attendance on company time, and
line supervisor permission to attend programs all seem to play a role in
facilitating participation. Although the importance of organizational
factors has been acknowledged,(2,6,9-11) the systematic study of how
these factors differentially predict participation by
gender-occupational characteristics, age, and health status has only
recently begun.(12,13)
The Working Well Trial, a randomized trial of worksite health
promotion,12 13 offers a unique opportunity to investigate factors
influencing participation in health promotion programs. In one of the
four participating study centers (Brown University), it was observed
that 57\% of women employed in participating companies did not attend
any of the intervention activities. These data indicated that the
program was not effectively reaching a large percentage of the women
employed in these companies. As a result, the present study was designed
to investigate the facilitators and barriers to women''s participation in
worksite health promotion.'
affiliation: 'Emmons, KM (Corresponding Author), MIRIAM HOSP,PROVIDENCE,RI 02906,
USA.
BROWN UNIV,SCH MED,PROVIDENCE,RI 02912.
BROWN UNIV,MEM HOSP RHODE ISL,PAWTUCKET,RI 02860.'
author: Emmons, KM and Linnan, L and Abrams, D and Lovell, HJ
author_list:
- family: Emmons
given: KM
- family: Linnan
given: L
- family: Abrams
given: D
- family: Lovell
given: HJ
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/1049-3867(95)00049-6
files: []
issn: 1049-3867
journal: WOMENS HEALTH ISSUES
keywords-plus: SMOKING
language: English
month: MAR-APR
number: '2'
number-of-cited-references: '18'
orcid-numbers: Abrams, David B/0000-0002-0868-4350
pages: 74-81
papis_id: ab27cd9a20383c835303dadb078be1b1
ref: Emmons1996womenwho
researcherid-numbers: Abrams, David B/AAY-7699-2020
times-cited: '18'
title: 'Women who work in manufacturing settings: Factors influencing their participation
in worksite health promotion programs'
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:A1996UB80200002
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '4'
volume: '6'
web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health; Women's Studies
year: '1996'