Integrated worker health protection and promotion programs: overview and perspectives on health and economic outcomes

NP Pronk - Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To describe integrated worker health protection and promotion (IWHPP) program
characteristics, to discuss the rationale for the integration of occupational safety and health …

Reducing sitting time in office workers: short-term efficacy of a multicomponent intervention

GN Healy, EG Eakin, AD LaMontagne, N Owen… - Preventive …, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the short-term efficacy of a multicomponent intervention to
reduce office workers' sitting time. METHODS: Allocation for this non-randomized controlled …

[HTML][HTML] Participatory workplace interventions can reduce sedentary time for office workers—a randomised controlled trial

S Parry, L Straker, ND Gilson, AJ Smith - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Occupational sedentary behaviour is an important contributor to overall
sedentary risk. There is limited evidence for effective workplace interventions to reduce …

Multicomponent intervention to reduce daily sedentary time: a randomised controlled trial

LJ Carr, K Karvinen, M Peavler, R Smith… - BMJ open, 2013 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To test the efficacy of a multicomponent technology intervention for reducing daily
sedentary time and improving cardiometabolic disease risk among sedentary, overweight …

Sit–stand desks in call centres: Associations of use and ergonomics awareness with sedentary behavior

L Straker, RA Abbott, M Heiden, SE Mathiassen… - Applied ergonomics, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether or not use of sit–stand desks and awareness of the
importance of postural variation and breaks are associated with the pattern of sedentary …

[HTML][HTML] Reducing office workers' sitting time: rationale and study design for the Stand Up Victoria cluster randomized trial

DW Dunstan, G Wiesner, EG Eakin, M Neuhaus… - BMC public health, 2013 - Springer
Background Excessive time spent in sedentary behaviours (sitting or lying with low energy
expenditure) is associated with an increased risk for type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease …

[HTML][HTML] “Thinking on your feet”: a qualitative evaluation of sit-stand desks in an Australian workplace

AC Grunseit, JYY Chau, HP Van der Ploeg… - BMC public health, 2013 - Springer
Background Epidemiological research has established sitting as a new risk factor for the
development of non-communicable chronic disease. Sit-stand desks have been proposed …

[HTML][HTML] Does an 'activity-permissive'workplace change office workers' sitting and activity time?

E Gorman, MC Ashe, DW Dunstan, HM Hanson… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Introduction To describe changes in workplace physical activity, and health-, and work-
related outcomes, in workers who transitioned from a conventional to an 'activity …

Objectively measured sedentary behavior and physical activity in office employees: relationships with presenteeism

HE Brown, GC Ryde, ND Gilson… - … of Occupational and …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Employee presenteeism is the extent to which health conditions adversely affect
at-work productivity. Given the links between health and activity, this study examined …

[HTML][HTML] Associations between occupational indicators and total, work-based and leisure-time sitting: a cross-sectional study

C Vandelanotte, MJ Duncan, C Short, M Rockloff… - BMC public health, 2013 - Springer
Background A better understanding of how occupational indicators (eg job type, doing shift-
work, hours worked, physical demand) influence sitting time will aid in the design of more …