Ergonomics
Volume 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 256-264

Participation of Danish and immigrant cleaners in a 1-year worksite intervention preventing physical deterioration (Article)

Rasmussen C.D.N. , Jørgensen M.B. , Carneiro I.G. , Flyvholm M.-A. , Olesen K. , Søgaard K. , Holtermann A.
  • a National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • b National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • c National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • d National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • e National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • f Institute of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
  • g National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark

Abstract

Worksite health promotion is seldom offered to workers who are low-educated and multi-ethnic, possibly due to an assumption that they are more reluctant to participate. Furthermore, little has been done to promote health at female-dominated workplaces. The main aim of this study was to investigate differences in participation among immigrant and Danish cleaners throughout a 1-year randomised controlled study tailored to cleaners and carried out in predominantly female workplaces. No significant differences in ethnicity were found in consent and participation throughout the 1-year intervention. Dropout was equally distributed among Danish and immigrant cleaners. This study indicates that a worksite health promotion intervention among a female-dominated, high-risk occupation such as cleaning can be equally appealing for Danes and immigrants.Practitioner Summary: This study provides insight about participation of Danish and immigrant cleaners in a worksite health promotion intervention in a predominantly female occupation. For attaining high participation and low dropout in future worksite health promotion interventions among cleaners, the intervention ought to not only target the ethnic background of the workers, but also to be specifically tailored to the job group. © 2012 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

Author Keywords

Health promotion workplace intervention females Musculoskeletal disorders Ethnicity

Index Keywords

Health risks controlled clinical trial health promotion multicenter study kinesiotherapy psychological aspect clinical trial methodology occupational disease human Health Behavior Musculoskeletal disorders middle aged statistics Exercise Movement Techniques Denmark workplace intervention controlled study research subject Occupational Diseases Research Subjects randomized controlled trial cognitive therapy ethnology health Young Adult Humans occupational accident Occupational Injuries male Emigrants and Immigrants female Females questionnaire hospital service Article Questionnaires adult migration ethnicity occupational health Housekeeping
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84856969557&doi=10.1080%2f00140139.2011.592651&partnerID=40&md5=a44e8b2e5b5e61ea8b4b6cb640482679
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2011.592651
ISSN: 00140139
Cited by: 9
Original Language: English