...Jayden R. Hunter; Brett A. Gordon; Stephen R. Bird; Amanda C. Benson Purpose Workplace exercise programmes have been shown to increase employee participation in physical activities and improve health and fitness in the short-term. However, the limited breadth of employee engagement across...

... located in the Southeastern USA. Design/methodology/approach The authors used latent class analysis to identify segments of office workers (n=239) based on their self-reported activities of daily living and exercise behaviors. The authors examined the association of demographic...

... challenging with respect to worksite wellness because of stressful environments, round-the-clock staffing and shift workers. Studies have reported lack of exercise, irregular meal patterns, high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and high body mass index among healthcare workers (Anderson et al...

... lowest). Unique barriers were identified for each job classification such as time constraints, following their own exercise program, and schedule conflicts. Results also indicated a difference in those meeting PA recommendations (χ2: p<0.001; faculty highest, staff lowest...

... self-report time (i.e. minutes) spent in moderate and vigorous physical activity. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Exercise Health promotion Workplace health Workplace wellness Morbidity and mortality Sedentary behaviour The environment in which we live today...

...Ulrica von Thiele Schwarz; Petra Lindfors Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects on fitness outcomes of a work-based physical exercise (PE) intervention among women working in older people’s care. In addition, effects on productivity-related outcomes including work...

.... Recent review literature indicates that attrition ranges from 9.2 per cent to 10 per cent in workplace interventions promoting PA and exercise, from 1 per cent to 65 per cent in workplace interventions based on counselling, and from 4 per cent to 56 per cent in health promotion messages/information...

... of operation), and motivational climate (i.e. feeling valued, welcomed, best effort was emphasized). Current users highlighted positive aspects of each category whereas former and never users described each category as a barrier to their exercise routines. Practical implications – The identified themes...

... Limited 2014 Public health Employee behaviour Exercise Workplace Health Health promotion The benefits of being physically active are well established. Physical activity is important in the primary and secondary prevention of chronic diseases, in particular coronary heart disease...

...Paul Gorczynski; Hiren Patel Purpose – Most long-haul truck drivers are physically inactive. Despite being identified as a source of health information, online physical activity and exercise information has not been evaluated for this population. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate...

... 2014 Health promotion Exercise Health and productivity Workplace wellness Emerging evidence continues to demonstrate the negative health effects of prolonged bouts of sedentary behavior including an increased risk for cardiovascular disease (Thorp et al., 2010 ; Warren...

... Leicht can be contacted at: Anthony.Leicht@jcu.edu.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Stress Employee behaviour Exercise Health and productivity Workplace health Table II Self-reported physical activity levels (mean±SD) at work for male and female academic...

...: self-efficacy for exercise; attitudes towards PA; lack of time and energy; facilities and the physical environment; response to the PA programme and PA culture. Barriers occurred at multiple levels of influence, and support the use of ecological or multilevel models to help guide future programme...

.../value The paper provides evidence of the potential for the multiple levels of influence on physical activity at and around the workplace. Jason Bennie can be contacted at: jabenn@deakin.edu.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Exercise Social environment Workplace Australia...

... for such schemes. Originality/value Workplace wellness schemes are financially viable and can become a vital part of a large organisations' infrastructure embedded within policies and internal “health culture”. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Workplace Exercise Employees Personal health...

... the metropolitan, rural and remote regions to cater for potential interventions. Rebecca M. Sealey can be contacted at: rebecca.sealey@jcu.edu.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Personal health Workplace Exercise Australia Risk analysis Diseases Workplace efficiency...

... activity on most days of the week, which may be accumulated in short bouts throughout the day (Department of Health, 2004a). Common reasons adults cite for not adopting more physically active lifestyles are that they “do not have enough time to exercise” and “find it inconvenient to exercise” (Sallis...

... benefits of workplace walking in the samples and highlight the need to account for variations in multi‐site, multi‐national interventions. Nicholas Gilson can be contacted at: n.gilson1@uq.edu.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Universities Employees Exercise Cross‐cultural...

...Lindsey Dugdill; J.C. Coulson; J. McKenna; M. Field Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address the interplay of workplace exercising on self‐reported workplace performance. Design/methodology/approach A mixed methods design combined a randomised cross‐over trial with concurrent focus...