Workplace Health Promotion and Wellbeing

For most humans work is an important fact of life and something that is necessary for survival and individual wellbeing. However, the circumstances under which we work may vary considerably and are, in part, contingent on geographical location, governmental regulations, design of social welfare systems, production systems, and human resource...

Promoting mental health in the workplace: Guidance to implementing a comprehensive approach

Evaluation of policy and practice to promote mental health in the workplace in Europe

Promoting healthy work for employees with chronic illness: Analysis of good practice

Presentations PH Work project meeting 13 June 2012 Larnaca (Cyprus.

The challenge of the ustainable employability of workers with chronic illnesses

Stress Prevention Training for Teachers

International research has shown that stress is greater for teachers than for many other professional groups. Prolonged occupational stress can lead to physical and mental ill-health and may lead to impaired job performance. In addition, it may lead to stress related disability and early retirement from the profession. In Ireland, there has been...

New approaches to improve the health of a changing workforce

Major changes in the world of work have led to increases in part-time working, short-term contracts and an increase in the number of career changes which people make during their working lives. These labour market changes have been accompanied and to some degree stimulated by increasing global competition, by changes in the technologies used in...

A manual for promoting health activity at work

This methodology has been developed to help organisations increase their level of health activity in a planned and systematic way. There are many good reasons for undertaking health improvement actions in the workplace, not all of them related to the benefits of improved health. Research undertaken throughout Europe reveals that this kind of...