Design of the bottom-up innovation project - a participatory, primary preventive, organizational level intervention on work-related stress and well-being for workers in Dutch voation education

In the educational sector job demands have intensified, while job resources remained the same. A prolonged disbalance between demands and resources contributes to lowered vitality and heightened need for recovery, eventually resulting in burnout, sickness absence and retention problems. Until now stress management interventions in education...

The effectiveness of a construction worksite prevention program on work ability, health, and sick leave: Results from a cluster randomized controlled trial

Objective This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a prevention program on work ability, health, and sick leave targeted at construction worksites. Methods A total of 15 departments (N=297 workers) from 6 construction companies participated in this cluster randomized controlled trial and were randomly allocated to the intervention (8...

Het evalueren van complexe innovaties: Methodologische overwegingen en casusbeschrijving van een organisatie gerichte interventie

Het evalueren van complexe interventies of innovaties is per definitie zelf ook complex. In complexe interventies is er doorgaans geen sprake van lineaire oorzaak en gevolg stappen. De interventie en (aspecten in) de context interacteren en lopen in elkaar over. Zij worden gezien als ‘interveniërende loops’. Steeds duidelijker wordt dat de...

Vitaal menselijk kapitaal: vernieuwing in de relatie arbeid en gezondheid

In dit essay houden medewerkers van TNO, innovatiegebied Arbeid een pleidooi om een duidelijke en samenhangende visie te ontwikkelen om aan de uitdagingen van deze tijd het hoofd te bieden door te investeren in ‘vitaal menselijk kapitaal’. Genoemd worden globalisering, technologische vernieuwingen, een veranderende samenstelling van de...

Design of the study on transitions in employment, ability and motivation (STREAM)

The objective of the Study on Transitions in Employment, Ability and Motivation (STREAM) is to acquire knowledge on determinants of healthy and productive work participation among persons aged 45–64 years. A research framework was developed with main outcomes of productivity and transitions in employment (eg, leaving the workforce, entering the...

Are financial factors more important than health in early retirement? A longitudinal study

Objectives The aim of this study was to investigate the relative contribution of health, job characteristics, skills and knowledge, social factors, and financial factors to the transition from work to early retirement. Methods Employees aged 59–63 years (N=2317) were selected from the Study on Transitions in Employment, Ability and Motivation ...

Duurzaam inzetbaar in de bouw: aandacht voor lichamelijke psychosociale arbeidsbelasting noodzakelijk

In dit artikel wordt een samenvatting gegeven van het proefschrift dat Karen Oude Hengel op 8 maart 2013 heeft verdedigd aan de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. De belangrijkste doelstellingen van het proefschrift zijn het identificeren van factoren die de duurzame inzetbaarheid van werknemers in de bouw bevorderen en het ontwikkelen en evalueren...

The ‘Bottom-up Innovation’ project – effectiveness of a participatory, primary preventive, organizational level intervention on work-related stress and well-being for workers in Dutch vocational education

Poster the bottom-up innovation project.

How to prolong working life while maintaining good health and high productivity. Determinants and intervention

Work-site musculoskeletal pain risk estimates by trained observers - a prospective cohort study

Work-related musculoskeletal pain (MSP) risk assessments by trained observers are often used in ergonomic practice; however, the validity may be questionable. We investigated the predictive value of work-site MSP risk estimates in a prospective cohort study of 1745 workers. Trained observers estimated the risk of MSP (neck, shoulder or low-back...

Factors associated with the ability and willingness to continue working until the age of 65 in construction workers

Objectives: The working population is aging and a shortage of workers is expected in the construction industry. As a consequence, it is considered necessary that construction workers extend their working life. The purpose of this study was to explore factors associated with construction workers' ability and willingness to continue working until...

The economic evaluation of a Participatory Ergonomics programme to prevent low back and neck pain

Improvement in quality of external occupational health and safety services MATRA project (MAT 08/TR/9/2)

Effectiveness of an intervention at construction worksites on work engagement, social support, physical workload, and need for recovery: Results from a cluster randomized controlled trial

Background: To prolong sustainable healthy working lives of construction workers, a worksite prevention program was developed which aimed to improve the health and work ability of construction workers. The aim of the current study was to investigate the effectiveness of this program on social support at work, work engagement, physical workload...

Musculoskeletal 2: Are demographics, work and health associated with the ability and motivation to continue working until the age of 65 in construction workers? Oral presentations: Day 3: Friday, September 9, 2011. 22nd International Conference on Epidemiology in Occupational Health EPICOH 2011 September 7-9, 2011, Oxford, UK

Objectives: Because of the ageing and decreasing working population in the construction industry, it is important to encourage workers to prolong their working life. The objective of this study was to explore factors associated with the ability and motivation to continue working until the age of 65 years in construction workers. Methods: In...

Intervention Mapping as a Framework for Developing an Intervention at the Worksite for Older Construction Workers

This article describes the use of intervention mapping to develop a worksite intervention designed to improve the work ability of construction workers. A six-step methodology was implemented that included the following: needs assessment; preparing matrices of change objectives; selecting theory-informed intervention methods and practical...

Are demographics, work and health associated with the ability and motivation to continue working until the age of 65 in construction workers?

Objectives: Because of the ageing and decreasing working population in the construction industry, it is important to encourage workers to prolong their working life. The objective of this study was to explore factors associated with the ability and motivation to continue working until the age of 65 years in construction workers. Methods: In...

Factors associated with the ability and willingness to continue working in construction workers?