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Future Challenges for Work-Related Health Promotion in Europe: A Data-Based Theoretical Reflection

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  • Gudrun Faller

    (Department of Community Health, Hochschule für Gesundheit, Gesundheitscampus 8, 44801 Bochum, Germany)

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This contribution is a theoretical reflection based on statistical and empirical data as well as concepts proposed by other authors or institutions. Based on the thesis that the respective social developments equally influence and limit the orientation and design of workplace health promotion, this article deals with the challenges that arise from the contemporary social, political and economic developments for a needs-oriented and effective workplace health promotion. On the basis of a historical review of the lines of development in workplace health promotion, beginning with the Ottawa Charter in 1986, the field of tension in which work-related health promotion approaches generally operate is first outlined. Based on the results of a keyword search in relevant European statistics databases and specialized databases on the topics of demographic change, labor migration and digitalization and flexibilization of work, current development trends in the world of work are traced, priority desiderata for a future design of health promotion are derived from these, and their chances of realization are reflected upon. On the basis of the data collected, it becomes clear that today’s world of work is characterized by multidimensional diversification processes, which are accompanied by the risk of worsening social inequalities. The conclusion is that future concepts of workplace health promotion must be more universal than previous approaches, which are often limited to the focus of individual behavioral prevention. The attempt to promote workplace health promotion with economic benefit arguments also runs the risk of reinforcing social inequality. The task of effective workplace health promotion, conversely, must be to initiate critical reflection on current priorities.

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  • Gudrun Faller, 2021. "Future Challenges for Work-Related Health Promotion in Europe: A Data-Based Theoretical Reflection," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(20), pages 1-12, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:20:p:10996-:d:660113
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    1. Argang Ghadiri & David-Lennart Sturz & Hadjar Mohajerzad, 2022. "Associations between Health Education and Mental Health, Burnout, and Work Engagement by Application of Audiovisual Stimulation," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(15), pages 1-18, July.
    2. Elisabeth Nöhammer & Michaela Drexel, 2024. "The Potentials of Digital Workplace Health Promotion," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 21(7), pages 1-23, July.
    3. Anke Wagner & Brigitte Werners & Claudia Pieper & Anna-Lisa Eilerts & Tanja Seifried-Dübon & Matthias Grot & Florian Junne & Birgitta M. Weltermann & Monika A. Rieger & Esther Rind, 2023. "Exploring Transfer Potentials of the IMPROVE job Intervention for Strengthening Workplace Health Management in Micro-, Small-, and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Germany: A Qualitative Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(5), pages 1-15, February.

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