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Associations between health culture, health behaviors, and health-related outcomes: A cross-sectional study

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  • Yingnan Jia
  • Junling Gao
  • Junming Dai
  • Pinpin Zheng
  • Hua Fu

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Background: To examine the associations between demographic characteristics, health behaviors, workplace health culture, and health-related outcomes in Chinese workplaces. Methods: A total of 1508 employees from 10 administrative offices and 6 enterprises were recruited for a cross-sectional survey. Self-administered questionnaires mainly addressed demographic characteristics, health behaviors, workplace health culture, and health-related outcomes including self-rated health, mental health, and happiness. Results: The proportion of participants who reported good health-related outcomes was significantly higher in those working in administrative offices than those working in enterprises. The result of the potential factors related to self-rated health (SRH), mental health, and happiness by logistic regression analyses showed that age and income were associated with SRH; type of workplace, age, smoking, and health culture at the workplace level were associated with mental health; and beneficial health effects of direct leadership was positively associated with happiness. Moreover, there were some similar results among 3 multivariate regression models. Firstly, good SRH (Odds Ratio (OR) = 1.744), mental health (OR = 1.891), and happiness (OR = 1.736) were more common among highly physically active participants compared with those physical inactive. Furthermore, passive smoking was negatively correlated with SRH (OR = 0.686), mental health (OR = 0.678), and happiness (OR = 0.616), while health culture at the individual level was positively correlated with SRH (OR = 1.478), mental health (OR = 1.654), and happiness (OR = 2.916). Conclusions: The present study indicated that workplace health culture, health behaviors, and demographic characteristics were associated with health-related outcomes. Furthermore, individual health culture, physical activity, and passive smoking might play a critical role in workplace health promotion.

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  • Yingnan Jia & Junling Gao & Junming Dai & Pinpin Zheng & Hua Fu, 2017. "Associations between health culture, health behaviors, and health-related outcomes: A cross-sectional study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(7), pages 1-13, July.
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    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0178644
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    1. Junling Gao & Scott R Weaver & Junming Dai & Yingnan Jia & Xingdi Liu & Kezhi Jin & Hua Fu, 2014. "Workplace Social Capital and Mental Health among Chinese Employees: A Multi-Level, Cross-Sectional Study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(1), pages 1-6, January.
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    1. Michele Wolf Marenus & Mary Marzec & Weiyun Chen, 2022. "Association of Workplace Culture of Health and Employee Emotional Wellbeing," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(19), pages 1-13, September.

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