HSBH2008 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Miscarriage, Lipoprotein, Shoe Insert
22 Aug 2018
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Public policy initiatives: want people to be working healthily for a longer age until they retire, and be healthy when they do retire, get healthy at work: don(cid:495)t want people to be off time from work. Improved mood, wc and pa, perceived work ability. Impact of education on improving health outcomes, and changing sitting/standing in the workplace . Impact of ergonomic and education interventions on sedentary time and msk comfort. Role included >15 hours per week computer use. Statistically significant change in sitting time from baseline in education & 984 participants in 19 lab based and 19 field trials (n=2-66) Pooled effect size (95%ci) = -77 (-210 to -30) sedentary time mins/ 8 hr work day. Ns changes for most health and work-related outcomes. Activity based working: abw - emerging concept in office design, workers share a common workspace, consisting of diverse environments, aim to accommodates a variety of office tasks.
