Strengthening health promotion in Australian workplaces

Abstract

The Australian workplace has emerged as an important venue for influencing thehealth of employees through regulations and behaviour change programs. Recentsurveys have highlighted a growth in this activity but the effectiveness of these programsin changing unhealthy work practices and policies is questionable. The need forstrengthening programs by stronger designs and evaluation, and addressingorganisational factors and employee participation in planning and implementationprocesses is documented. Efforts in that direction in Queensland are cited. Buildingon these existing foundations, redirecting existing resources, and building intersectoralcooperation in public?private partnerships hold a creative, exemplary vision of thefuture for Australian workplace programming.