Workplace health promotion in a continuous Rationalised Hospital sector

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ID21258085
AuthorsThor Christian Bjørnstad (0000-0002-7596-7334, University of South-Eastern Norway, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume6
Pages100466
Publication date2024-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSSM - Qualitative Research in Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2667-3215 • E-ISSN: 2667-3215
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100466
OpenAlexW4401014963
LanguageEN
References cited17

The article explores the complexities of implementing health-promoting physical activity within the context of a Norwegian public hospital. Through an extensive case study, it examines the rollout of Active Hospitals, a program crafted in alignment with prevailing best practices in workplace physical activity. Departing from prior studies, the article adopts the perspective of the implementation facilitators. It illustrates how the implementation process faced obstacles stemming from new organizational paradigms, characterized by heightened rationalization, standardization, and perpetual restructuring within the sector. Consequently, the article underscores how reforms associated with New Public Management significantly limits health policies' ambitions to turn the workplace into a health-promoting setting These challenges are particularly pertinent concerning the enduring goals of social sustainability

Business · Health promotion · Norwegian · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Public sector · Restructuring · Standardization · Sustainability · Community Health and Development · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Medicine · Nursing · Workplace Health and Well-being

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