Corporate Workplace Health Promotion Programs in the Russian Federation

Corporate workplace health promotion programs include a broad range of activities supported by the employer and directed at health promotion and disease prevention among the employees resulting in reduction of occupational health risks and forming healthy lifestyles. Corporate health and occupational health are the most common terms related to health in a workplace. Occupational health deals with devising and implementing policy instruments on workers' health, protecting and promoting health at the workplace to ensure long and productive professional career in given occupational conditions. Corporate health is one of the components of the corporative culture, which in addition to reduction of occupational risks and general health protection of the employees supports health promotion, increase in productivity and forming an good image of the employer. A descriptive study summarizing best practices in creating and implementing corporate workplace health promotion programs in the Russian Federation was performed. The effectiveness of these programs in the leading Russian companies is also discussed. This paper was written as a part of the research on state assignment to the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

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