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Workplace social support for healthy behaviors, like not smoking, was linked to lower risk factors initially. However, baseline support did not predict future changes in employee heart disease risk factors.

Area of Science:

  • Occupational Health
  • Behavioral Science
  • Cardiovascular Disease Prevention

Background:

  • Workplace interventions are crucial for employee health.
  • Social support is a known factor influencing health behaviors.
  • Understanding its role in heart disease risk reduction is important.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between workplace social support and employee heart disease risk factors.
  • To determine if social support predicts changes in smoking, diet, and cholesterol levels.

Main Methods:

  • Prospective correlational design with data collected 12 months apart.
  • 689 men and 421 women from 25 small to medium worksites in Oregon.
  • Assessed demographic characteristics, gender, social support, smoking, dietary fat intake, and total blood cholesterol.

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Main Results:

  • Stronger social support for not smoking and limiting dietary fat correlated with lower baseline smoking and fat intake.
  • Increased social support over 12 months was associated with quitting smoking.
  • Baseline social support did not predict prospective changes in smoking, dietary fat, or cholesterol.

Conclusions:

  • Workplace social support at baseline did not predict future behavior change.
  • The link between social support and lifestyle may be cognitive rationalization rather than direct behavioral impact.
  • No significant gender differences were found in the effects of social support on heart disease risk.