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Area of Science:

  • Occupational Health
  • Public Health
  • Sociology of Work

Background:

  • Health disparities exist between shift and day workers.
  • Workplace health promotion may not equally reach shift workers.
  • Understanding access to health promotion is crucial for reducing health inequities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between shift work and workplace health promotion availability.
  • To examine the relationship between shift work and participation in workplace health promotion.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional questionnaire data from a representative Danish working population (N=7555).
  • Analysis of availability and participation in six types of workplace health promotion.
  • Logistic regression models adjusted for psychosocial work factors and health behaviors.

Main Results:

  • Shift work types showed varied availability of health promotion; some favored shift workers.
  • Few differences in availability and participation were found between day and shift workers within specific job groups.
  • No significant difference in participation in health promotion between day and shift workers.

Conclusions:

  • The study did not confirm lower availability or participation in workplace health promotion for shift workers.
  • Findings suggest that shift work itself may not be a barrier to accessing workplace health initiatives.
  • Further research could explore specific barriers and facilitators for different shift work arrangements.