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Philippe Jean-Luc Gradidge1, Tahlia Alsop, António Palmeira
1From the Department of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (P.J.-L.G., N.G.); School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia (T.A., S.G.); CIDEFES, University Lusófona, Lisbon, Portugal (A.P.); INTERVENT International, Savannah, Georgia (N.G.); and Health and Wellbeing Centre for Research Innovation, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia (S.G.).
Background:
The primary objective of this study was to explore the viewpoints held by employees at a pharmaceutical manufacturing workplace in a middle-income country regarding management's role in promoting health behaviors in the workplace.
Methods:
This study used transcripts of focus group discussion from an original study that investigated employee perceptions of factors associated with healthy behaviors among South African pharmaceutical manufacturing factory workers.
Results:
Participants felt that workplace managers could improve capability through health promotion strategies, supportive leadership, and promoting a culture of health. They could provide opportunity through employee engagement programs and resources, and physical activity opportunities were specifically identified.
Conclusions:
This study demonstrates that managers in a middle-income country have the potential to contribute to workplace health in a range of ways that include addressing capability, opportunity, and motivation of their workers.
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