What are some characteristics of school and workplace settings that are similar?

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What are some characteristics of school and workplace settings that are similar? How might this affect relevant theory? What is a comprehensive school health approach? What are some of the political issues you might face in trying to implement a school-based health promotion program? (Think administrative/policy assessment.) What connections are there between schools and their communities that might affect the type of program (and theory) selected? What about connections between workplaces and communities? How have workplace health programs changed over the years, and what does this mean in terms of the kinds of programs and theoretical approaches that would be applicable? Where does workplace health promotion fit in the current and ongoing discussion of how to reduce the nation's healthcare costs?

Explanation / Answer

Schools and workplaces have few similarities in terms of access to the target population like in schools we have classmates, monitors, teachers and Principal in workplaces we have colleagues, supervisors, managers. Also, there is synergism between schools and workplaces in terms of health objectives and organizational goals.

At a workplace, performance, health, safety, and productivity are all connected to each other. If an employee is not healthy he or she will take leave from work or will be more prone to accidents.

Employees spend most of the daytime at office or workplace same as students spend their most of the daytime at school. In this sense, they, like students, are a "captive audience".

Workplaces have built-in opportunities for inclusiveness, communication, and social support. Workplaces have relatively well-established programs to improve employee health.

Increased importance of health at the workplace is due to a number of factors:

Success factors for workplace health promotion include the participation of all staff; project management, priority setting or meeting deadlines, assessment and evaluation, regular management practices and comprehensively covering activities that are directed at both individuals and the environment.

The aims of the school health programs are to:

Schools involved in the health programs are more inclusive and students report a range of positive behaviors such as diminished fear of bullying and a reduced likelihood of using illegal drugs.

Many theories are applicable in schools as well as in workplaces depending on the situation. For example, theories focussing on individual knowledge and attitudes like the health belief model, theory of planned behavior, and social cognitive theory for addressing the interactions between the individual and the environment, including observational learning (role models), developing skills and self-efficacy.

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