Workplace health promotion for employees working in offshore wind parks in the German exclusive economic zone: a mixed-methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the awareness and use of health promotion offers among offshore wind workers and to study associations with demographic and workplace characteristics. To examine employees' reasons for (non-)participation and their wishes for health promotion activities offshore.

Design

Mixed-methods study presenting the results from semistructured telephone interviews and a web-based cross-sectional survey.

Setting

Offshore wind parks in the German exclusive economic zone in the North and Baltic Seas.

Participants

21 offshore workers in the qualitative study (19 male/2 female; all German). 303 offshore workers in the quantitative study (287 male/13 female; 275 German/24 other nationalities).

Outcome measures

Awareness and use of workplace healt

SUBMITTER: Mette J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6078244 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature