Current practices and perceived implementation barriers for working with alcohol prevention in occupational health services: the WIRUS OHS study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alcohol is associated with detrimental health and work performance outcomes, and one to three out of ten employees may benefit from interventions. The role of occupational health services (OHS) in alcohol prevention has received little attention in research. The primary aims of this study were to explore current practices of alcohol prevention targeting employees in occupational health settings, and examine whether and which perceived implementation barriers were associated with alcohol prevention activity. The secondary aim was to explore whether barriers were differentially associated with primary, secondary and tertiary prevention activities.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, survey data were collected from 295 OHS professionals in Norway in 2018. Data wer

SUBMITTER: Thorrisen MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6595559 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature