Health Behaviors and Overweight in Nursing Home Employees: Contribution of Workplace Stressors and Implications for Worksite Health Promotion

Many worksite health promotion programs ignore the potential influence of working conditions on unhealthy behaviors.A study of nursing home employees (56% nursing aides) utilized a standardized questionnaire. We analyzed the cross-sectional associations between workplace stressors and obesity, cigarette smoking, and physical inactivity.Of 1506 respondents, 20% reported exposure to three or more workplace stressors (physical or organizational),...