In 2018, the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (JOEM) published three articles, each purporting to measure ‘Culture of Health’ in the workplace. But did they?
My colleague and I didn’t think so.
So, we wrote a letter to the editor, which was published in 2019.
We made the case that while these research teams were measuring elements of the workplace culture of health, it wasn’t culture itself that was being measured.
If you subscribe to Webster’s dictionary being a reputable source for definitions, then you’ll likely agree that culture is the shared behaviors, beliefs and attitudes of a group of people.
Measuring culture therefore requires knowing the perceptions of those within the culture.
Fast forward to 2024 and I find myself referencing ‘Well-Being Culture’ much more often than ‘Culture of Health’. Regardless, I still use the same definition of culture in our work at Johns Hopkins Medicine.
Do you agree with definition above? If not, how do you define culture of health / well-being culture?
I’ll be referencing this point tomorrow morning at the #HEROForum24 conference during the opening panel.
#occupationalhealth #humanresources #employeebenefits
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Hi, I'm Rich Safeer.
I’ve been in the employee health and well-being space for 25 years. My interest and understanding of the intersection of how our workplace, our jobs and the people at work impact our health and well-being continues to evolve.
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