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Preventive Factors in Finnish Workplaces

Explore preventive measures for alcohol abuse at workplaces in Finland. Survey insights from Occupational Safety Personnel on attitudes, knowledge, and policies. Discover significance of workplace alcohol policies and the importance of intervention.

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Preventive Factors in Finnish Workplaces

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  1. Preventive Factors in Finnish Workplaces Antti Hytti, Senior Planning Officer Association for Healthy Lifestyles, Finland

  2. The Questions • Are there workplace-related factors (social, financial etc.) that prevent emergence of problems caused by alcohol abuse? • According to the people who are responsible for daily occupational safety and well-being at workplaces, what are those factors? •  What kinds of attitudes and knowledge are the decisions at workplaces based on?

  3. Background: Experience of the AHL • NGO, founded in 1914 • Promotes healthy lifestyles and social well-being by preventing substance abuse • Active in workplace-based prevention since 2005 (HUUGO Programme, www.huugo.fi) • Keywords: evidence-based primary prevention, problem solving, cooperation with all parties involved (employers, trade unions, occupational health care) • Information, consulting, education

  4. Background: Occupational Safety Personnel in Finland • Each workplace must have a Chief of Occupational Safety (COS) – usually the manager or HR chief, in bigger industries a separate post – appointed by employer • Each workplace with >10 employees must have a Occupational Safety Representative (OSR), elected by employees • Main questions related to workplace safety must be discussed and decided jointly between COS and OSR • National registry includes both COSs and OSRs

  5. The Survey • Carried out in 2009 in the Internet • The invitation to survey was sent to 5000 randomly selected COSs and OSRs in the national registry • 2302 answered • Median answering time 33 minutes • 54% OSRs, 41% COSs • Differently-sized workplaces (<50, 50-250, >250) evenly present • 43% predominantly male workplaces, 37% predominantly female, 20% with equal numbers

  6. Preventive Factors and Their Perceived Significance • Phase 1: Name preventive factors (open question) • Phase 2: Give them significance value (1-10)

  7. Preventive Factors and Their Perceived Significance

  8. Preventive Factors and Their Perceived Significance

  9. Preventive Actions Preferred

  10. Written Alcohol Policy? • Existence of a workplace alcohol policy significantly promotes intervention: 59% of workplaces with a policy had intervened during last year, only 25% of workplaces without a policy

  11. Conclusions • Well-being of both a working community and an individual employee seen as significant as regards prevention – substance abuse often seen as a result of difficulties at work or in private life • There are difficulties in finding and defining concrete good practices when it comes to prevention – prevention and intervention may mix up in workplace policies  need for more best practice examples • Workplace alcohol policy is an important tool

  12. Need for Outside Help?

  13. Thank You! antti.hytti(a)elamantapaliitto.fi

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