coordinated by Pilar Ficapal-CusíISSUE 8 (NOV 2017)
Are organizations healthy? Three ways to answer this question
Occupational health is an important issue in people's lives. Having healthy companies that contribute to maintaining and improving the health of their workers and their environment also has direct effects on the performance, productivity and benefits of organizations. The effects on workers of the implementation of different healthy company programmes are analysed. Three different and complementary models are presented so that professionals responsible for people in organizations can choose which model best suits their needs. The models of healthy companies are proposed by the ENWHP, created with the support of the European Union, by AENOR, through which a Healthy Company certificate can be obtained, and by the WONT team at the Universitat Jaume I, which has a clear psychosocial focus. Fulfilling the specifications of any of these models will allow an affirmative answer to the question posed.
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PhD in Psychology on the Social and Organizational Behaviour Program. She lecturers on Bachelor and Master Degree programs at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid. She is also a guest lecturer at the UOC and a founding member of the Occupational Health Group of the Official Madrid Association of Psychologists. She is a researcher in the field of occupational health.