Table 2.
Type of health promotion activities, responsibility for OHS and challenges to implementation, by business size
| Overall | Small | Medium | Large | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % (95 % CI) | n | % (95 % CI) | n | % (95 % CI) | n | % (95 % CI) | |
| Current health promotion activitiesa | ||||||||
| Smoking cessation policy | 106 | 51.0 (44.2–57.7) | 11 | 26.8 (15.7–41.9)b | 47 | 54.7 (44.2–64.7) | 48 | 59.3 (48.4–69.3) |
| Alcohol and substance misuse | 116 | 55.8 (49.0–62.4) | 13 | 31.7 (19.6–47.0)b | 44 | 51.2 (40.8–61.4) | 59 | 72.8 (62.3–81.3)b |
| Healthy food policy | 61 | 29.3 (23.6–35.8) | 5 | 12.2 (5.3–25.5)b | 32 | 37.2 (27.7–47.8)b | 24 | 29.6 (20.8–40.3) |
| Physical activity | 64 | 30.8 (24.9–37.3) | 2 | 4.9bc | 27 | 31.4 (22.6–41.8) | 35 | 43.2 (33.0–54.1)b |
| Mental health and wellbeing | 105 | 50.5 (43.7–57.2) | 11 | 26.8 (15.7–41.9)b | 50 | 58.1 (47.6–68.0) | 44 | 54.3 (43.5–64.7) |
| Other health promotion activities | 34 | 16.3 (11.9–22.0) | – | – | 8 | 9.3 (4.8–17.3)b | 26 | 32.1 (22.9–42.9)b |
| None/not stated | 45 | 20.6 (15.8–26.5) | 21 | 51.2 (36.5–65.7)b | 11 | 12.6 (7.2–21.2)b | 11 | 12.5 (7.1–21.0)b |
| Who has responsibility for staff health and wellbeinga | ||||||||
| Business owner | 66 | 31.6 (25.7–38.2) | 15 | 36.6 (23.6–51.9) | 29 | 33.3 (24.3–43.8) | 22 | 27.2 (18.7–37.7) |
| Managing director/CEO | 153 | 72.9 (66.5–78.4) | 22 | 53.7 (38.7–67.9)b | 61 | 70.1 (59.8–78.7) | 70 | 85.4 (76.1–91.4)b |
| Occupational Health and Safety manager | 123 | 58.6 (51.8–65.0) | 12 | 29.3 (17.6–44.5)b | 51 | 58.6 (48.1–68.4) | 60 | 73.2 (62.7–81.6)b |
| Human Resource Manager | 104 | 49.5 (42.8–56.2) | 10 | 24.4 (13.8–39.3)b | 33 | 37.9 (28.5–48.4)b | 61 | 74.4 (64.0–82.6)b |
| The staff themselves | 172 | 81.9 (76.1–86.5) | 28 | 68.3 (53.0–80.4)b | 70 | 80.5 (70.9–87.4) | 74 | 90.2 (81.9–95.0)b |
| No one in particular | 1 | 0.5c | 1 | 2.4c | – | – | – | – |
| Challenges to implementing health promoting strategies by business sizea | ||||||||
| Funding | 129 | 62.0 (55.3–68.3) | 17 | 42.5 (28.5–57.8)b | 55 | 64.0 (53.4–73.3) | 57 | 69.5 (58.9–78.4) |
| Time | 162 | 77.9 (71.8–83.0) | 31 | 77.5 (62.5–87.7) | 68 | 78.2 (68.4–85.5) | 63 | 77.8 (67.6–85.5) |
| Facilities | 71 | 34.3 (28.2–41.0) | 13 | 32.5 (20.1–48.0) | 31 | 36.0 (26.7–46.6) | 27 | 33.3 (24.0–44.1) |
| Lack of management/board support | 25 | 12.1 (8.4–17.3) | 9 | 22.5 (12.3–37.5) | 8 | 9.3 (4.8–17.3) | 8 | 10.0 (5.2–18.5) |
| Not a workplace responsible | 12 | 5.8 (3.4–9.9) | 5 | 12.5 (5.5–26.1) | 4 | 4.7c | 3 | 3.8c |
CI confidence interval
aMultiple response
bStatistically significantly different to other categories combined - χ2 test, p < 0.05
cInsufficient numbers for a statistical test