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. 2018 Jul 26;10(1):21–29. doi: 10.1016/j.shaw.2018.07.003

Table 2.

Percentage of establishments with action in place on key prevention and promotion indicators and the association with the policy ranking

Prevention/promotion Indicator Average % of establishments Five highest ranking countries (% of establishments taking action on indicator) Five lowest ranking countries (% of establishments taking action on indicator) p-value of χ2 testa Cramer's Vb
Prevention (physical) Conducting risk assessment 77.23 Italy (94.6) Luxembourg (37.3) <.000 0.05
Slovenia (94.2) Greece (51.3)
Denmark (92.0) Cyprus (53.6)
UK (91.9) France (56.1)
Bulgaria (91.3) Austria (56.4)
Prevention (physical) Safety representation 61.40 Slovenia (100.0) Greece (21.8) <.000 0.14
Italy (87.9) Latvia (27.6)
Romania (80.5) Portugal (28.9)
Bulgaria (80.3) France (33.2)
Lithuania (79.1) Poland (33.2)
Prevention (physical) Training employees in emergency procedure 81.33 UK (95.2) Romania (62.6) <.000 0.07
Italy (95.1) The Netherlands (63.4)
Estonia (91.1) France (63.8)
Spain (91.0) Czechia (64.3)
Ireland (89.2) Luxembourg (67.9)
Prevention (psychosocial) Raising awareness of smoking and drugs 33.47 Finland (59.3) Estonia (19.1) <.000 0.06
Malta (49.4) Poland (21.4)
Italy (48.2) Czechia (24.6)
Romania (48.0) The Netherlands (25.3)
Belgium (47.4) Denmark (27.4)
Prevention (psychosocial) Training employees in preventing work-related stress 36.85 UK (51.5) Czechia (21.0) <.000 0.05
Italy (49.2) Estonia (22.9)
Spain (48.8) France (23.8)
Ireland (46.9) Croatia (25.7)
Slovenia (45.1) Luxembourg (25.7)
Prevention (psychosocial) Having an action plan to prevent work-related stress 33.82 UK (59.8) Czechia (8.4) <.000 0.05
Sweden (52.8) Estonia (8.7)
Romania (52.7) Croatia (9.1)
Denmark (51.9) Greece (13.9)
Italy (50.0) Luxembourg (14.6)
Promotion Physical activity 29.56 Finland (76.0) Cyprus (6.8) <.000 0.11
Sweden (72.4) Greece (7.5)
Latvia (67.4) Italy (15.3)
Spain (47.5) Hungary (18.3)
Denmark (46.2) France (21.4)
Promotion Healthy eating in the workplace 29.46 Finland (52.1) Poland (17.1) <.000 0.08
Romania (45.8) Czechia (20.9)
Slovenia (42.6) France (22.2)
Portugal (41.5) Italy (23.0)
Malta (40.2) Estonia (23.1)

This table is based on data from the Second European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks, 2014 from the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (2nd Edition). These data have been provided by the UK Data Service; 2016.

a

The association between occupational health and safety policy and practice was assessed by χ2 test.

b

Effect size of occupational health and safety policy ranking on practice was measured by Cramer's V.