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. 2021 Jan 19;16(1):e0245276. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245276

Table 1. Definitions of the culture of health dimensions [2,5].

Dimension Definition
Senior leadership Expressed vision and resource allocation from the senior leaders indicating the employee’s health is a priority for the organization
Policies and procedures Alignment to support and accomplish vision in matters of health; and serves as a catalyst to allow employees to benefit from available resources
Programs Initiatives and programs to support and improve employee health
Supervisor support Encouragement, concern, and support from supervisors regarding a support for individual health and health promotion initiative
Coworker Support Encouragement and support from peers regarding health
Role modeling Other’s practice of healthy behaviors or setting health as a priority; living evidence that certain achievements are possible
Mood Employee attitudes, feelings, and perceptions that can influence motivation; mood can enhance or inhibit program participation
Values* In general, values stem from the leaders of an organization, and are then cultivated among managers and employees. In a culture of health, employee health tends to be viewed as having intrinsic worth and is related to the organization’s success.

* Note: Values was added according to the latest revision of the workplace culture of health scale.