Use of health services by Finnish employees in regard to health-related factors: the population-based health 2000 study.

Objectives: The aims of this study were to describe the use of occupational health services and other health care of Finnish employees and to examine associations between health problems and risks, and primary care visits to occupational health nurses and physicians and other health care.

Methods: A nationally representative sample of 3,126 employees aged 30-64 participated in the Health 2000 study, which consisted of a health interview, questionnaires, a clinical health examination, and the Composite International Diagnostic Interview. The use of health services was measured by self-reported visits.

Work-related primary care in occupational health physician's practice.

Introduction: Primary care is frequently integrated in Finnish occupational health services (OHS). This study examines the frequency of work-related health problems in occupational health (OH) physicians' consultations for primary care and associations between health problems and interventions carried out by OH physicians.

Methods: OH physicians assessed the health problems of 651 consecutive visits in a private OHS unit.

Cocreating a health-promoting workplace.

Objective: Managing well-being at work has so far been quite fragmented, and we do not currently have a well-defined holistic method for promoting health and well-being at work. We present a cocreation method, a comprehensive tool to enable organizations to do this.

Methods: The TEDI cocreation method is based on the salutogenic approach to health promotion, positive organizational scholarship, and a solution-based way of acting.

Primary care visits to occupational health physicians and nurses in Finland.

Aims: In Finland, 91% of employer-arranged occupational health services (OHS) include primary care for employees. Occupational health (OH) physicians and OH nurses carry the main responsibility for primary care in OHS. This study analyses work- and health-related factors associated with primary care visits to OH physicians and OH nurses.

Factors associated with visits to occupational health physicians in Finland.

Background: In Finland, employers can offer primary care to employees in addition to obligatory occupational health services (OHS).

Aims: To analyse factors associated with visits to seek primary care from occupational health physicians (OH physicians) and compared with visits to physicians in municipal health centres, private clinics and hospital outpatient clinics.

Methods: The subjects of this population-based cross-sectional survey comprised 1753 randomly selected employed Finns aged 25-64 years covered by OHS including primary care.