[Features and evaluations of organizational support provided by occupational health nurses in private practice for the implementation of sustainable health and productivity management in medium-sized enterprises].

Objectives: This study aimed to clarify the features and evaluations of the organizational support provided by occupational health nurses (OHNs) in private practice to promote sustainable health and productivity management (HPM) in medium-sized enterprises.

Methods: Corporate managers and employees of four enterprises with fewer than 300 employees received support from an experienced OHN in private practice through five support sessions per company, primarily targeting company managers. The OHNs documented their support steps and evaluations.

Effectiveness of a support program for balancing treatment and work in small and medium-sized enterprises promoted by occupational health nurses using a web meeting system: A cluster randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: In this study, we conducted a cluster randomized control trial to verify the effectiveness of a treatment work balance support (TWBS) program promoted by occupational health nurses (OHNs) in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) using a web meeting system.

Methods: We analyzed data from 64 managers (32 each in the control and intervention groups) and 541 workers (246 and 295 in the control and intervention groups, respectively) from 22 SMEs (11 in each group) with less than 200 workers. The TWBS program comprised online consultations for managers and seminars for workers by an OHN.

[Initiatives, outcomes, and facilitating factors to changing workplace environments in small- and medium-sized enterprises due to the COVID-19 pandemic: Interviews with employers and human resource managers].

Objectives: This study identified changes in the work environment due to the COVID-19 pandemic, subsequent initiatives and outcomes, and facilitating factors from the perspective of company officials in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Methods: In 2021, semi-structured interviews were conducted with employers or human resource managers of SMEs with less than 300 employees regarding changes in the work environment due to the pandemic, initiatives, outcomes, and facilitating factors. Thereafter, codes were extracted from verbatim transcripts or interview notes and categorized based on similarities in content.

[Current status of collaboration with public health services by occupational health nurses, and related factors].

Objectives: The Japanese government launched a project to facilitate collaboration between public health services and occupational health services with the aim of promoting overall health and wellbeing. However, collaboration at the practitioner level, including professionals who develop health support activities, has not yet been achieved. This study was conducted to clarify the actual state of collaboration between public health services and occupational health nurses as well as the factors related to their experiences with such collaboration.