One of the OSMET objectives is to obtain evidence for action and decision-making regarding intervention and the improvement of employee health and corporate profitability. It is therefore important to document and disseminate best practices in health and well-being at work that already exist in the scientific literature.

• Best practices in interventions to reduce depression in the workplace (New update 2024 !!!)
• Best practices in interventions to reduce psychological distress in the workplace
• Best practices in interventions to reduce burnout (New update 2024 !!!)

Methodology: In order to update best practices in health and well-being interventions in the workplace, we used a method of systematic review of meta-analyzes published to date. This systematic method allows us to evaluate the strength of the evidence in the selected studies by referring to the strength of the effects highlighted. Traffic lights are used to indicate the strength of scientific evidence

                               

 

Legend: Red=weak effect ; Yellow=average effect ; Green=strong effect ; Gray=no effect.
The systematic review should be able to identify whether certain practices affect our subpopulations (young workers, older workers and immigrant workers) more specifically, or to provide information on the types of occupations on which the interventions were evaluated. Each intervention was classified according to a typology elaborated by the Observatory’s researchers during the SALVEO1,2 study. The theoretical framework on which this typology is based integrates the major occupational stress models. It encompasses the four major dimensions related to the conditions of work organization and which are associated with the development of health and well-being problems at work: job design, job demands, social relationships and gratifications.
Health and well-being interventions can be categorized according to the macro, meso and micro levels of a company. The macro level refers to practices aimed at risk regulation and communication strategies. The meso level refers to practices relating to work organization conditions present in the workplace. At the micro level, practices target the individual. Références :

1. Marchand, A., Haines, V. Y., Harvey, S., Dextras‐Gauthier, J., and Durand, P. (2016) Health and Stress Management and Mental‐health Disability Claims. Stress Health, 32: 569–577. doi: 1002/smi.2663.
2. Dextras-Gauthier, J., Marchand, A., Durand, P. & Blanc, M.-E. (2016) Pratiques de gestion et réclamations pour problèmes de santé mentale: Un portrait de six entreprises efficaces de l’étude SALVEO. Rapport, Équipe de recherche sur le travail et la santé mentale (ERTSM), Université de Montréal, Montréal.