Do Employees With Health Conditions Need Health Behaviour Support At Work?
23 April 2017
The purpose of this study is to undertake research that has the potential to improve and lengthen the working lives of people with long-term health conditions including; heart and lung disorders, cancer, musculoskeletal disorders, anxiety, depression, stress, diabetes and ‘other’ conditions. People with long-term health conditions are at higher risk of not participating in work and becoming unemployed, this project has the potential to inform working practices and health interventions at work.
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Ethical approval
This study has been given approval by the Loughborough University Ethics Approvals (Human Participants) Sub-Committee in July 2016.
About the researcher
Sally Hemming is a PhD research student at the University of Loughborough and HR practitioner. She is supervised by Dr Fehmidah Munir. This study is part of a student research project supported by Loughborough University.
Sally is a graduate of the University of Leicester and University of Westminster and a chartered member of the CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development). Sally has 17 years’ HR experience, alongside her research she works on an interim basis.
