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Health Behaviors, Interpersonal/Organizational Health Environment, and Job Stress among Government Officials in Korea  

Kim, Su-Young (Health Promotion Research Institute, Korea Association of Health Promotion)
Kim, Hye-Kyeong (Health Promotion Research Institute, Korea Association of Health Promotion)
Cho, Han-Ik (Korea Association of Health Promotion & Seoul National University)
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Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion / v.29, no.3, 2012 , pp. 63-74 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objectives: We aim to investigate association between health behavior, interpersonal/organizational environment and job stress among government officials. Methods: Through health examination and a survey, this cross sectional study investigated 543 government officials working at Central Government Complex in Seoul, Korea. Health behaviors included alcohol drinking, smoking, moderate exercise and food frequency. Interpersonal environment was measured by health behavior practices of significant others and social support for health promotion. And the measures of organizational environment included facilities for exercise, health related norms and health supportive organizational systems. Job stress was assessed by short version of Korean Occupational Stress Scale(KOSS). Results: The level of job stress among female officials was higher than that of male officials. Multivariate logistic model suggested that higher job stress in male officials was significantly associated with lower position(OR=0.267, p<.01) less grain intake(OR=0.642, p<.05), lower level of social support(OR=0.810, p<.01) and abdominal obesity(OR=2.407, p<.05). On the contrary, female officials' stress level was negatively associated with healthy organizational environment(OR=0.725, p<.05). Conclusions: It is suggested that addressing job stress require tailoring intervention by gender characteristics and integration of interpersonal and organizational level approaches.
Keywords
Health behavior; Health environment; Job stress; Government officials;
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