João Silvestre Silva-Junior, Lara Vendramini Lucas Freitas, Pedro Henrique Farinha, Victor Dias Roviello, Cristiane Helena Gallasch, Tiago Boff Pedro, Rafael Comini Barcelos, Alberto José Niituma Ogata
The Brazilian WHSC identified important gaps in workplace health promotion and supports organizational assessment, benchmarking, and planning of evidence-based health promotion initiatives.
OBJECTIVE: To describe the initial application of the Brazilian version of the CDC Worksite Health ScoreCard (WHSC) among companies in southern Brazil.
METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in 2023. Representatives from 230 companies were invited to complete the Brazilian WHSC (154 items, 18 domains). Organizational characteristics and WHSC scores were analyzed descriptively.
RESULTS: Fifty-seven companies participated (24.8% response rate). The mean WHSC score was 119.1 (40.5% of the maximum score). Highest scores were observed for Occupational Safety and Health (78.9%), Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (58.6%), and Organizational Supports (56.4%). Lowest scores were found for Nutrition (18.8%), Sleep and Fatigue (21.1%), High Cholesterol (27.7%), and Tobacco Use (28.3%).
CONCLUSIONS: The Brazilian WHSC identified important gaps in workplace health promotion and supports organizational assessment, benchmarking, and planning of evidence-based health promotion initiatives.