Abstract
Background
Workplace health promotion (WHP) is voluntary activity of employers aimed at improving health and well-being of employees. This study aimed to assess the employees' perceptions of employer-provided WHP activities in Poland as well as to identify factors associated with reported WHP provision and the use of WHP activities among full-time employees aged 18-60 years.Methods
This questionnaire-based cross-sectional survey was carried out in December 2025 among 1030 full-time employees aged 18-60 years in Poland using the computer-assisted web interview (CAWI) methodology. Quota sampling was used, with gender, age, and place of residence included into stratification model.Results
Among the respondents, 49.8% worked in private Polish company, 26.6% worked in companies with more than 500 employees. Most of the respondents rated their job satisfaction as rather satisfied (61.2%), 64.2% had non-manual work, and 58.5% worked on fixed daytime hours. Among the respondents (n = 1030), 42.2% declared that their employer offers WHP - 20.1% regularly and 22.1% occasionally. Half of respondents, often (40.7%) or very often (9.9%) used WHP activities available in their workplace. Lack of time was the most common (34.5%) barrier in the use of WHP activities. Job satisfaction was the only socio-demographic variable that differentiated (p Conclusions
This study provides an overview of WHP activities in Poland. Less than half of full-time employees in Poland reported access to employer-provided WHP, with significant differences by sociodemographic and job-related factors.