The findings of this systematic review suggest that worksite interventions are effective in improving some measures of dietary behaviour. Effect sizes are variable but are generally small, although ...

Worksite health promotion (WHP) programs are designed to help identify and address health and lifestyle issues, and are offered by 40–75% of employers in Europe and the US. But research suggests that ...

To meet their goal of lowering health care costs, worksite health promotion programs must be well implemented and have strong management support, reports the December Journal of Occupational and ...

An article in the August 2008 issue of the American Journal of Public Health suggests one of the government's Healthy People 2010 goals -- to have 75 percent of worksites offering a comprehensive ...

When planning program interventions, worksite health promotion professionals should be concerned about whether the program will attract people, from all job and demographic groups of employees.

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A Highmark Inc. study published in the March/April edition of the American Journal of Health Promotion found that health care costs rose at a 15 percent ...

In the U.S., over 150 million adults go to work daily and spend the majority of their waking hours engaged in some form of employment. Prior to the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the ...

A healthy motivated workforce is very vital to an organisation. All over the world various organisations are investing on employees healthcare as health hazards exposure among employees for long are ...

This commentary is in response to the March 5, 2013 Health Affairs article, "Wellness Incentives in the Workplace: Cost Savings through Cost Shifting to Unhealthy Lifestyles." In that article, Jill ...

Community Medical Center is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the Montana Excellence in Worksite Health Promotion Silver Award. This award means that Community has taken progressive steps ...

Background: Public health strategies place increasing emphasis on opportunities to promote healthy behaviours within the workplace setting. Previous research has suggested worksite health promotion ...

Contributed by Rashaun Roberts, Ph.D. & Paula Grubb, Ph.D., National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Download the PDF. Traditionally, there have been two main approaches that ...