Integrated health programs, health outcomes, and return on investment: measuring workplace health promotion and integrated program effectiveness

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• Personal Author:
  Cherniack, Martin G.
• Description:
  Objective: To explore return on investment (ROI) in workplace health promotion studies. Methods: Studies with high ROI attribution for workplace health promotion were reanalyzed using standardized measures. Key variables included intervention duration, sector and population size, annualized cost, and health outcomes. Results: ROI was often overestimated. Programs with the highest reported ROI were concentrated in large corporations, where cognitive programs incurred low per person costs. Ten of the 12 studies involved individualized health promotion only, and did not engage work organizational modification or integration with occupational health. Some effective health interventions were discounted because they were not easily monetized. Conclusions: ROI, an investment metric, amplifies short-term labor-related effects and discounts longer-term chronic disease prevention. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Promotion Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Health Promotion Occupational Health Programs Total Worker Health Work Environment Work Organization Workplace Studies
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Connecticut ; Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  55
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20043461
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2013 Dec; 55(Suppl 12S):S38-S45
• Contact Point Address:
  Martin Cherniack, MD, MPH, Ergonomics Technology Center, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Ave, MC-2017, Farmington, CT 06030
• Email:
  cherniack@.uchc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Performing Organization:
  University of Massachusetts, Lowell
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20060701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• Supplement:
  Supplement 12S
• End Date:
  20210831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/195351/cdc_195351_DS1.pdf
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