Promoting Prevention Through the Affordable Care Act: Workplace Wellness

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Anderko, Laura ; Roffenbender, Jason S. ; Goetzel, Ron Z. ; Millard, Francois ; Wildenhaus, Kevin ; DeSantis, Charles ; Novelli, William
• Description:
  Public health in the United States can be improved by building workplace "cultures of health" that support healthy lifestyles. The Affordable Care Act (ACA), which includes the Prevention and Public Health Fund, will support a new focus on prevention and wellness, offering opportunities to strengthen the public's health through workplace wellness initiatives. This article describes the opportunity the ACA provides to improve worker wellness.
• Subjects:
  Community-Institutional Relations Health Promotion Health Status Humans Occupational Diseases Occupational Health Services Organizational Culture Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act Quality Assurance, Health Care Workplace
• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 9.
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9e2f38738237a0fad48af10e80ddab9392fbdbd6e92d664e1d04e059790c061ca4e31a7f257a9cd49a9086b45d7f953a4a42c9651746e97385d916268a743091
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/19776/cdc_19776_DS1.pdf
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