Validation of a new metric for assessing the integration of health protection and health promotion in a sample of small- and medium-sized employer groups

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• Personal Author:
  Caban-Martinez, Alberto J. ; Katz JN ; McLellan DL ; Nelson CC ; Pronk NP ; Sorensen, Glorian ; Wagner, Gregory R. ; Williams JAR
• Description:
  Objective: To conduct validation analyses for a new measure of the integration of worksite health protection and health promotion approaches developed in earlier research. Methods: A survey of small- to medium-sized employers located in the United States was conducted between October 2013 and March 2014 (n = 111). Cronbach [alpha] coefficient was used to assess reliability, and Pearson correlation coefficients were used to assess convergent validity. Results: The integration score was positively associated with the measures of occupational safety and health and health promotion activities/policies-supporting its convergent validity (Pearson correlation coefficients of 0.32 to 0.47). Cronbach [alpha] coefficient was 0.94, indicating excellent reliability. Conclusions: The integration score seems to be a promising tool for assessing integration of health promotion and health protection. Further work is needed to test its dimensionality and validate its use in other samples. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Promotion Occupational Health Safety Small Business
• Keywords:
  Health Promotion Health Protection Intervention Small Businesses Total Worker Health
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Florida ; Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  57
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046688
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2015 Sep; 57(9):1017-1021
• Contact Point Address:
  Jessica A. R. Williams, PhD, MA, Center for Population and Development Studies, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, 9 Bow St, Cambridge, MA 02138
• Email:
  jwilliams@hsph.harvard.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20070901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20260831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/202039/cdc_202039_DS1.pdf
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