Workers’ Health Risk Behaviors by State, Demographic Characteristics, and Health Insurance Status

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Huang, Yi ; Hannon, Peggy A. ; Williams, Barbara ; Harris, Jeffrey R.
• Description:
  Introduction
  
  Employers often lack data about their workers' health risk behaviors. We analyzed state-level prevalence data among workers for 4 common health risk behaviors: obesity, physical inactivity, smoking, and missed influenza vaccination (among workers older than 50 years).
  
  Methods
  
  We analyzed 2007 and 2008 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data, restricting the sample to employed respondents aged 18 to 64 years. We stratified health risk behavior prevalence by annual household income, educational attainment, health insurance status, and race/ethnicity.
  
  Results
  
  For all 4 health risk behaviors, we found significant differences across states and significant disparities related to social determinants of health — income, education, and race/ethnicity. Among uninsured workers, prevalence of smoking was high and influenza vaccinations were lacking.
  
  Conclusion
  
  In this national survey study, we found that workers' health risk behaviors vary substantially by state and by workers' socioeconomic status, insurance status, and race/ethnicity. Employers and workplace health promotion practitioners can use the prevalence tables presented in this article to inform their workplace health promotion programs.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Employment Health Promotion Health Status Humans Insurance, Health Middle Aged Original Research Risk Factors Young Adult

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• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 2011; 8(1).
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Pubmed ID:
  21159224
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC3044023
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  1-U48-DP-000050/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; 5-P01-CD000249-03/CD/ODCDC CDC HHS/United States ; U48/DP000050-03/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  8
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
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  urn:sha-512:161dd069ed4b4d96d3ae46279dc22b1b190b37097c1a92122631ef2f14afc8b2ca539ce6b28b84a867cd01432dff01a464af9500de2e296b4a78bd247537447b
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