Group Purchasing of Workplace Health Promotion Services for Small Employers

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• Personal Author:
  Clegg-Thorp C ; Gallagher J ; Hammerback KR ; Hannon PA ; Harris JR ; Katzman A ; McDowell J
• Description:
  Objective: Small employers are underserved with workplace health promotion services, so we explored the potential for group purchasing of these services. Methods: We conducted semistructured telephone interviews of member organizations serving small employers, as well as workplace health promotion vendors, in Washington State. Results: We interviewed 22 employer organizations (chambers of commerce, trade associations, and an insurance trust) and vendors (of fitness facilities, healthy vending machines, fresh produce delivery, weight management services, and tobacco cessation quitlines). Both cautiously supported the idea of group purchasing but felt that small employers' workplace health promotion demand must increase first. Vendors providing off-site services, for example, quitline, found group purchasing more feasible than vendors providing on-site services, for example, produce delivery. Conclusions: Employer member organizations are well-positioned to group purchase workplace health promotion services; vendors are receptive if there is potential profit. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Promotion Occupational Health Safety Small Business
• Keywords:
  Employee Health Health Promotion Intervention Small Businesses Worker Health
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  56
• Issue:
  7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20056582
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2014 Jul; 56(7):765-770
• Contact Point Address:
  Jeffrey R. Harris, MD, MPH, MBA, Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Health Promotion Research Center, 1107 NE 45th St, Seattle, WA 98105
• Email:
  jh7@uw.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e046b977be59f41b18496a674405d757adaddd18423e9088bc11ebe41cf9ce26f1e255b72886343fd622e9daf69259f4f6615deefbc24331be40781d5e3361d7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/214163/cdc_214163_DS1.pdf
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