HealthLinks Randomized Controlled Trial: Design and Baseline Results

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• Personal Author:
  Allen CL ; Beresford SAA ; Chan KG ; Hammerback K ; Hannon PA ; Harris JR ; Helfrich CD ; Kohn MJ ; Parrish AT ; Teague S
• Description:
  Small employers, especially those in low-wage industries, frequently lack the capacity and resources to implement evidence-based health promotion interventions without support and assistance. The purpose of this paper is to (a) describe the intervention design and study protocol of the HealthLinks Trial and (b) report baseline findings. This study is a three-arm randomized controlled trial testing the impact of the HealthLinks intervention on worksites' adoption and implementation of evidence-based interventions. Group 1 will receive HealthLinks, Group 2 will receive HealthLinks plus wellness committees, and Group 3 will be a delayed control group. Seventy-eight employers are participating in the study; and 3302 employees across the worksites participated in the baseline data collection. Employers and employees will participate in follow-up surveys at one and two years after baseline to measure implementation (one year) and maintenance (two years) of HealthLinks interventions. Study outcomes will determine whether HealthLinks is an effective approach to increasing evidence-based health promotion in small, low-wage worksites and whether wellness committees are a capacity-building tool that increases HealthLinks' effectiveness. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Health Promotion Occupational Health Safety Small Business Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Workplace Health Promotion Evidence-based Interventions Health Promotion Intervention Randomized Controlled Trial Small Businesses Worker Health Workplace Studies
• ISSN:
  1551-7144
• 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
• Pages in Document:
  1-11
• Volume:
  48
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20063711
• Citation:
  Contemp Clin Trials 2016 May; 48:1-11
• Contact Point Address:
  Peggy A. Hannon, Health Promotion Research Center, Department of Health Services, University of Washington, 1107 NE 45th St., Ste. 200, Seattle, WA 98015, United States
• Email:
  peggyh@uw.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Contemporary Clinical Trials
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0058a56083b6e0585e2a0dd1713aa22e76ab72807f1a392795b125a5ab16449a91ee23c700d265f28276f8ded378da7efb95552745e6227b6f9c4121c9065237
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/222272/cdc_222272_DS1.pdf
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