Improving health and well-being at work: a case report from the field.

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• Personal Author:
  Pronk NP ; Spoonheim JB
• Description:
  Not all health and well-being programs are created equal. Some programs have limited options for workers to engage in, whereas others provide a rich set of options for people to choose from. Some programs enjoy support from supervisors, whereas others lack strong leadership. Comprehensive programs, defined by Healthy People 2010 as programs that include five specific components, including health education, supportive physical and social environments, integration of the worksite program into the organization's structure, linkage to related programs, and worksite screening programs, tend to generate stronger outcomes than programs that do not meet these components. Unfortunately, according to the most recent National Worksite Health Promotion Survey, only 17% of companies in the United States have health and well-being programs that are considered comprehensive or robust in design (3). Although these five components are clearly important, there are other considerations that cannot be ignored when programs are being designed for implementation at the workplace, such as compliance to regulatory requirements or the integration of evaluation and data-based improvement efforts. Our field experience at implementing comprehensive programs as well to conduct research to test programs and generate insights and learnings demonstrates that employers who robustly implement a more comprehensive set of design principles tend to achieve better health and well-being outcomes as compared with companies that implement less robust programs. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Promotion Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Workplace studies; Health promotion; Total Worker Health; TWH; Health programs
• ISSN:
  1091-5397
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; Minnesota ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  71-73
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065688
• Citation:
  ACSMs Health Fit J 2021 Sep/Oct; 25(9/10):71-73
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Performing Organization:
  Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20070901
• Source Full Name:
  ACSM's Health & Fitness Journal
• End Date:
  20260831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:28ecd0346e3bd906c9e28750c2e6ad3e407652564e0b6186325c8903f991357f637bb54259ab4cb2046badf7306cd507faebb1e315bf5c82d4abcf6b92c70862
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/249512/cdc_249512_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.49 MB ]