Validation of a New Metric for Assessing the Integration of Health Protection and Health Promotion in a Sample of Small and Medium Size Employer Groups

Williams, Jessica A.R.; Nelson, Candace C.; Cabán-Martinez, Alberto J.; Katz, Jeffrey N.; Wagner, Gregory R.; Pronk, Nicolaas P.; Sorensen, Glorian; McLellan, Deborah L.

doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000000521

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Validation of a New Metric for Assessing the Integration of Health Protection and Health Promotion in a Sample of Small and Medium Size Employer Groups

Published Date:

Sep 2015

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000000521 New Site Icon

Source:

J Occup Environ Med. 57(9):1017-1021.

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Williams, Jessica A.R. ; Nelson, Candace C. ; Cabán-Martinez, Alberto J. ; Katz, Jeffrey N. ; Wagner, Gregory R. ; ... More ▼

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Pubmed ID:

26340291

Pubmed Central ID:

PMC5189678

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 size employers located in the United States was conducted between October 2013 and March 2014 (N=111). Cronbach’s 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 0.32–0.47). Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.94, indicating excellent reliability.

Conclusions

The Integration Score appears 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.

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Journal Article

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CDC Public Access

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U19 OH008861/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States

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