Addressing Obesity in the Workplace
March 20, 2009 | Journal Article
This article is part of a special issue on obesity in the March 2009 edition of The Milbank Quarterly, available free of charge throughout 2009 at Wiley-Blackwell.
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African-American Hairstylists Enlisted as Lay Health Promoters in Eight Michigan Cities
June 22, 2007 | Program Result
The National Kidney Foundation of Michigan expanded a project to train hair stylists in African-American neighborhoods as lay health promoters to educate their clients about diabetes, high blood pressure and kidney disease.
Alcohol and Work
January 1, 1999 | Book
This chapter of the Anthology presents the findings from a Foundation-funded survey to explore alcohol use and performance problems in the workplace.
Bringing Health Education to Latino Immigrants Where They Work
November 1, 2003 | Program Result
The Worksite Wellness Project developed and implemented a model for improving the health of uninsured, low-wage workers in Los Angeles by increasing their awareness of basic health care and linking them to existing providers.
Can Organizations Benefit from Worksite Health Promotion?
June 1, 1989 | Journal Article
The estimated worksite cost of preventable illness is calculated to project savings from health promotion programs.
Coalition Helps Business Leaders Respond to HIV/AIDS in the Workplace
November 1, 1996 | Program Result
The National Leadership Coalition on AIDS, Washington, sought to bring effective HIV/AIDS prevention and education activities to an expanded business audience.
Does Enrollment in a CDHP Stimulate Cost-Effective Utilization?
August 1, 2008 | Journal Article
In examining health care utilization, consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs) appeared to exert most of their influence in the first year with CDHP enrollees making fewer office visits than did PPO (preferred provider organization) enrollees.
Examining How Intimate Partner Violence is Addressed by Employer Assistance Programs
June 27, 2011 | Program Result
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health examined the practices and services related to intimate partner violence offered by employee assistance programs and the experiences of women using these services.
Exempt From NYC Smoking Ban, United Nations Tests Wellness Program with a Focus on Smoking Cessation
September 1, 2006 | Program Result
From July 2002 to July 2005, staff from the City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the United Nations (UN) Medical Services Division collaborated to develop a worksite health promotion program, with a particular focus on smoking cessation, for employees at UN headquarters.
"Finding Your Way Fit 2" Helps People Lose Weight and Body Fat and Lower Blood Pressure
July 1, 2004 | Program Result
Project staff at Saint Peter's University Hospital recruited 101 volunteers from eight workplaces in New Brunswick, N.J., to participate in a community health fitness program called Finding Your Way Fit 2.