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November 1, 2005 | Program Result
In January 2005, the National Business Group on Health, Washington, produced and released the second Employer's Guide to Health Improvement and Preventive Services.
August 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
Increasingly, employers are complementing health insurance benefits by offering wellness programs that help improve employee health and productivity, lower health care costs, and boost the bottom line.
July 29, 2008 | Program Result
From 1997 to 2006, the Partnership for Prevention worked with American business leaders to increase the engagement of employers in promoting workforce health.
June 1, 2007 | Program Result
Partnership for Prevention surveyed 2,180 private- and public-sector employers and conducted four focus groups to explore workplace tobacco-cessation policies and practices.
May 31, 2000 | Program Result
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., Boston, and a subcontractor Northeast Research, a survey research firm, carried out telephone surveys to assess the attitudes and practices of national and local unions regarding worksite smoking policies.
August 1, 1998 | Program Result
From 1996 to 1997, researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., Boston, carried out a project to determine the best mechanisms for disseminating information about the federal Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Guideline on Smoking Cessation to labor union leaders and membership.
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.
July 1, 1997 | Program Result
From 1992 to 1995, researchers at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor, Mich. developed a computer simulation model to evaluate the health, economic, and demographic implications of a worksite smoking cessation program.
May 1, 1997 | Program Result
Work In America Institute, Inc., Scarsdale, N.Y., carried out a pilot project to provide parents in the workplace with skills to help their children more effectively avoid the abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.