Health at Work

by Fielding, Jonathan E.; Baum, Andrew; Baum, Andrew S.; Weiss, Stephen M.

• ISBN13: 9780805807707
• ISBN10: 0805807705
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1990-12-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

This book focuses on the major issues surrounding worksite health promotion programs. It identifies and discusses examples of the most intensively studied programs (such as Johnson and Johnson's "Live for Life," and AT&T's "TLC"), and considers the "state of science" for the four most frequently offered health-promotion program components: smoking cessation, weight control, exercise, and stress management. As is becoming increasingly evident, worksite health-promotion activities pose their own unique set of challenges -- challenges that are likely to have a significant impact on national health status and costs. Crucial areas addressed in this volume include program development and design, cost benefit/cost effectiveness, and legislative/policy issues.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. ix
Health at Work	p. 1
References	p. 9
Worksite Health Promotion Strategies and Programs	p. 11
The Challenges of Work-Place Health Promotion	p. 13
References	p. 27
Health Promotion: the Challenge to Industry	p. 29
References	p. 36
Work-Site Health Promotion: the European Experience, with Particular Emphasis on the Federal Republic of Germany	p. 37
References	p. 48
Control Data's Staywell¿ Program: a Health Cost Management Strategy	p. 49
References	p. 71
Targets for Health Promotion	p. 73
Cigarette Smoking at Work: Data, Issues, and Models	p. 75
References	p. 95
Behavioral Treatment of Obesity at the Work Site	p. 99
Acknowledgment	p. 112
References	p. 112
Exercise Programs at Work: Data, Issues, and Models	p. 116
References	p. 130
Challenges and Issues in Worksite Health Promotion	p. 135
Program Development and Design in Work-Site Health Promotion	p. 137
References	p. 143
Work-Site Health Promotion: Some Policy Issues and Concerns	p. 144
Acknowledgments	p. 152
References	p. 153
Interfaces Among Community-, School,- and Work-Site-Based Health-Promotion Programs	p. 155
References	p. 158
Recruitment, Attrition, and Maintenance Issues in Work-Site Health Promotion	p. 159
Acknowledgments	p. 169
References	p. 169
Cost-Benetit and Cost- Effectiveness Analysis in Work-Place Health Promotion Programs	p. 170
References	p. 176
In Hot Pursuit of Health Promotion: Some Admonitions	p. 178
References	p. 186
Healthy People -- Healthy Business: a Critical Review of Stress Management Programs in the Workplace	p. 189
References	p. 202
Author Index	p. 205
Subject Index	p. 213
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