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Showing 1 to 20 of 73 for “"worksite"”.
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Worksite Physical Activity and Nutrition
… for physical activity and nutrition behaviors. Worksite settings represent a potentially ideal setting through which health behavior interventions can be delivered. The majority of the population is employed and worksites typically involve individuals from various stages of life, which allows …
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Employee wellness, health risk assessment, modifiable health risk, PEN-3 model, worksite culture, worksite envirmonent
… and eight additional statements to assess the worksite health "culture" of Eastern Michigan University. It was hypothesized there will be a relationship between EMU employees’ levels of self-reported health risk and their perceptions of supportiveness of the worksite environment and health …
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Using incentives and rewards in worksite smoking interventions
… to quit smoking and to remain smoke-free. Worksites might enhance motivation to be smoke-free by offering incentives to employees who quit smoking. A pilot study was conducted where one worksite offered a smoking cessation group plus several incentive programs. The incentives included money …
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Corporate Executive Perspective of Worksite Health Promotion Programs
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Welfare organization: The case of worksite health promotion
… discover the corporate motivation for offering worksite health promotion. Three possible motivations are presented: efficiency (reduction of health care costs), control (monitoring of employees' lifestyle), and demography (aging of the workforce). Data from the 1985 ""National Survey of Worksite …
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A pilot study of a weight loss competition in the worksite
… competition was conducted in an industrial worksite in Big Island, Virginia in the spring of 1993. Educational interventions were based on theories of self-efficacy and social support. Sixteen employees volunteered for the weight loss competition; fifteen completed the program. A single case …
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The development and evaluation of a wellness programme in an industrial worksite
This trans-disciplinary study was conducted in the paradigm of health psychology, investigating the causal relationship between physical exercise and psychological wellness. The aim-of the study is to increase awareness of the benefits of physical exercise as an adjunct to/or modality of treatment …
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A test of two educational strategies for lowering blood cholesterol at the worksite
… three experimental groups: individuals receiving worksite classes, those who received information on diet and blood cholesterol mailed to their homes, or a control group. Prior to the baseline blood cholesterol test, subjects completed and returned a pre-test questionnaire used to obtain …
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Health Attitude Changes as a Result of Participating in a Worksite Prenatial Education Program
… beliefs exist between participants attending worksite prenatal education classes and participants receiving only prenatal education self-help materials. A multiple treatment study was performed on a sample of convenience of 169 women enrolled in Fruit of the Loom's worksite prenatal education …
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Facilitators and Barriers to Physical Activity and Nutritional Adherence In A Worksite Wellness Intervention
… employee's participation in or completion of a worksite wellness intervention. The aim was to increase participation in physical activity and sound nutrition of employees and ultimately increase the overall health and fitness of employees. Traditionally, adherence to interventions in the work …
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Fostering Organizational Wellbeing: A Longitudinal Examination of Physical and Attitudinal Correlates in Worksite Health Promotion
… investigation was designed as an evaluation of a worksite health promotion program with the goal of examining its effectiveness in terms of physical and attitudinal changes over the course of a 12-month evaluation. Because of the call for counseling psychologists to examine health through an …
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Individual and Worksite Environmental Factors Associated with Habitual Beverage Consumption among Overweight and Obese Adults
… of the US population spends their day at a worksite making the worksite a viable setting for implementing environmental approaches to promote effective behavior change. At this time, it is unclear if a reduction of SSB intake would be a viable dietary weight management intervention strategy. …
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An Evaluation of State Employees' Preferences for Worksite-based Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Stress Management Programs
Worksite wellness programs (WWPs) have evolved over the last several decades as a way to positively impact employees' health, and to manage rising healthcare costs. Despite the impact that WWPs can have both clinically and financially, participation rates in many programs remain low. Some research …
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Manager characteristics and support for worksite health promotion programs that target women in small, blue-collar worksites
… blue-collar textile and light manufacturing worksites in eastern North Carolina. Ninety-eight managers completed a self-administered questionnaire that assessed levels of support for, and interest in, employee health promotion programs, perception of organization climate, and perceived …
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The use and tailoring of an evidence-based physical activity behavior change program in a unique worksite population
… the growing overweight and obesity epidemic is worksite wellness programs, a relatively recent trend in the field of health education. This study assessed the effects of an evidence-based physical activity behavior change program on mass transit employees. The evidence-based behavior change …
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Stress management and organisation development : effects of transcendental meditation on psychological, physiological, and organisational variables at the worksite
… intervention (SRI) offered to employees at one worksite where 80 were employed. 41 Volunteers (aged 21-65) participated in Transcendental Meditation (TM), and 18 (aged 19-46) in Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR). Two groups did not attend the SRI. These were 11 non-volunteers for the SRI (aged …
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The Impact of an Incentive/Competition Program on Participation and Smoking Cessation Among High Risk Smokers at the Worksite
… smoking cessation/reduction program (”M") at one worksite (N = 81), with the same program plus incentives and team competition ("I") at a second worksite (N = 68). Incentives were discontinued at six months. A third worksite (N = 36) received a traditional smoking cessation program ("T').</p> …
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Effects of a municipal government's worksite exercise program on employee absenteeism, health care costs, and variables associated with participation
A municipal government’s worksite exercise program was evaluated to determine its effect upon health care costs and employee absenteeism. Thirty-two employees who had participated for four and one-half years were compared to 32 nonparticipating employees. Results of this evaluation indicated that …
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