ACSM's worksite health handbook a guide to building healthy and productive companies /
This book has been updated with the latest research and has been expanded to better support the business case for worksite programs. Throughout the book you'll find practical ideas, approaches, and solutions for implementation as well as examples of best practices and successful programs that w...
| Other Authors: | Pronk, Nicolaas P., American College of Sports Medicine. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Champaign, IL :
Human Kinetics,
[2009]
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| Physical Description: |
xxi, 377 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. |
| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Summary: |
This book has been updated with the latest research and has been expanded to better support the business case for worksite programs. Throughout the book you'll find practical ideas, approaches, and solutions for implementation as well as examples of best practices and successful programs that will support your efforts in creating interventions that improve both workers' health and business performance.--[book cover] |
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| Item Description: |
Rev. ed. of: ACSM's worksite health promotion manual / American College of Sports Medicine ; [Carolyn Cox, editor]. c2003. Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-365) and index. This book has been updated with the latest research and has been expanded to better support the business case for worksite programs. Throughout the book you'll find practical ideas, approaches, and solutions for implementation as well as examples of best practices and successful programs that will support your efforts in creating interventions that improve both workers' health and business performance.--[book cover] pt. I. Setting the context. Population health management at the worksite / Nicolaas P. Pronk -- Employee health promotion : a historical perspective / R. William Whitmer -- Workplace based health and wellness services / Raymond J. Fabius -- State of the worksite health promotion industry : the 2004 national worksite health promotion survey / Laura A. Linnan -- Health promotion programming in small, medium, and large businesses / Heather M. Bowen ...[et al.] -- Employee health promotion : a legal perspective / Alison Cline Earles, LuAnn Heinen -- Heath care policy and health promotion / John M. Clymer ...[et al.] -- Case for change : from segregated to integrated employee health management / Ann L. Yaktine, Mike D. Parkinson -- pt. II. Evidence for employer sponsored health programs. Introduction to evidence on worksite health promotion / Jonathan E. Fielding, David P. Hopkins -- Assessment of health risks with feedback : results of a systematic review / Robin E. Soler ...[et al.] -- Practice and research connected : a synergistic process of translation through knowledge transfer / Nicolaas P. Pronk -- Benchmarking and best practices in worksite health promotion / Jessica Grossmeier ...[et al.] -- Health and the organization of work / David Gimeno, Benjamin C. Amick III -- Health and productivity management : an overview / Joseph A. Leutzinger -- pt. III. Assessing worker and organizational health. Practical program evaluation : ensuring findings are used for program improvement / Thomas J. Chapel, Jason E. Lang -- Assessment of health and risk : tools, specific uses, and implementation processes / Edward M. Framer, Yosuke Chikamoto -- Organizational assessment for health / Thomas Golaszewski -- Assessment tools for employee productivity / Nicolaas P. Pronk -- Calculating the economic return of health and productivity management programs / Seth Serxner, Daniel B. Gold -- Using claims analysis to support intervention planning, design, and measurement / David H. Chenowth, Jeff A. Hochberg -- pt. IV. Program design and implementation. Organizing intelligence to achieve increased consumer engagement, behavior change, and health improvement / Stephanie Pronk -- Application of behavior change theory in the worksite setting / Karen Glanz -- Keeping healthy workers healthy : creating a culture of health / Shirley Musich, Howard Schubiner, Timothy J. McDonald -- Connecting the program to core business objectives / Steven P. Noelder -- Addressing diversity and health literacy at the worksite / Antronette K. (Toni) Yancey, A. Janet Tomiyama, Nicole R. Keith -- Culture of health : creating and sustaining supportive organizational environments for health / Nicolaas P. Pronk, Calvin U. Allen -- Online communities and worksite health management / Neal S. Sofian, Daniel Newton -- Rewarding change ; principles for implementing worksite incentive programs / Jeffrey J. VanWokmer, Nicolaas P. Pronk -- eHealth for employee health and wellness : optimizing plan design and incentive management / David K. Ahern ...[et al.] -- Effective programs to promote worker health within healthy and safe worksites / Glorian Sorenson, Lisa Quintiliani -- Programs designed to improve employee health through changes in the built environment / Mireille N. M. van Poppel, Luuk H. Engbers -- Design, implementation, and evaluation of medical self care programs / Don R. Powell, Jeanette D. Karwan -- Disease management for employed populations / Dennis E. Richling -- From the basics to comprehensive programming / Mary M. Kruse -- pt. V. Case studies. Occupational athlete : injury reduction and productivity enhancement in reforestation workers / Delia B. Roberts -- Employee health at BAE systems : an employer/health plan partnership approach / N. Marcus Thygeson ...[et al.] -- Health promotion, participation, and productivity : a case study at Unilever PLC / Peter Mills, Jessica Colling -- Introducing environmental interventions at the Dow Chemical Company to reduce overweight and obesity among workers / Ron Z.. Goetzel ...[et al.] Setting the context -- The evidence for employer-sponsored health programs -- Assessing worker and organizational health -- Program design and implementation -- Case studies. |
| Physical Description: |
xxi, 377 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-365) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780736074346 0736074341 9780736085793 0736085793 |