Worksite health promotion: The value of the tune Up your heart program

Population Health Management

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 297-304

  Chung, Martin ^a,b   Melnyk, Peter ^c   Blue, Donald ^a   Renaud, Donald ^d   Breton, Marie Claude ^b  

^a Aon Consulting   (Canada)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

^d SOLUTIONS in Health Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRESCRIPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATISFACTION; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WELLBEING; WORK DISABILITY;

CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; WORKPLACE;

EID: 73949118445     PISSN: 19427891     EISSN: 19427905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pop.2008.0044     Document Type: Article

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