Understanding the Decision-Making Process for Health Promotion Programming at Small to Midsized Businesses

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 512-521

  Hughes, M Courtney ^a   Patrick, Donald L ^b   Hannon, Peggy A ^b   Harris, Jeffrey R ^b   Ghosh, Donetta L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

benefits; occupational health; prevention research; small business; workplace health promotion; workplace wellness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

COMMERCE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84855752891     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: 15526372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839909349162     Document Type: Article

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