The association of technology in a workplace wellness program with health risk factor reduction

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 259-264

  Loeppke, Ron ^a   Edington, Dee ^b   Bender, Joel ^a   Reynolds, Ashley ^a  

^a US Preventive Medicine Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; DRUG USE; EMPLOYER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LIFESTYLE; LIPID DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; RISK REDUCTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SMOKING; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SELF EFFICACY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875211387     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182898639     Document Type: Article

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