Motivating Factors for Small and Midsized Businesses to Implement Worksite Health Promotion

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 876-884

  Witt, Laurel B ^a   Olsen, Delane ^b   Ablah, Elizabeth ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

Author keywords

business partnerships; health promotion; partnerships coalitions; worksite safety and health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS; COST; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTNERSHIPS/COALITIONS; WORKPLACE; WORKSITE SAFETY AND HEALTH;

BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; PARTNERSHIPS/COALITIONS; WORKSITE SAFETY AND HEALTH;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84886055071     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: 15526372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839912472504     Document Type: Article

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