Do workplace health promotion (wellness) programs work?

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 927-934

  Goetzel, Ron Z ^a,b   Henke, Rachel Mosher ^b   Tabrizi, Maryam ^b   Pelletier, Kenneth R ^c   Loeppke, Ron ^d   Ballard, David W ^e   Grossmeier, Jessica ^f   Anderson, David R ^f   Yach, Derek ^g   Kelly, Rebecca K ^h   McCalister, Tre ⁱ   Serxner, Seth ^j   Selecky, Christobel ^k   Shallenberger, Leba G ^l   Fries, James F ^m   Baase, Catherine ⁿ   Isaac, Fikry ^o   Crighton, K Andrew ^p   Wald, Peter ^q   Exum, Ellen ^r   Shurney, Dexter ^s   Metz, R Douglas ^t   more..

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b IBM WATSON HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d US Preventive Medicine   (United States)

^e AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^f StayWell Health Management   (United States)

^g Vitality Institute   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

ⁱ Mercer   (United States)

^j OPTUM   (United States)

^k Population Health Alliance   (United States)

^l EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^m STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^o JOHNSON AND JOHNSON   (United States)

^p PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL   (United States)

^q USAA   (United States)

^r IBM   (United States)

^s CUMMINS INC   (United States)

^t American Specialty Health   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; ORGANIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PRODUCTIVITY; WELLBEING; WORKPLACE; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STANDARDS;

GOALS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84925877033     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000276     Document Type: Article

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