Validation of a New Metric for Assessing the Integration of Health Protection and Health Promotion in a Sample of Small-and Medium-Sized Employer Groups

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1017-1021

  Williams, Jessica A R ^a,b   Nelson, Candace C ^a,b   Caban Martinez, Alberto J ^b,c   Katz, Jeffrey N ^b,e   Wagner, Gregory R ^b,f   Pronk, Nicolaas P ^b,d   Sorensen, Glorian ^a,b   McLellan, Deborah L ^a,b  

^a HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HEALTHPARTNERS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT VALIDITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; EMPLOYER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PROPHYLAXIS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIVATE SECTOR; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKPLACE;

HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIVATE SECTOR; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84957059799     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000521     Document Type: Article

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