Workplace Health Promotion Programs: Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation - Softcover

Fertman, Carl I.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118669428 ISBN 13: 9781118669426

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2015

Synopsis

Shine a spotlight on the benefits of promoting health in the workplace

Workplace Health Promotion Programs focuses on the incredible value that employee health programs can offer by exploring six key topics: behavioral health, physical health, healthy environments, health education, nutritional health, and physical activity. This in-depth resource explicitly establishes what successful workplace health promotion programs, services, and collaborations are, and then builds upon this foundational understanding by introducing methods and tools for promoting employee health and safety, while emphasizing the skills students need to do so. Through this resource, students will come to understand how to recognize employee health and safety opportunities, and how to think on a larger scale when it comes to workplace health initiatives in small, midsized, and larger employers that are comprehensive and fiscally sound.

Workplace health promotion programs have the potential to both improve the health of the population as a whole and control healthcare spending in the process. Health problems are estimated to cost employers in the United States over $200 billion per year through medical costs, absenteeism, disability, and overall reduced productivity. Improving well-being through effective workplace health promotion programs can reduce this cost―and create healthier, happier workforces.

• Discover the design, implementation, and evaluation of workplace health promotion programs that address the range of employee health needs and concerns
• Understand how evidence-based programs can positively impact business and reduce health care cost
• Explore the larger scale implications of successful workplace health programs, including health policies, health insurance design, worker safety, employee behavior, etc.
• Learn how together employers and employees work to create a culture of health and well-being to support and promote employee health and safety
• Review the ways in which successful workplace health promotion programs can prove financially beneficial

Workplace Health Promotion Programs is a resource that guides students and professionals alike in the discovery, development, and execution of successful employee health initiatives.

About this title

About the Author

CARL I. FERTMAN, PHD, MBA, MCHES, is associate professor in health and physical activity at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Fertman works extensively in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of workplace health promotion programs that include large, midsized, and small businesses, hospitals, schools, community organizations, government offices, and sole proprietorships. He is the co-editor of the SOPHE textbook published by Wiley/Jossey-Bass, Health Promotion Programs: From Theory to Practice.

From the Back Cover

THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO THE DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION, AND EVALUATION OF WORKPLACE HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAMS

Workplace Health Promotion Programs outlines the attributes of successful workplace health promotion programs, services, and collaborations. This essential text introduces methods and tools for promoting employee health and safety, while emphasizing the skills students and professionals need to do so. With this resource, students and professionals will learn how to recognize employee health and safety opportunities, and how to think on a larger scale ensuring that workplace health initiatives in organizations of all sizes are comprehensive and fiscally sound.

Workplace Health Promotion Programs includes:

• Approaches to design, implementation, and evaluation of workplace health promotion programs that address the range of employee health needs and concerns
• Information on how evidence-based programs can positively impact businesses and reduce health care costs
• Large-scale implications of successful workplace health programs, including health policies, health insurance design, worker safety, and employee behavior
• Ideas for how employers and employees can work together to create a culture of health and well-being to support and promote employee health and safety
• The impact of the Affordable Care Act on workplace health promotion program success

Workplace Health Promotion Programs guides students and professionals in the discovery, development, and execution of successful employee health initiatives.

From the Inside Flap

THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO THE DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION, AND EVALUATION OF WORKPLACE HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAMS

Workplace Health Promotion Programs outlines the attributes of successful workplace health promotion programs, services, and collaborations. This essential text introduces methods and tools for promoting employee health and safety, while emphasizing the skills students and professionals need to do so. With this resource, students and professionals will learn how to recognize employee health and safety opportunities, and how to think on a larger scale—ensuring that workplace health initiatives in organizations of all sizes are comprehensive and fiscally sound.

Workplace Health Promotion Programs includes:

• Approaches to design, implementation, and evaluation of workplace health promotion programs that address the range of employee health needs and concerns
• Information on how evidence-based programs can positively impact businesses and reduce health care costs
• Large-scale implications of successful workplace health programs, including health policies, health insurance design, worker safety, and employee behavior
• Ideas for how employers and employees can work together to create a culture of health and well-being to support and promote employee health and safety
• The impact of the Affordable Care Act on workplace health promotion program success

Workplace Health Promotion Programs guides students and professionals in the discovery, development, and execution of successful employee health initiatives.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118669428
• ISBN 13: 9781118669426
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 512