An article in the August 2008 issue of the American Journal of Public Health suggests one of the government's Healthy People 2010 goals -- to have 75 percent of worksites offering a comprehensive ...

Employers can and should play an important role in improving the health and well-being of millions of American workers by adopting evidence-based health promotion programs and policies. In the U.S., ...

In the U.S., over 150 million adults go to work daily and spend the majority of their waking hours engaged in some form of employment. Prior to the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the ...

Participants in 'Walk Across Campus,' a program of BC's HEALTHY YOU initiative for faculty and staff. (Lee Pellegrini) Boston College has been named a WorkWell Massachusetts Silver Level winner for ...

To meet their goal of lowering health care costs, worksite health promotion programs must be well implemented and have strong management support, reports the December Journal of Occupational and ...

Using a novel approach, we provide a preliminary “snapshot” of how the comprehensiveness of workplace cardiovascular health initiatives is related to measures of employees’ health risks, disease ...

A health promotion program—sometimes known as a wellness program—is a type of employee benefit that encompasses the various efforts companies make to promote and maintain their employees’ health.

Feb. 28, 2011 | Pittsburgh, Pa. - A Highmark Inc. study published in the March/April edition of the American Journal of Health Promotion found that health care costs rose at a 15 percent slower rate ...

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Vol. 56, No. 6 (June 2014), pp. 639-644 (6 pages) Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of a worksite wellness program in decreasing health risk ...

May is National Employee Health and Fitness Month. The goal of National Employee Health and Fitness Month is to promote the benefits of a healthy lifestyle to employers and their employees through ...

A newly formed employer-led organization will help public and private organizations maximize their return on investment in onsite clinics, pharmacies and fitness and wellness centers. Processing ...