title: Mobile Work Site Health Promotion Programs can reduce selected employee health risks.
abstract: This study examined the effect of participation in a mobile work site health promotion program (MWHPP) on selected health risks. Measures of blood pressure, cholesterol total and total/high-density lipoprotein ratio, percent body fat, and submaximal fitness were taken at baseline, 6-, 12-, and 18-month intervals from 113 employed adults. Significant reductions (P < or = .01) were observed in all variables measured. Further analysis of the number of employees who went from high risk to low risk demonstrated a significantly reduced risk of hypercholesterolemia, cholesterol total/high-density lipoprotein ration, and obesity (average significant chi 2 = 9.3, P < or = .05). It was concluded that participation in MWHPPs can significantly reduce several major cardiovascular risk factors. MWHPPs are relatively inexpensive compared with in-house health promotion programs and are one of the most cost-effective methods of reducing employee health risk.
authors.affiliation: Oklahoma State University, School of HPEL, Stillwater 74078-0616.
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Aldana
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Jacobson
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Kelley
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000517:prevention & control; D006973:Hypertension / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D008952:Mobile Health Units; D009098:Multiphasic Screening; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010809:Physical Fitness; D012307:Risk Factors; D015206:Southwestern United States