Development of assessment tools to measure organizational support for employee health.
OBJECTIVE
To develop systems that measure and effect organizational support for employee health.


METHODS
Multiple studies and developmental projects were reviewed that show the process of instrument development, metric quality testing, utilization within intervention studies, and prediction modeling efforts.


RESULTS
Demographic patterns indicate high support levels and relationships of subsections to various employee health risks. Successes with the initial version have given rise to 2 additional evaluation tools.


CONCLUSIONS
The availability of these systems illustrates how ecological models can be practically applied. Such efforts contribute to the paradigm shift in worksite health promotion that focuses on the organization as the target of intervention.
Golaszewski
Thomas
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Department of Health Science, SUNY Brockport, Brockport, NY 14220, USA. tgolasze@brockport.edu
Barr
Donald
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Pronk
Nico
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D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D015444:Exercise; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008429:Maternal Welfare; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014481:United States; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control
D001786:Blood Glucose; D002784:Cholesterol