Child health: a legitimate business concern.
This article reviews evidence substantiating the relationship between child health and business outcomes and evaluates literature regarding organizational interventions that benefit child health and reduce associated costs. The review focuses on 4 family-friendly initiatives, including prenatal programs, lactation programs, sick child care, and flexible working arrangements, and considers 4 business outcomes, specifically health care costs, face time, productive time, and employer attractiveness. Limitations of previous research are discussed, and preventive and reactive models of the relationship between child health and business outcomes are developed as guides for future research.
Major
Debra A
DA
Department of Psychology.
Cardenas
Rebekah A
RA
Department of Psychology.
Allard
Carolyn B
CB
Department of Psychology.
D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services; D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003132:Commerce; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000639:trends*; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007774:Lactation; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D011295:Prenatal Care