Health improvement from a worksite health promotion private-public partnership.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the impact of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's Wellness at Work program on health risks of employees from 10 New York City organizations at 26 worksites.


METHODS
Employer sites were matched and assigned to receive either moderate or high intensity health promotion interventions. Changes from time 1 to time 3 in employees' risk status on 12 health risks were examined using chi and t tests for a cohort group (N = 930). Comparisons between moderate and high intensity groups used multivariate methods, controlling for confounders.


RESULTS
From time 1 to time 3, both moderate and high intensity sites demonstrated significant risk reductions. Nevertheless, comparisons by intervention intensity did not reveal significant differences between treatment conditions.


CONCLUSIONS
Private-public partnerships to promote employee health in the workplace have the potential to reduce health risks that are precursors to chronic disease.
Goetzel
Ron Z
RZ
Institute for Health and Productivity Studies, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA. ron.goetzel@thomsonreuters.com
Roemer
Enid Chung
EC
Short
Meghan E
ME
Pei
Xiaofei
X
Tabrizi
Maryam J
MJ
Liss-Levinson
Rivka C
RC
Samoly
Daniel K
DK
Luisi
Daria
D
Quitoni
Kristin
K
Dumanovsky
Tamara
T
Silver
Lynn D
LD
Ozminkowski
Ronald J
RJ
D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009519:New York City; D017149:Private Sector; D017150:Public Sector; D018570:Risk Assessment; D017132:Workplace