title: Health improvement from a worksite health promotion private-public partnership.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Health and Productivity Studies, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA. ron.goetzel@thomsonreuters.com
authors.forename: Ron Z
authors.initials: RZ
authors.lastname: Goetzel
authors.forename: Enid Chung
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Roemer
authors.forename: Meghan E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Short
authors.forename: Xiaofei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Pei
authors.forename: Maryam J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Tabrizi
authors.forename: Rivka C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Liss-Levinson
authors.forename: Daniel K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Samoly
authors.forename: Daria
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Luisi
authors.forename: Kristin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Quitoni
authors.forename: Tamara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dumanovsky
authors.forename: Lynn D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Silver
authors.forename: Ronald J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Ozminkowski
mesh_terms: 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