title: Building company health promotion capacity: a unique collaboration between Cargill and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) helps protect the health and safety of all people. The workplace can be used to reach millions of workers and their families with programs, policies, and benefits that promote health. We describe a CDC-led project to build Cargill's workplace health promotion capacity and identify the importance of a company liaison in the public-private relationship.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  The project goals were to engage diverse Cargill personnel, conduct a workplace health assessment, aid in the development of a workplace health program action plan, and develop Cargill's internal capacity using knowledge and skill-building.
  
  
  METHODS
  CDC partnered with Cargill on a workplace health promotion project to build Cargill's capacity. A multicomponent assessment was conducted to determine priority employee health issues, stakeholder meetings were held to engage and educate Cargill management and employees, and technical assistance was provided regularly between CDC and Cargill.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Identifying a company liaison to work with an external assessment team is critical to building capacity for a successful workplace health project. This relationship creates an understanding of company culture and operations, facilitates access to key stakeholders and data, and provides opportunities to enhance capacity and sustainability.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Employers undertaking workplace health promotion projects should identify a senior-level person to serve as the company health leader or liaison and who can devote the time necessary to build trusting relationships with partners to ensure project success. This person is valuable in facilitating communications, data collection, logistical support, troubleshooting, and influencing employer workplace health practices.
authors.affiliation: Office of the Director, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Coordinating Center for Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341-3717, USA. jlang@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Jason E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: James C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hersey
authors.forename: Karen L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Isenberg
authors.forename: Christina M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Lynch
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Majestic
mesh_terms: D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry / Q000458:organization & administration*; D055818:Public-Private Sector Partnerships / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States