Validation of a New Metric for Assessing the Integration of Health Protection and Health Promotion in a Sample of Small- and Medium-Sized Employer Groups.
OBJECTIVE
To conduct validation analyses for a new measure of the integration of worksite health protection and health promotion approaches developed in earlier research.


METHODS
A survey of small- to medium-sized employers located in the United States was conducted between October 2013 and March 2014 (n = 111). Cronbach α coefficient was used to assess reliability, and Pearson correlation coefficients were used to assess convergent validity.


RESULTS
The integration score was positively associated with the measures of occupational safety and health and health promotion activities/policies-supporting its convergent validity (Pearson correlation coefficients of 0.32 to 0.47). Cronbach α coefficient was 0.94, indicating excellent reliability.


CONCLUSIONS
The integration score seems to be a promising tool for assessing integration of health promotion and health protection. Further work is needed to test its dimensionality and validate its use in other samples.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Drs Williams, Nelson, Sorensen, and McLellen); Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (Drs Williams, Nelson, Cabán-Martinez, Katz, Wagner, Pronk, Sorensen, and McLellan), Boston, Mass; University of Miami Medical School (Dr Cabán-Martinez), Fla; HealthPartners, Inc (Dr Pronk), Minneapolis, Minn; Brigham and Women's Hospital (Dr Katz), Boston, Mass; and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (Dr. Wagner), Washington, DC.
Jessica A R
JA
Williams
Candace C
CC
Nelson
Alberto J
AJ
Cabán-Martinez
Jeffrey N
JN
Katz
Gregory R
GR
Wagner
Nicolaas P
NP
Pronk
Glorian
G
Sorensen
Deborah L
DL
McLellan
D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D016272:Occupational Health; D017149:Private Sector; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D018511:Systems Integration; D014481:United States; D017132:Workplace