title: Promoting Employee Health Through an American Cancer Society Program, The CEOs Challenge, Washington State, 2013-2015.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Evidence-based practices in the workplace can increase levels of healthy eating, cancer screening, physical activity, and tobacco cessation but are underused, even in large workplaces. This report summarizes an evaluation of the first year of The CEOs Challenge, a program developed by the American Cancer Society to promote implementation and maintenance of health-promoting, evidence-based workplace practices by large companies.
  
  
  METHODS
  Use of 17 evidence-based practices by 17 companies in the Washington State Chapter of the American Cancer Society's CEOs Against Cancer network was assessed via survey and scored from 0 to 100. Companies received a written report of their baseline performance, followed by at least quarterly consultations with American Cancer Society staff members trained to assist in implementation of these practices. Follow-up performance was measured at 1 year.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At baseline, implementation scores were 54.8 for cancer screening, 46.5 for healthy eating, 59.8 for physical activity, and 68.2 for tobacco cessation. At follow-up, scores increased by 19.6 for cancer screening, 19.4 for healthy eating, 16.0 for physical activity, and 9.4 points for tobacco cessation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The CEOs Challenge is a promising approach to chronic disease prevention via the workplace. It brings together one of the nation's largest health-promoting voluntary agencies with the nation's largest employers to promote evidence-based practices targeted at the most common causes of disease and death. The program increased the adoption of these practices and was well-accepted.
authors.affiliation: Health Promotion Research Center, 1107 NE 45th St, Suite 200; Seattle, WA 98105. Email: jh7@uw.edu.
authors.forename: Jeffrey R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.affiliation: Health Promotion Research Center, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: Amanda T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Parrish
authors.affiliation: Health Promotion Research Center, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: Marlana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kohn
authors.affiliation: Health Promotion Research Center, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: Kristen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hammerback
authors.affiliation: American Cancer Society Great West Division, Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: Becca
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: McMillan
authors.affiliation: Health Promotion Research Center, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: Peggy A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Hannon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000570:American Cancer Society; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004032:Diet; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016272:Occupational Health; D015397:Program Evaluation; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D014861:Washington; D017132:Workplace