title: Investigating Employee-Reported Benefits of Participation in a Comprehensive Australian Workplace Health Promotion Program.
abstract: To investigate employee-reported benefits of participation, employee organizational commitment, and health-related behaviors and body mass index (BMI) following implementation of a comprehensive workplace health promotion (WHP) program.
  
  
  
  State government employees from Tasmania, Australia, completed surveys in 2010 (n = 3408) and 2013 (n = 3228). Repeated cross-sectional data were collected on sociodemographic, health, and work characteristics. Participation in WHP activities, employee-reported organizational commitment, and benefits of participation were collected in 2013.
  
  
  
  Respondents who participated in multiple activities were more likely to agree that participation had motivated them, or helped them to address a range of health and work factors (trends: P < 0.05). There were significant associations between participation and employee organizational commitment. No differences were observed in health-related behaviors and BMI between 2010 and 2013.
  
  
  
  Healthy@Work (pH@W) was either ineffective, or insufficient time had elapsed to detect a population-level change in employee lifestyle factors.
authors.affiliation: Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania (Dr Kilpatrick, Dr Blizzard, Dr Sanderson, Dr Nelson, Mr Chappell, and Dr Venn); and Department of Premier and Cabinet, Tasmanian State Government (Mr Teale), Australia.
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kilpatrick
authors.forename: Leigh
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Blizzard
authors.forename: Kristy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sanderson
authors.forename: Brook
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Teale
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chappell
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Venn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016272:Occupational Health; D013648:Tasmania; D017132:Workplace