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Entringer, Aaron C.; Brannon, Laura A.; Whitaker, Whitney K. – Health Education Research, 2021
Excessive and unsafe sun exposure represents a concerning hazard to the health of individuals. Of particular interest are those who are most susceptible to sun exposure, such as outdoor workers. The current study used a 3 × 2 between-subjects design to investigate the effectiveness of messages that varied the extent of personalization (i.e.…
Descriptors: Employees, Work Environment, Occupational Safety and Health, Safety Education
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Ablah, Elizabeth; Umansky, Emily; Wilcox, Elizabeth A.; Usher, Jeff; Church, Jennifer; Barnes, Virginia – Health Education Research, 2019
Recruiting for wellness initiatives is challenging. WorkWell KS, a statewide worksite wellness initiative, offers unique worksite recruitment strategies that may serve as lessons. From 2012 to 2018, WorkWell KS utilized champions, well-connected local leaders, to recruit worksites. A total of 784 worksites were recruited for at least one WorkWell…
Descriptors: Recruitment, Wellness, Occupational Safety and Health, Employees
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van Dongen, J. M.; Coffeng, J. K.; van Wier, M. F.; Boot, C. R. L.; Hendriksen, I. J. M.; van Mechelen, W.; Bongers, P. M.; van der Beek, A. J.; Bosmans, J. E.; van Tulder, M. W. – Health Education Research, 2017
This study explored the cost-effectiveness and return-on-investment of a combined social and physical environmental worksite health promotion program compared with usual practice, and of both intervention conditions separately. Participants were randomized to the combined intervention (n = 92), social environmental intervention (n = 118), physical…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Intervention, Physical Environment, Employees
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De Cocker, Katrien A.; De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse M.; Cardon, Greet M. – Health Education Research, 2010
Pedometer use and step count goals have become popular in physical activity (PA) interventions in different settings. Previous pedometer-based workplace interventions were short term, uncontrolled and executed outside Europe. This European quasi-experimental study evaluated the effects of a 20-week pedometer-based PA workplace intervention.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intervention, Physical Activities, Health Promotion
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Irvine, A. Blair; Ary, Dennis V.; Grove, Dean A.; Gilfillan-Morton, Lynn – Health Education Research, 2004
An interactive multimedia program to encourage individuals to decrease their dietary fat consumption and to increase consumption of fruits and vegetables was developed and evaluated at two worksites. The program presented content tailored to the user by gender, content interests, race, and age group. It was tested using a randomized treatment and…
Descriptors: Health Education, Health Promotion, Multimedia Instruction, Self Efficacy