PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a management training seminar, developed through a partnership among a college, a managed care company, and a state public health department, to increase the level of organizational support for employee heart health in selected companies. DESIGN: Quasiexperimental. SETTING: Worksites, including heavy and light industries, school districts, insurance companies, county health agencies, and health care centers. SUBJECTS: Twenty western New York companies matched on size, industry type, and interest in worksite health promotion. INTERVENTION: Seven training seminars held at a college for 1 year and directed primarily at human resource managers. Training was supplemented by the availability of student interns, faculty consulting, a vendors' fair, and various program planning aids. MEASURES: Groups were assessed using HeartCheck, a measure of organizational support for employee heart health. RESULTS: A fourfold difference in change for HeartCheck was observed by the experimental vs. comparison groups (p < .01), along with significantly greater increases on five of the instrument's six subscales (p < .05). The level of HeartCheck reached in the experimental group matched those seen in highly acclaimed commercially sponsored programs. CONCLUSION: This study represents one of the first attempts to intervene at the organizational level within a worksite health promotion initiative. Positive results were observed that appear to be both meaningful and cost-effective.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a management training seminar, developed through a partnership among a college, a managed care company, and a state public health department, to increase the level of organizational support for employee heart health in selected companies. DESIGN: Quasiexperimental. SETTING: Worksites, including heavy and light industries, school districts, insurance companies, county health agencies, and health care centers. SUBJECTS: Twenty western New York companies matched on size, industry type, and interest in worksite health promotion. INTERVENTION: Seven training seminars held at a college for 1 year and directed primarily at human resource managers. Training was supplemented by the availability of student interns, faculty consulting, a vendors' fair, and various program planning aids. MEASURES: Groups were assessed using HeartCheck, a measure of organizational support for employee heart health. RESULTS: A fourfold difference in change for HeartCheck was observed by the experimental vs. comparison groups (p < .01), along with significantly greater increases on five of the instrument's six subscales (p < .05). The level of HeartCheck reached in the experimental group matched those seen in highly acclaimed commercially sponsored programs. CONCLUSION: This study represents one of the first attempts to intervene at the organizational level within a worksite health promotion initiative. Positive results were observed that appear to be both meaningful and cost-effective.
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