Kk. Knight et al., AN EVALUATION OF DUKE-UNIVERSITY LIVE-FOR-LIFE HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAM ON CHANGES IN WORKER ABSENTEEISM, Journal of occupational medicine, 36(5), 1994, pp. 533-536
The effect of an employer-sponsored health promotion program on worker
absenteeism is examined over a 4-year period in a group of 4972 Duke
University hourly employees. Program participants experienced an avera
ge of 4.6 fewer absentee hours in the third year of program availabili
ty than did nonparticipants, after controlling for baseline absenteeis
m, gender, race, education, and age. These results suggest that employ
er-sponsored health promotion initiatives can have a favorable influen
ce on absenteeism.