Sg. Aldana et al., MOBILE WORK-SITE HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAMS CAN REDUCE SELECTED EMPLOYEE HEALTH RISKS, Journal of occupational medicine, 35(9), 1993, pp. 922-928
This study examined the effect of participation in a mobile work site
health promotion program (MWHPP) on selected health risks. Measures of
blood pressure, cholesterol total and total/high-density lipoprotein
ratio, percent body fat, and submaximal fitness were taken at baseline
, 6-, 12-, and 18-month intervals from 113 employed adults. Significan
t reductions (P less-than-or-equal-to .01) were observed in all variab
les measured. Further analysis of the number of employees who went fro
m high risk to low risk demonstrated a significantly reduced risk of h
ypercholesterolemia, cholesterol total/high-density lipoprotein ration
, and obesity (average significant chi2 = 9.3, P less-than-or-equal-to
.05). It was concluded that participation in MWHPPs can significantly
reduce several major cardiovascular risk factors. MWHPPs are relative
ly inexpensive compared with in-house health promotion programs and ar
e one of the most cost-effective methods of reducing employee health r
isk.