Results of employee involvement in planning and implementing the Treatwell5-a-Day work-site study

When work-site health promotion programs incorporate theories of community organization, it is likely that employee ownership and participation are en hanced. This article reports quantitative indicators of involvement of Empl oyee Advisory Board(EAB)members in the Treatwell 5-a-Day work-site study an d examines relationships between EAB member time spent on project activitie s and work-site size, with indicators of the extent of implementation and v ariables associated with behavior change and work-site support. The results reported here indicate that a greater number of EAB member hours spent on program activities was associated with a greater number of events implement ed. Smaller work-site size was associated with greater employee awareness o f the program and greater participation in project activities as reported o n the employee survey. These results suggest that the number of hours emplo yee representatives devote to project activities might be an important cons ideration in planning employee involvement in work-site health promotion pr ogramming.