Is the workplace wellness program doing good?: ethical considerations around health promotion at workplace
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Do workplace health promotion (wellness) programs work?
OBJECTIVE To respond to the question, "Do workplace health promotion programs work?" METHODS A compilation of the evidence on workplace programs' effectiveness coupled with recommendations for critical review of outcome studies. Also, reviewed are recent studies questioning the value of workplace programs. RESULTS Evidence accumulated over the past three decades shows that well-designed and...
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1National Research Centre for the Working Environment, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark 2Physical Activity and Human Performance group, SMI, Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark 3National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, Netherlands 4VU University Medical Center, 1081 BT Amsterdam, Netherlands 5University o...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Environmental and Occupational Health Practice
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2434-4931
DOI: 10.1539/eohp.2020-0016-ra