Abstract
Objective: Efforts to realize the potential of disease prevention in the United States have fallen behind those of peer countries, and workplace disease prevention is a major gap. This article investigates the reasons for this gap.
Methods: Literature review and expert discussions.
Results: Obstacles to effective use of workplace disease prevention include limited leadership and advocacy, poor alignment of financial incentives, limitations in research quality and investment, regulation that does not support evidence-based practice, and a dearth of community-employer partnerships.
Conclusions: We make recommendations to address these obstacles, such as the inclusion of health metrics in corporate reporting, making the workplace a central component of the strategy to combat the effect of noncommunicable diseases, and linking prevention directly benefit businesses' bottom lines.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1137-1144 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
Volume | 56 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 8 2014 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health