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) |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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- Medicine(all)
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Making the workplace a more effective site for prevention of noncommunicable diseases in adults. / Tryon, Katherine; Bolnick, Howard; Pomeranz, Jennifer L.; Pronk, Nicolaas; Yach, Derek.
In: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Vol. 56, No. 11, 08.11.2014, p. 1137-1144.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Making the workplace a more effective site for prevention of noncommunicable diseases in adults
AU - Tryon, Katherine
AU - Bolnick, Howard
AU - Pomeranz, Jennifer L.
AU - Pronk, Nicolaas
AU - Yach, Derek
PY - 2014/11/8
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N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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