Health Promotion in the Workplace: A Prescription for Good Health

Encourages health promotion in the workplace, asserting that the growing awareness of the effectiveness of preventive activities in reducing health care costs presents a challenge to psychologists and other mental health professionals because changes in attitudes and behaviors are at the core of pre...

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Published in:The American psychologist 1985-02, Vol.40 (2), p.213-216
Main Author: Cohen, William S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Employee Assistance Programs
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Government Policy Making
Health Care Services
Health Promotion - trends
Human
Humans
Mental Disorders - prevention & control
Occupational Diseases - prevention & control
Occupational Health Services - trends
Occupational psychology
Organization and management. Professional relation
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
United States
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Summary:Encourages health promotion in the workplace, asserting that the growing awareness of the effectiveness of preventive activities in reducing health care costs presents a challenge to psychologists and other mental health professionals because changes in attitudes and behaviors are at the core of preventive efforts. The present author describes his introduction in 1983 of the Preventive Health Care Incentive Act to provide a tax credit for employers who provide preventive health programs to their employees. Examples of health-promotion programs for the workplace are offered, and advantages of such programs are considered. (3 ref) (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
ISSN:0003-066X
1935-990X
DOI:10.1037/0003-066X.40.2.213