National Workplace Health Promotion Surveys: The Affordable Care Act and Future Surveys

This commentary reviews findings from the four previous national surveys of workplace health promotion activities (1985, 1992, 1999, and 2004, respectively) and offers recommendations for future surveys mandated under the Affordable Care Act of 2010. Future surveys should place greater emphasis on a...

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Published in:American journal of health promotion 2014-01, Vol.28 (3), p.142-145
Main Authors: DeJoy, David M., Dyal, Mari-Amanda, Padilla, Heather M., Wilson, Mark G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Employees
Forecasting
Health Care Surveys - trends
Health policy
Health promotion
Health Promotion - methods
Health Promotion - organization & administration
Health Promotion - statistics & numerical data
Health surveys
Health technology assessment
Humans
Legislation
National surveys
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - organization & administration
Private sector
Program Evaluation
Sampling
Surveys
United States
Work site programmes
Workplace - statistics & numerical data
Workplaces
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Summary:This commentary reviews findings from the four previous national surveys of workplace health promotion activities (1985, 1992, 1999, and 2004, respectively) and offers recommendations for future surveys mandated under the Affordable Care Act of 2010. Future surveys should place greater emphasis on assessing program quality, reach, and effectiveness. Both employer and employee input should be sought. In addition, sampling plans should differentiate worksites from employers, and results should include public as well as private sector organizations. Ideas are offered for addressing these limitations and for creating a sustainable survey process and multifunctional database of results.
ISSN:0890-1171
2168-6602
DOI:10.4278/ajhp.121212-CIT-602