Using the CDC Worksite Health ScoreCard to Promote Organizational Change

2021 ◽  
pp. 089011712110129
Author(s):  
Richard Scott Safeer ◽  
Meg Mia Lucik ◽  
Katherine Claire Christel
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
District Of Columbia ◽  
Strategic Objectives ◽  
Strategic Objective ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Private Employer ◽  
Large Employer ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Worksite Health ◽  
The Impact

Purpose: To measure the impact of tying adoption of evidence-based worksite health promotion (WHP) interventions to annual organizational strategic objectives, as measured by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Worksite Health ScoreCard (ScoreCard). Design: A prospective cohort study following Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM) affiliates against industry-specific and large employer benchmarks from 2016-2020. Settings: JHM, the largest private employer in Maryland with facilities in Florida and the District of Columbia. Subjects: Twelve JHM affiliates representing over 40,000 employees. Intervention: A strategic objective was established annually based on the ScoreCard and organizational priorities. Measures: JHM affiliates measured their WHP efforts annually using the ScoreCard. CDC industry-specific and large employer benchmarks were collected for comparison. Analysis: ScoreCard data was assessed annually to measure deviations from CDC benchmarks, determine whether strategic objectives were met, and inform additional annual objectives. Results: JHM demonstrated improvement from 8.9 percentage points above industry-specific and 3.4 percentage points below large employer benchmarks in 2016, to 26.4 percentage points above industry-specific and 21.8 percentage points above large employer benchmarks in 2020. Conclusion: Large employers face unique challenges in implementing WHP programs. Our study suggests embedding health promotion in annual strategic objectives may alleviate these challenges by prioritizing the goal and ensuring adequate resources to be successful. There are however, some limitations on using benchmarking data for comparison.

scholarly journals Mask-wearing increased after a government recommendation: A natural experiment in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew H. Goldberg ◽  
Abel Gustafson ◽  
Edward Maibach ◽  
Matthew Thomas Ballew ◽  
Parrish Bergquist ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protective Behaviors ◽  
Buying Behavior ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Health Crisis ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The U.S

On April 3 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended that all Americans wear face masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The announcement came during the fielding of a large, nationally-representative survey (N = 3,933) of Americans’ COVID-19-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors, providing an opportunity to measure the impact of the CDC’s recommendation on public reported mask wearing and buying behavior. The study found significant increases in reported mask wearing (+12 percentage points) and mask buying (+7 points). These findings indicate the speed with which government recommendations can affect the adoption of protective behaviors by the public. The results demonstrate the importance of national leadership and communication during a public health crisis.

Kentucky worksite health promotion 2014 survey results

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 398-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia M. Watkins ◽  
Gretchen Macy ◽  
Grace Lartey ◽  
Vijay Golla
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Worksite Health Promotion ◽  
Potential Threat ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Statewide Assessment ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Worksite Health ◽  
Comprehensive Programs

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to conduct a statewide assessment of worksite health promotion (WHP) programs to identify the number of comprehensive programs and the health needs of worksites in Kentucky. Design/methodology/approach A random sample of 1,200 worksites in Kentucky was selected to receive the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Worksite Health ScoreCard to collect cross-sectional information on their health promotion practices. Findings Few worksites in Kentucky have WHP programs and even fewer have comprehensive programs. More businesses rely on health insurance to treat chronic diseases than WHP programs to reduce chronic diseases. Small companies were less likely than larger companies to have WHP programs and less likely to have intentions of starting a program. Research limitations/implications The response rate of 37 percent was a potential threat to external validity. Respondents had to recall activities conducted during the past 12 months, which could have led to recall bias. Response bias was a potential, as many of the respondents were human resources personnel who may not be as familiar with WHP programs in their worksites. Lastly, four sections of the survey had yet to be validated. Practical implications WHP programs, if accessible and comprehensive, have the potential to improve the working population’s health status. Originality/value Very little information on the availability and effectiveness of health promotion programs at worksites is available. A statewide assessment on WHP programs has never been conducted in Kentucky.

scholarly journals Estimates of cases and hospitalizations averted by COVID-19 case investigation and contact tracing in 14 health jurisdictions in the United States

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seonghye Jeon ◽  
Gabriel Rainisch ◽  
Ryan Lash ◽  
Patrick K Moonan ◽  
John E Oeltmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Contact Tracing ◽  
Case Investigation ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Trained Staff ◽  
Nonpharmaceutical Interventions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Overall Effectiveness ◽  
Do So

Context: The implementation of case investigation and contact tracing (CICT) for controlling COVID-19 (caused by SARS-Cov-2 virus) has proven challenging due to varying levels of public acceptance and initially constrained resources, especially enough trained staff. Evaluating the impacts of CICT will aid efforts to improve such programs. Objectives: Estimate the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations averted by CICT and identify CICT processes that could improve overall effectiveness. Design: We used data on proportion of cases interviewed, contacts notified or monitored, and days from testing to contact notification from 14 jurisdictions to model the impact of CICT on cumulative cases counts and hospitalizations over a 60-day period. Using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s COVIDTracer tool, we estimated a range of impacts by assuming either contacts would quarantine only if monitored or would do so upon notification of potential exposure. We also varied the observed program metrics to assess their relative influence. Results: Performance by jurisdictions varied widely. Jurisdictions isolated between 12 and 86% of cases (including contacts which became cases) within 6 to 10 days after exposure-and-infection. We estimated that CICT-related reductions in transmission ranged from 0.4% to 32%. For every 100 cases prevented by nonpharmaceutical interventions, CICT averted between 4 and 97 additional cases. Reducing time to case isolation by one day increased averted case estimates by up to 15 percentage points. Increasing the proportion of cases interviewed or contacts notified by 20 percentage points each resulted in at most 3 or 6 percentage point improvements in averted cases. Conclusions: We estimated that case investigation and contact tracing reduced the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations among all jurisdictions studied. Reducing time to isolation produced the greatest improvements in impact of CICT.

Worksite health promotion research & practice: Improving worker vitality, symptom self-management, and work engagement

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecile R. Boot ◽  
William S. Shaw ◽  
William S. Shaw ◽  
Jennifer Coffeng ◽  
Jantien Van Berkel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Worksite Health Promotion ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Research Practice ◽  
Worksite Health

Development of a Toolkit for Integrating Occupational Health and Safety and Worksite Health Promotion

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Bizarro ◽  
Megan Dove-Steinkamp ◽  
Nicole Johnson ◽  
Scott Ryan ◽  
Michelle Robertson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Worksite Health Promotion ◽  
Worksite Health
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