Associations between the worksite environment and perceived health culture.

Purpose: Recognition regarding the importance of health culture in the worksite health promotion literature is growing; however, little empirical evidence exists to guide programmatic or research efforts. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between the health supporting structural features of the workplace and perceived health culture.

Design: Cross-sectional.

Working together to create supportive environments in worksite health promotion.

A conccptual model for addressing the creation of supportive environments for worksite health promotion settings is presented. The authors also discuss the variety of organizational and cultural interventions that are necessary in creating a supportive environment for healthy behavior using a social ecology perspective. The connection to next generation strategies in worksite health promotion is proposed and summaries of the relevant literatures are cited.

Heart check lite: modifications to an established worksite heart health assessment.

Purpose: Develop and test a reduced-item version of an established tool to measure employer supports for cardiovascular health.

Method: A random set of 1000 worksites throughout New York State was surveyed in 1999 with Heart Check, a 226-item assessment of employer supports for cardiovascular health. Correlation, Guttman, factor, and ordinary least squares (OLS) regression analyses were used to identify reduced-item versions.

Development of assessment tools to measure organizational support for employee health.

Objective: To develop systems that measure and effect organizational support for employee health.

Methods: Multiple studies and developmental projects were reviewed that show the process of instrument development, metric quality testing, utilization within intervention studies, and prediction modeling efforts.

Results: Demographic patterns indicate high support levels and relationships of subsections to various employee health risks.