A Public Health Leadership Opportunity: Implementation of Worksite Wellness Programs to Maximize Return on Investment in Small Businesses
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- October 26, 2023
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Rice, Allison Walker
- Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Public Health Leadership Program
- Abstract
- The impact of wellness initiatives in American workplaces is multi-dimensional. This paper details the impact workplace health promotion programs have on the overall health of employees of large and small businesses and how these programs affect companies’ return on wellness program investments (ROI). Selected effects of the wellness provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in relation to small businesses are highlighted, and best practices are discussed with an emphasis on the three core functions of public health -- assessment, policy development, and assurance. In addition to the core public health functions, active leadership best practices play a key role within small businesses to best leverage wellness program development, implementation, and dissemination in order to increase sustainable behavior changes among employees and, ultimately, increase ROI.
- Date of publication
- December 2012
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- Track: Leadership
- Paper type: Program Plan/Evaluation
- Advisor
- Evarts, Lori
- Reviewer
- Hodges, Elina Urli
- Degree
- Master of Public Health
- Degree granting institution
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Graduation year
- 2012
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- 564d1737-ca9b-4211-9c3e-c1926665c3df
- Date uploaded
- March 17, 2015
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