Open AccessWork-site cardiovascular risk reduction: a randomized trial of health risk assessment, education, counseling, and incentives.
Author(s) -
M Gomel,
Brian Oldenburg,
Judy M. Simpson,
Neville Owen
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.83.9.1231
Subject(s) - incentive , medicine , environmental health , randomized controlled trial , risk assessment , economics , management , microeconomics
This study reports an efficacy trial of four work-site health promotion programs. It was predicted that strategies making use of behavioral counseling would produce a greater reduction in cardiovascular disease risk factors than screening and educational strategies.