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Study NCT ID:
NCT00452816
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2009-11-20
First Post:
2007-03-26
Brief Title:
Marketing Workplace Chronic Disease Prevention
Sponsor:
University of Washington
Organization:
University of Washington
Study Overview
Official Title:
Marketing Workplace Chronic Disease Prevention
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2009-11
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
The objective of the project is to understand how best to help mid-size employers adopt evidence-based chronic disease prevention practices that improve employee health behaviors
Detailed Description:
Employers have the incentive and the means to play a key role in chronic disease prevention The incentive - employers need to control the costly and growing burden of chronic diseases among their employees The means - employers purchase 94 of private health insurance and employees spend one third of their lives in the workplace where they often eat move socialize and smoke Over the past 5 years the CDC and the Task Force on Community Preventive Services have recommended a number of chronic disease prevention practices Among these we have identified 17 practices that employers should adopt These practices include health insurance benefits workplace policies and workplace programs and aim at increasing employees disease screening healthy eating influenza immunization physical activity and tobacco cessation Unfortunately employer surveys reveal low adoption of these practices
Working with the American Cancer Society our research team from the University of Washington has developed and pilot-tested an innovative consulting intervention to increase adoption of these practices Our two-stage intervention is comprehensive yet tailored by employer feedback
The intervention
markets the business case that employers can help control health-care costs and productivity losses through adoption of these practices
enables implementation by providing tools for each practice
In this proposal our primary aim is to test this intervention in a randomized controlled trial among 48 medium-sized employers with a high proportion of socioeconomically disadvantaged employees in the Puget Sound area Our primary outcome is change in employer practices as measured by survey and validated by audit and contract and policy review
Our secondary aims include
development and pilot-testing of an employee-level health risk behavior survey
cost analysis and assessment of feasibility of our intervention
assessment of employees preference for different message sources and message appeals
Our multidisciplinary research team includes business communication and public health faculty and has more than 10 years of experience in both chronic disease prevention and working with business If successful our teams approach has broad applicability to other public health problems
Working with the American Cancer Society our research team from the University of Washington has developed and pilot-tested an innovative consulting intervention to increase adoption of these practices Our two-stage intervention is comprehensive yet tailored by employer feedback
The intervention
markets the business case that employers can help control health-care costs and productivity losses through adoption of these practices
enables implementation by providing tools for each practice
In this proposal our primary aim is to test this intervention in a randomized controlled trial among 48 medium-sized employers with a high proportion of socioeconomically disadvantaged employees in the Puget Sound area Our primary outcome is change in employer practices as measured by survey and validated by audit and contract and policy review
Our secondary aims include
development and pilot-testing of an employee-level health risk behavior survey
cost analysis and assessment of feasibility of our intervention
assessment of employees preference for different message sources and message appeals
Our multidisciplinary research team includes business communication and public health faculty and has more than 10 years of experience in both chronic disease prevention and working with business If successful our teams approach has broad applicability to other public health problems
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
None
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None
Secondary IDs
| Secondary ID | Type | Domain | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDC Grant 1 PO1 CD000249-01 | None | None | None |