Impact of a Health Promotion Program on Employee Health Risks and Work Productivity
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Title: Impact of a Health Promotion Program on Employee Health Risks and Work Productivity Author(s): Peter R. Mills, Ronald C. Kessler, John Cooper, Sean Sullivan Publication: American Journal of Health Promotion, Sept/Oct 2007, V22, I1, 45 Keyword(s): Health Promotion, Efficiency, Absenteeism A quasi-experimental design was used to measure the impact of a multi-component health promotion program consisting of a health risk appraisal which included productivity measures (HRA), access to a tailored web portal, bi-weekly email messages, four sets of newsletters and literature, and four on-site seminars offered to employees in three locations of a company in the United Kingdom. Of the 618 employees eligible to participate, 266 (43%) completed pre and post health risk appraisals 12 months apart. In the comparison setting no intervention was offered but 1,242 (49.7%) of the 2,500 employees completed HRA’s 12 months apart. Health risks improved for alcohol consumption, nutrition, sleep, stress, physical activity, perception of good health and seatbelt usage, with an average decrease of .45 risks in the intervention group more than the comparison group. Compared to the comparison group, self reported absenteeism improved an annualized rate of 4.3 days, and productivity improved 7.9% in the intervention group . The authors estimated a return on investment of 1.9 to 1.0 for absenteeism and 4.29 to 1.0 on productivity enhancement on a program that cost $140 per eligible employee or $325 per participating employee.