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Peer reviewedCook, Royer; Schlenger, William – Journal of Primary Prevention, 2002
This paper discusses some of the chief reasons for engaging in substance abuse prevention in the workplace; outlines the foundations of workplace prevention services; and reviews recent research on workplace substance abuse prevention, including the major preventive interventions aimed at the workplace environment and the individual worker.…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Employee Assistance Programs, Prevention, Research and Development
Download full textSmith, David A. – 1993
This literature review surveys research on workplace substance abuse conducted in accordance with methodologically sound principles. It evaluates individual studies for the appropriateness of their designs, methods of substance detection, generalizability of findings, and the appropriateness of their conclusions. An attempt is made to determine…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, Employee Assistance Programs, Employee Attitudes
Peer reviewedZedeck, Sheldon; Mosier, Kathleen L. – American Psychologist, 1990
Discusses and reviews the literature on issues involved in attempts to balance roles in employing organizations and family organizations. The following types of programs are reviewed: (1) maternity and parental leave; (2) child and dependent care; (3) alternative work schedules and workstations; and (4) employee assistance and relocation programs.…
Descriptors: Employed Parents, Employee Assistance Programs, Employer Supported Day Care, Family Life
Green, Kathryn L. – Health Education Quarterly, 1988
Presents a matrix that suggests that workplace health promotion and employee assistance programs may represent employer involvement in areas over which they have no legitimate control. (JOW)
Descriptors: Employee Assistance Programs, Employer Employee Relationship, Health Programs, Health Promotion
Shore, Rima – 1998
Increasing numbers of employed parents of young children, increasing work-family conflict experienced by these parents, and the importance of early experience for children's brain development combine to suggest opportunities for business organizations to improve their competitiveness and compassion. This report draws upon data from the National…
Descriptors: Brain, Case Studies, Employed Parents, Employee Assistance Programs
Kaiser, Jerry; Behrens, Ruth A. – 1986
This paper focuses on participation of labor unions in health promotion and health promotion programs. It begins by discussing labor unions' impact on today's work force. An overview of unions' historical concern for worker health serves as an introduction to consideration of the labor movement's current involvement in employee health. A look at…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Corporate Education, Employee Assistance Programs, Health Activities
Rosen, Robert; Freedman, Carol – 1987
Four areas--health benefits, occupational safety and health, prevention and wellness, and human resource development--have contributed significantly to enhancing worker health. The "healthy corporation" is both a goal and a comprehensive attitude about organizational life and about the factors the affect organizational health and, ultimately,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Corporate Education, Cost Effectiveness, Employee Assistance Programs
