Workplace health promotion programs are increasing in the US, according to researchers. Nearly half of all workplaces in the nation offer some level of health promotion or wellness programs and 17% of ...

Worksite health promotion (WHP) programs are designed to help identify and address health and lifestyle issues, and are offered by 40–75% of employers in Europe and the US. But research suggests that ...

As of October 2016, use of federal Older Americans Act funds for health promotion and disease prevention will be restricted to the Administration on Aging’s criteria for high-level evidence-based ...

Analysis of studies of worksite wellness programs suggested mixed impact on health-related behaviors and cost, with insufficient evidence regarding absenteeism and mental health. Sources were PubMed, ...

Governments and health service providers around the world are under pressure to improve health outcomes while containing rising healthcare costs. In response to such challenges, many regions have ...

The demand for skilled health education specialists and advocates is greater now more than ever. Our PhD in Community Health Promotion can prepare you to design programs that prevent disease and ...

A newly adopted public health regulation, approved in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province and set to take effect on Jan 1, is aimed ...

Until the early 1900s, the documented history of both medicine and health education was shared (Cottrell et al.; Girvan & McKenzie, 2009; McDermott, 1999). At the dawning of the 20th century, public ...

The Department of Public Health offers science-based undergraduate programs that prepare individuals to become public health professionals, health care managers, and researchers working to create a ...

As the number of young people experiencing depression and anxiety continues to grow, schools play a critical role as providers of mental health services: Some 70% of children in the U.S. who seek and ...