Colin Palfrey
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781447341239
- eISBN:
- 9781447341277
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447341239.003.0003
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health
This chapter focuses on the importance of the evidence base in evaluation methodologies for health promotion policies. It first considers the use of performance indicators for measuring the ...
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This chapter focuses on the importance of the evidence base in evaluation methodologies for health promotion policies. It first considers the use of performance indicators for measuring the effectiveness of health promotion strategies, along with their limitations, before discussing two other methods designed to generate hard data on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of health promotion policies and projects: randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and interviews. It then explains what is meant by project, programme and policy in the context of Public Health England's policy to tackle child obesity and goes on to examine two extended health promotion projects in Wales: the National Exercise Referral Scheme (NERS) and the Caerphilly Cohort Study. The chapter concludes by looking at qualitative evaluation methods as alternatives to RCTs, including focus groups, and ‘empowerment’ as a key aim of health promotion.Less
This chapter focuses on the importance of the evidence base in evaluation methodologies for health promotion policies. It first considers the use of performance indicators for measuring the effectiveness of health promotion strategies, along with their limitations, before discussing two other methods designed to generate hard data on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of health promotion policies and projects: randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and interviews. It then explains what is meant by project, programme and policy in the context of Public Health England's policy to tackle child obesity and goes on to examine two extended health promotion projects in Wales: the National Exercise Referral Scheme (NERS) and the Caerphilly Cohort Study. The chapter concludes by looking at qualitative evaluation methods as alternatives to RCTs, including focus groups, and ‘empowerment’ as a key aim of health promotion.
Alonzo L. Plough
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- December 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780190071400
- eISBN:
- 9780190071431
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190071400.003.0007
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health
This chapter assesses the role of employers as Culture of Health mediators. With their significant influence over the lives of their workforce, employers have the authority to make choices that ...
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This chapter assesses the role of employers as Culture of Health mediators. With their significant influence over the lives of their workforce, employers have the authority to make choices that either promote or inhibit a Culture of Health within their organizations. They also may play important roles in building a Culture of Health in the communities in which they are located and where their employees live. The chapter then considers the approaches taken by three types of employers—Fortune 500 companies, a large retail chain, and the military. Two studies of Fortune 500 companies examine corporate transparency in reporting health-promotion policies and efforts to create healthy work environments and strengthen communities. Another study illustrates the feasibility of stabilizing work schedules of low-wage retail workers to benefit workers as well as store sales.Less
This chapter assesses the role of employers as Culture of Health mediators. With their significant influence over the lives of their workforce, employers have the authority to make choices that either promote or inhibit a Culture of Health within their organizations. They also may play important roles in building a Culture of Health in the communities in which they are located and where their employees live. The chapter then considers the approaches taken by three types of employers—Fortune 500 companies, a large retail chain, and the military. Two studies of Fortune 500 companies examine corporate transparency in reporting health-promotion policies and efforts to create healthy work environments and strengthen communities. Another study illustrates the feasibility of stabilizing work schedules of low-wage retail workers to benefit workers as well as store sales.
