This project will implement and evaluate a new approach to engage employees, their employer and providers to improve employee health and productivity with the support of information technology. Specifically, our research team proposes to: 1. identify the population of employees at risk for developing diabetes (pre-diabetes) through the use of a voluntary health risk appraisal survey and fasting blood sugar; 2. offer this sub-group of employees individually oriented health promotion and disease prevention programs 3. subsequently implement a wide variety of """"""""ecological"""""""" interventions aimed at creating a social environment at the workplace that optimizes employer support for individual behavioral change; 4. employ novel information technologies to create a more patient-centered and effective, shared care plan; 5. measure an array of outcomes at each phase of the study that includes measures of health behaviors and biometric risk factors and economic variables such as costs of health care, disability, workers' compensation, absenteeism and other indicators of impaired human performance.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Center for Chronic Disease Prev and Health Promo (NCCDPHP)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01DP000105-03
Application #
7122883
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZCD1-GZK (R2))
Program Officer
Colley Gilbert, Brenda J
Project Start
2004-09-30
Project End
2007-12-29
Budget Start
2006-09-30
Budget End
2007-12-29
Support Year
3
Fiscal Year
2006
Total Cost
$327,184
Indirect Cost
Name
Dartmouth College
Department
Internal Medicine/Medicine
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
041027822
City
Hanover
State
NH
Country
United States
Zip Code
03755
McLellan, Robert K; Mackenzie, Todd A; Tilton, Pamela A et al. (2009) Impact of workplace sociocultural attributes on participation in health assessments. J Occup Environ Med 51:797-803