TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of the working well trial on the worksite smoking and nutrition environment
AU - Biener, Lois
AU - Glanz, Karen
AU - McLerran, Dale
AU - Sorensen, Glorian
AU - Thompson, Beti
AU - Basen-Engquist, Karen
AU - Linnan, Laura
AU - Varnes, Jill
PY - 1999/8
Y1 - 1999/8
N2 - This article reports the effect of a worksite cancer control intervention on aspects of the physical and social environment related to dietary and smoking behaviors of employees. Data are from 111 intervention and control worksites that participated in the Working Well Trial. Employee surveys and interviews with key organizational informants assessed environmental and normative changes relevant to nutrition and tobacco use. Results indicated significant effects of the intervention on all nutrition outcomes: access to healthy food, nutritional information at work, and social norms regarding dietary choice. Significant benefits were not found for smoking norms or smoking policies. However, changes occurred in both the control and intervention sites on these variables. This first large analysis of environmental and normative effects of a worksite intervention is consistent with the employee behavior change findings for the trial and serves as a model for future analyses of multilevel worksite health promotion programs.
AB - This article reports the effect of a worksite cancer control intervention on aspects of the physical and social environment related to dietary and smoking behaviors of employees. Data are from 111 intervention and control worksites that participated in the Working Well Trial. Employee surveys and interviews with key organizational informants assessed environmental and normative changes relevant to nutrition and tobacco use. Results indicated significant effects of the intervention on all nutrition outcomes: access to healthy food, nutritional information at work, and social norms regarding dietary choice. Significant benefits were not found for smoking norms or smoking policies. However, changes occurred in both the control and intervention sites on these variables. This first large analysis of environmental and normative effects of a worksite intervention is consistent with the employee behavior change findings for the trial and serves as a model for future analyses of multilevel worksite health promotion programs.
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U2 - 10.1177/109019819902600407
DO - 10.1177/109019819902600407
M3 - Article
C2 - 10435233
AN - SCOPUS:0033174357
SN - 1090-1981
VL - 26
SP - 478
EP - 494
JO - Health Education and Behavior
JF - Health Education and Behavior
IS - 4
ER -