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From the Editor
Editor's Notes May/June 2010

Making the Impossible Possible: Engaging the Entire Population in Comprehensive Workplace Health Promotion Programs at No Net Cost to Employers or Employees

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Sec. 2705 ("Prohibiting Discrimination Against Individual Participants and Beneficiaries Based on Health Status") of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care (PPAC) Act includes a provision that allows employers more flexibility in setting health plan premiums based on employees' meeting health standards.1 This mechanism has the potential to do what seems intuitively impossible: drive participation in workplace health promotion programs to nearly 100%, and fund the full cost of a comprehensive health promotion program at no additional cost to the employers or employees as a group. This provision was developed by Safeway, not Health Promotion Advocates,2 but Health Promotion Advocates strongly endorsed it and generated more than 11,000 letters to members of Congress to support it. I predict that financing health promotion programs using this mechanism will become the norm among major employers in the next few years. v read more

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Capturing the Wisdom of Practice and the Rigor of Science:
Discovering the Best Health Promotion Strategies

Demand for health promotion programs is at an all time high.  Most large and medium sized employers either have programs in place or plan to launch one soon.  Hospitals are offering programs to their patients and communities.  Insurance carriers are engaging their members in lifestyle change campaigns and paying for proactive clinical health promotion procedures.  Basic programs are evolving into comprehensive programs.  Health promotion strategies are being integrated into state and national policy through medical care, transportation, agriculture, and business tax procedures.  Well-designed programs continue to improve health and save money. That's the very good news.  Read more 

 

 

Definition of Health Promotion

Health Promotion is the art and science of helping people discover the synergies between their core passions and optimal health, enhancing their motivation to strive for optimal health, and supporting them in changing their lifestyle to move toward a state of optimal health. Optimal health is a dynamic balance of physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and intellectual health. Lifestyle change can be facilitated through a combination of learning experiences that enhance awareness, increase motivation, and build skills and, most important, through the creation of opportunities that open access to environments that make positive health practices the easiest choice.
O’Donnell MP. Definition of health promotion 2.0: embracing passion, enhancing motivation, recognizing dynamic balance, and creating opportunities. Am J Health Promot. 2009 Sept-Oct;24(1):iv.

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Physical Fitness.  Nutrition.  Medical self-care.  Control of substance abuse.
Emotional Care for emotional crisis.  Stress Management
Social Communities.  Families.  Friends
Intellectual Educational.  Achievement.  Career development
Spiritual Love.  Hope.  Charity.

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