This research focuses on obesity and other major risk factors for chronic diseases
such as Type II Diabetes Mellitus, Heart Disease, and Stroke. Worksite wellness
programs have been successful in this realm of health promotion and disease prevention
for heart disease and stroke, but their effectiveness in treating diabetes has been uncertain
partially due to poor patient compliance, lack of stress reduction strategies, poor diet and
lack of persuasive health education on the risk of being obese. Published peer-reviewed
articles were reviewed, coded and analyzed to determine best practices, using a modified
systematic review approach. The findings from these studies yield results that were used
to develop a new employer-sponsored wellness program that is in accordance with the
recently passed Affordable Care Act. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2014. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fau.edu/oai:fau.digital.flvc.org:fau_13671 |
| Contributors | Hemmings, Jodian R. (author), Blanks, Robert H. (Thesis advisor), Florida Atlantic University (Degree grantor), Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Science |
| Publisher | Florida Atlantic University |
| Source Sets | Florida Atlantic University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation, Text |
| Format | 86 p., application/pdf |
| Rights | Copyright © is held by the author, with permission granted to Florida Atlantic University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
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