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Health Status Within The Workplace, Kristina Bonham, Brooke April Tomlin
Health Status Within The Workplace, Kristina Bonham, Brooke April Tomlin
Phi Kappa Phi Research Symposium (2012-2016)
The purpose of this study was to assess health status in the workplace and determine if diagnosis of a major illness impacted work. The research design used was a quantitative, descriptive, non-experimental, one-shot study in which the 19-question survey measured the health behaviors of a variety of employers (n=50) along with 4-variable questions assessing fear. Chronic diseases such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, and arthritis are among the most common, costly, and preventable of all health problems in the U.S. and 7 out of 10 deaths among Americans each year are from chronic diseases (Community Health Charities, 2012). Poor …