163013 Employee assistance and health/wellness programs

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Deborah Galvin, PhD , Division of Workplace Programs, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Rockville, MD
The Workplace Kit provides employers with a wide range of suggestions, guidelines, and findings concerning the development and implementation of Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) and Health/Wellness programs. The Kit reaches large to small businesses with a wide range of needs for EAPs and Health/Wellness programs including financial challenges. Users of the kit can select from wide-scale programs to particular components of well-researched and documented initiatives. Further, needs assessment tools can help workplaces determine which components or programs will best work for each type of workplace. For those already using an EAP or health/wellness program, the Kit provides additional information on enhancing a program; adding diversity; parenting; bullying; harassment; and family issues. Finally, feedback and program analysis techniques as influenced by the changing workplace environment, demographics, and cost issues are presented.

Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the different options for providing employee assistance and health/wellness programs in the workplace. 2. Describe the components of well-researched and documented EAP initiatives. 3. Discuss how existing EAP initiatives can be further enhanced to prevent workplace substance abuse and promote health, safety and productivity.

Keywords: Worksite, Prevention

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No
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I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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