| Companies are discovering that when employees feel good about their health, they work more productively and take less time off for sick leave. It makes sense for organizations to provide employees with the opportunity to improve their health, for instance, through special programs and activities. Knowing that employees benefit from health programming is one thing, determining needs and what forms of health programming best fit the organization is quite another.;This study was based on an intervention at a large community hospital in southern Ontario that had 1,700 employees; it was based on the concepts of the Corporate Health Model developed by Health and Welfare Canada. The data sources included the minutes of committee meetings, the profile of the health needs and risks that emerged from the questionnaire survey which was returned by approximately 50% of the employees. Evidence was examined respecting the corporate health plan that was developed.;Research questions were as follows: (1) Has the Workplace Health System, as set forth by Health and Welfare Canada (1991), been effectively implemented at the selected worksite? (The following questions are an expansion of ;The research methodology is based on a case-study approach. The data were qualitatively analyzed according to standard procedures outlined by M. Miles and A. Huberman, and E. Guba and Y. Lincoln. |
