An Integrative Medicine Intervention in a Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant

Kimbrough, Elizabeth; Lao, Lixing; Berman, Brian M.; Pelletier, Kenneth R.; Talamonti, Walter

doi:10.1097/jom.0b013e3181d09884

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“…For example, there is no standard mechanism for analyzing the costs associated with returns on investment of wellness programs (Baxter, Sanderson, Venn, Blizzard, & Palmer, 2014;Nicholson et al, 2005). Issues of research design and sample bias, due to already healthy employees dominating participation in wellness programs, create challenges for wellness program analysts (Kimbrough, Lao, Berman, Pelletier, & Talamonti, 2010). While these challenges are not immediately reconcilable, our approach is to use a family of measures to examine the success of wellness programs.…”

Section: Identifying Best Practices In Municipal Wellness Programsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Best Practices in Local Government Wellness Programs: The Benefits of Organizational Investment and Performance Monitoring

Sabharwal

Kiel

Hijal-Moghrabi

2016

Review of Public Personnel Administration

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Over the last 25 years, municipal governments responded to an environment of increasing health care costs by implementing workplace wellness programs. Research reveals that workplace wellness programs can produce performance benefits ranging from reduced health care costs to productivity improvements. However, there is no systematic study of local government wellness programs that identifies the practices that produce cost reductions and productivity improvements. This article presents the results of a national survey of wellness programs in U.S. municipalities. We develop an index of program success using performance data from our sample. Statistical analysis reveals that targeted investments and performance monitoring, at both the individual and program level, serve to reduce costs and improve employee productivity. This research, thus, provides evidence for best practices in local government wellness programs. Given the array of potential benefits of wellness programs and the locus of employers in the provision of health care benefits, it is necessary to further investigate wellness programs in U.S. local governments.

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Section: Identifying Best Practices In Municipal Wellness Programsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Best Practices in Local Government Wellness Programs: The Benefits of Organizational Investment and Performance Monitoring

Sabharwal

Kiel

Hijal-Moghrabi

2016

Review of Public Personnel Administration

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“…A study conducted at the Ford Motor plant discovered that through the use of mind-body practices (e.g. yoga and tai-chi) and acupuncture there was a 58% reduction in prescription medication for low back pain management [46]. Because this research is still in its infancy more work is needed to determine its true impact.…”

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Knowledge of psychosocial factors associated with low back pain amongst health science students: a scoping review

Lewis

Battaglia

2019

Chiropr Man Therap

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BackgroundLow back pain is a burden worldwide and biological, psychological, and social mechanisms play a role in its development and persistence. Current guidelines support care using the biopsychosocial model. However, biomedical constructs dominate clinician training, and it is unknown the extent to which health science students understand the psychosocial determinates of a patient’s low back pain. Therefore, the aim of this scoping review is to report health science students’ current knowledge of psychosocial factors associated with low back pain.MethodsA scoping review framework was used to search electronic databases for research examining health science students’ knowledge of psychosocial factors associated with low back pain. The nature and findings of the studies are highlighted using the data charting tool. Each study was analyzed to determine the type of outcome measurement used. Scores were compared to minimum accepted scores, between disciplines, as education advanced, and after educational modules.ResultsFourteen studies published between 2004 and 2019 were identified. Seven healthcare disciplines were represented.In total, 12 different measurement tools were utilized. In 9 studies students demonstrated inadequate knowledge of psychosocial factors associated with low back pain. Three tools compared disciplines and nationalities. Three tools were associated with practice behavior. Eight studies showed improvement as students’ education advanced, and 3 studies demonstrated improvements in knowledge after implementation of pain education modules of varied lengths. Of those, two showed significant improvement.ConclusionsHealth science students in these studies had substandard understanding of psychosocial factors associated with low back pain. Dedicated pain education has the potential to improve low back pain understanding, resulting in more guideline appropriate care recommendation.

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“…"We published a study in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine about a program we completed with the Ford Motor Company. 7 Ford has 12 assembly plants and 12 clinics that are exclusively focused on back pain in each of those clinics. It is part of the Ford medical plan," Pelletier says.…”

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Making the Case for Corporate Wellness: Interventions Benefit Employees and Bottom Line

HartJane

2013

Alternative and Complementary Therapies

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An Integrative Medicine Intervention in a Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant

Cited by 9 publications

References 7 publications

Best Practices in Local Government Wellness Programs: The Benefits of Organizational Investment and Performance Monitoring

Best Practices in Local Government Wellness Programs: The Benefits of Organizational Investment and Performance Monitoring

Knowledge of psychosocial factors associated with low back pain amongst health science students: a scoping review

Making the Case for Corporate Wellness: Interventions Benefit Employees and Bottom Line

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