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abstract: 'The workplace is an effective channel for disseminating health promotion
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interventions,(1) and it is becoming an increasingly important vehicle
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for reaching women. In the United States, 54\% of women over 18 work
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outside the home. Bureau of Labor projections indicate that by the year
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2005, women will be entering the workforce at a faster rate than men.
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Manufacturing worksites, in particular, offer an effective means of
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reaching women who are underserved, undereducated, and from lower income
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strata. The worksite may play a particularly important role in reaching
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these underserved women because they may have less access to traditional
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channels for health care and prevention. However, poor participation in
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worksite programs is often cited as a major contributor to less than
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optimal outcomes in worksite-based programs.
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Little is known about the determinants of participation in worksite
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health promotion programs. In addition, there is no common definition of
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`''participation,'''' which adds to the confusion in this literature.(2)
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While it is difficult to make comparisons across data that use different
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definitions of participation, several recurrent themes exist.
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Demographic characteristics tend to predict participation in worksite
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health promotion programs. Younger employees, those with higher
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education levels, and women are more likely to participate,(2,6)
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although men are more likely to participate in fitness programs.(7,8)
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Organizational or worksite-level factors that promote individual
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participation in health promotion programs are less clear. Top
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management support, willingness to allow attendance on company time, and
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line supervisor permission to attend programs all seem to play a role in
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facilitating participation. Although the importance of organizational
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factors has been acknowledged,(2,6,9-11) the systematic study of how
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these factors differentially predict participation by
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gender-occupational characteristics, age, and health status has only
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recently begun.(12,13)
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The Working Well Trial, a randomized trial of worksite health
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promotion,12 13 offers a unique opportunity to investigate factors
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influencing participation in health promotion programs. In one of the
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four participating study centers (Brown University), it was observed
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that 57\% of women employed in participating companies did not attend
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any of the intervention activities. These data indicated that the
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program was not effectively reaching a large percentage of the women
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employed in these companies. As a result, the present study was designed
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to investigate the facilitators and barriers to women''s participation in
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worksite health promotion.'
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affiliation: 'Emmons, KM (Corresponding Author), MIRIAM HOSP,PROVIDENCE,RI 02906,
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USA.
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BROWN UNIV,SCH MED,PROVIDENCE,RI 02912.
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BROWN UNIV,MEM HOSP RHODE ISL,PAWTUCKET,RI 02860.'
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author: Emmons, KM and Linnan, L and Abrams, D and Lovell, HJ
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author_list:
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- family: Emmons
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given: KM
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- family: Linnan
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given: L
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- family: Abrams
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given: D
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- family: Lovell
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given: HJ
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1016/1049-3867(95)00049-6
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files: []
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issn: 1049-3867
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journal: WOMENS HEALTH ISSUES
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keywords-plus: SMOKING
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language: English
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month: MAR-APR
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number: '2'
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number-of-cited-references: '18'
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orcid-numbers: Abrams, David B/0000-0002-0868-4350
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pages: 74-81
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papis_id: ab27cd9a20383c835303dadb078be1b1
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ref: Emmons1996womenwho
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researcherid-numbers: Abrams, David B/AAY-7699-2020
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times-cited: '18'
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title: 'Women who work in manufacturing settings: Factors influencing their participation
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in worksite health promotion programs'
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type: Article
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unique-id: WOS:A1996UB80200002
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '4'
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volume: '6'
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web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health; Women's Studies
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year: '1996'
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