50 research studies you can’t afford to ignore
50 research studies you can’t afford to ignore
The University of Michigan Health Management Research Center has published a series of articles in poster form that offer descriptions of significant research studies undertaken over the past 20 years. The posters, reprinted as part of The Ultimate 20th Century Cost Benefit Analysis and Report 1979 to 2000, rate the strength of the data in four key areas: absenteeism; health risks; health-care utilization and costs; and cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit. The following is a listing of the articles, publication, year of publication, and principal authors.
1. JAMA, 1983, Medical self-care (Rhode Island Group Health); Donald Vickery.
2. Journal of Occupational Medicine, 1991, Screenings (General Motors); John C. Erfurt.
3. Journal of Occupational Medicine, 1990, Facility-based (The Travelers); Wendy D. Lynch.
4. Journal of Occupational Medicine, 1994, Comprehensive program (Duke University); Kevin K. Knight.
5. American Journal of Health Promotion, 1989, Comprehensive program (General Mills); E. Andrew Wood.
6. American Journal of Health Promotion, 1992, Comprehensive program (Coors); Joanne Henritze.
7. Health Psychology, 1993, Smoking Cessation (Rhode Island community); James O. Prochaska.
8. American Journal of Health Promotion, 1991, Health risk appraisal (Steelcase); Louis Tze-ching Yen.
9. Journal of Occupational Medicine, 1991, Mental health (First National Bank of Chicago); Wayne A. Burton.
10. New England Journal of Medicine, 1994, Demand management (Review of the Concept); James E. Fries.
11. American Journal of Health Promotion, 1993, Comprehensive program (DuPont Co.); Robert Bertera.
12. American Journal of Health Promotion, 1995, Smoke-free policy (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention); Seth Emont.
13. Worksite Health, 1995, Comprehensive program (review of cost-benefit studies); Jeffrey Messer.
14. Journal of Occupational Medicine, 1994, Comprehensive program (IBM); Ron Goetzel.
15. Journal of Occupational Medicine, 1993, Weight control and smoking cessation (Companies in Minnesota); Robert Jeffrey.
16. Journal of Occupational Medicine, 1992, Comprehensive program (Steelcase); Louis Yen.
17. American Journal of Health Promotion, 1995, Comprehensive program (AT&T); Mary Holt.
18. American Journal of Health Promotion, 1995, Communications (Bank of America); James Fries.
19. Journal of Occupational Medicine, 1995, Demand management (review of the concept); Donald Vickery.
20. JAMA, 1995, Medical care and health promotion (review of the concept); Daniel Stokols.
21. AWHP’s Worksite Health, 1996, Mammography screening (First Chicago NBD Corp.); Wayne Burton.
22. AWHP’s Worksite Health, 1996, Comprehensive program (Florida Power & Light); Andrew Scibelli.
23. American Journal of Health Promotion, 1995, Health risk appraisal (Merrill Lynch & Co.); Donald H. Gemson.
24. Journal of Occupational Medicine, 1993, Exercise (Travelers Companies); Wendy D. Lynch.
25. American Journal of Health Promotion, 1996, Mammography screening (Coors Brewing Co.); Mary Greenwood.
26. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 1997, Comprehensive program (University of Virginia); Paige P. Hornsby.
27. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 1996, Smoking cessation (simulation model); Kenneth E. Warner.
28. Health Education Research, 1995, Health risk appraisal (large Midwestern university); C.M. Connell.
29. Journal of Occupational Medicine, 1991, Economics (Financial Model); James P. Patton.
30. American Journal of Health Behavior, 1997, Program preferences (University of Michigan Medical Center); Marilyn Pearce Edington.
31. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 1997, Exercise (various organizations); Lilian Lechner.
32. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 1997, Health risk appraisal (Steelcase); Dee W. Edington.
33. Health Education Research, 1997, Smoking cessation (various companies); Leonard A. Jason.
34. AAOHN Journal, 1997, Self-care (Berk-Tek); Don R. Powell.
35. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Cardiovascular risk (review of studies); Kenneth R. Pelletier.
36. Journal of Nutrition Education, 1996, Nutrition (Postal Service); Sarah Levin.
37. American Journal of Health Promotion, 1997, Multicomponent programs (review of studies); Catherine A. Heaney.
38. Nursing Clinics of North America, 1997, Prenatal (Sunbeam-Oster Co.); Patricia E. Thompson.
39. American Journal of Health Promotion, 1993, Comprehensive program (City of Birmingham); Mary R. Harvey.
40. The New England Journal of Medicine, 1995, Influenza vaccination (Workers in Minneapolis-St. Paul area); Kristin L. Nichol.
41. Disease Management & Health Outcomes, 1999, Disease management (Theoretical); Shirley Musich.
42. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 1998, Body mass index (First Chicago NBD); Wayne Burton.
43. Health Education Quarterly, 1995, Cardiovascular disease (Several ambulance stations); Brian Oldenburg.
44. Preventive Medicine, 1996, Smoking reduction; Christine Paul.
45. Preventive Medicine, 1997, Cardiovascular disease risk reduction (The community); Andrea L. Dunn.
46. AAOHN Journal, 1998, Smoking cessation (Military); Alan Helyer.
47. The Physician and Sports Medicine, 1999, Exercise and health programs (Meta-analysis); Roy Shepard.
48. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 1998, HRA/health profile (Municipal Garbage Collecting Department); Rineke Vasse.
49. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 1990, Comprehensive health promotion program (Johnson & Johnson); Robert Jones.
50. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 1998, Fitness program (Chevron Corp.); Ron Goetzel.
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