Project Health Track
Program Description
Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) is a transportation company consisting of 28,000 employees distributed geographically throughout 19 states. Employees are mobile, unionized, blue-collars workers.
The PRECEDE/PROCEED model provides the theoretical framework for the UPRR health promotion program. To address both the social and epidemiological concerns, three analyses - a needs assessment, a cultural audit and a comprehensive examination of health care claims were initially conducted.
These analyses demonstrated that both individual and organizational health indicators should be addressed through our health promotion program. Top management support was critical in establishing a company wide program directed at our diverse employee population.
Over the last seven years, UPRR policy makers and health professionals have delivered and implemented a comprehensive initiative driven by the analyses mentioned above focusing on the following lifestyle concerns:
To date, all programs have been subjected to ongoing evaluation to demonstrate effectiveness in the areas of employee morale, productivity and cost savings. Evaluation results have also been used to facilitate ongoing program design. UPRR results have appeared in a variety of scholarly journals and have been presented at a number of national health conferences. As a result of its demonstrated success, the UPRR health promotion initiative has been formally integrated into the organizational operating structure.- exercise,
- medical self-care,
- high risk identification and
- alcohol abuse prevention.
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