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Trial reportAmerican journal of public health1993

The Healthy Worker Project: a work-site intervention for weight control and smoking cessation.

R W Jeffery, J L Forster, S A French, S H Kelder, H A Lando, P G McGovern, D R Jacobs, J E Baxter

Abstract readClinical TrialRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in American journal of public health, 1993. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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32citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
27.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 235 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Incentives for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019
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  17. Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco as an Outgrowth of the 1988 Surgeon General's Report on Nicotine Addiction: Reflections of the Early Presidents.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024
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  20. Worksite Health Promotion for Low-Wage Workers: A Scoping Literature Review.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

R W JefferyDivision of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis 55454-1015.
J L Forster
S A French
S H Kelder
H A Lando
P G McGovern
D R Jacobs
J E Baxter
University of Minnesota · USTwin Cities Orthopedics · US

Funding

WORKSITE HEALTH INCENTIVES PROGRAMR01HL034740 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI JEFFERY, ROBERT W · 1987 to 1991
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NHLBI NIH HHS 3R01-HL34740
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesA randomized trial was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a work-site health promotion program in reducing obesity and the prevalence of cigarette smoking.

methodsThirty-two work sites were randomized to treatment or no treatment for 2 years. Treatment consisted of health education classes combined with a payroll-based incentive system. Evaluation was based on cohort and cross-sectional surveys.

resultsOf 10,000 total employees in treatment work sites, 2041 and 270 participated in weight control and smoking cessation programs, respectively. Weight losses averaged 4.8 lbs, and 43% of smoking participants quit. Net 2-year reductions in smoking prevalence in treatment vs control work sites were 4.0% and 2.1% in cross-sectional and cohort surveys, respectively. No treatment effect was found for weight. Treatment effects for smoking prevalence and weight were both positively correlated with participation rates in the intervention programs (r = .45 for smoking and r = .55 for weight).

conclusionsThis work-site health promotion program was effective in reducing smoking prevalence at a cost that is believed to make the investment worthwhile.

Indexed as

Health PromotionOccupational HealthSmoking PreventionWeight LossAdultCohort StudiesCommunity ParticipationCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMalePrevalenceProgram EvaluationSmoking

Identifiers

PMID8438979
PMCPMC1694637
OpenAlexW2021787367

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