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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2016 May:48:1-11.
doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2016.02.011. Epub 2016 Mar 2.

HealthLinks randomized controlled trial: Design and baseline results

Peggy A Hannon  1 , Kristen Hammerback  2 , Claire L Allen  3 , Amanda T Parrish  4 , K Gary Chan  5 , Marlana J Kohn  6 , Sara Teague  7 , Shirley A A Beresford  8 , Christian D Helfrich  9 , Jeffrey R Harris  10
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Randomized Controlled Trial

HealthLinks randomized controlled trial: Design and baseline results

Peggy A Hannon et al. Contemp Clin Trials. 2016 May.

Abstract

Small employers, especially those in low-wage industries, frequently lack the capacity and resources to implement evidence-based health promotion interventions without support and assistance. The purpose of this paper is to (a) describe the intervention design and study protocol of the HealthLinks Trial and (b) report baseline findings. This study is a three-arm randomized controlled trial testing the impact of the HealthLinks intervention on worksites' adoption and implementation of evidence-based interventions. Group 1 will receive HealthLinks, Group 2 will receive HealthLinks plus wellness committees, and Group 3 will be a delayed control group. Seventy-eight employers are participating in the study; and 3302 employees across the worksites participated in the baseline data collection. Employers and employees will participate in follow-up surveys at one and two years after baseline to measure implementation (one year) and maintenance (two years) of HealthLinks interventions. Study outcomes will determine whether HealthLinks is an effective approach to increasing evidence-based health promotion in small, low-wage worksites and whether wellness committees are a capacity-building tool that increases HealthLinks' effectiveness.

Keywords: Evidence-based interventions; Randomized controlled trial; Workplace health promotion.

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