Assessing the effects of health promotion in worksites: a review of the stress program evaluations

In a recent issue of Health Education Quarterly, Chen(1) reviewed the evaluations of worksite health promotion programs published in health education journals from 1980 through June 1983. He found few evaluations in the literature that used either quasi-experimental or experimental designs. This paper reviews the evaluations of stress reduction programs in the worksite, most of which were either published outside of health education journals or unpublished. Over one-half of the studies used either experimental or quasi-experimental designs in the evaluations. This suggests that reviews of worksite health promotion program evaluations must encompass journals from a variety of disciplines. Recommendations for improving the evaluations of stress reduction programs in the worksite are included.