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Keywords
Physical fitness -- Psychological aspects; Working class -- Medical care;
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine if employee participants in Kimberly-Clark's Health Management Program perceived benefits from their participation that have affected their lifestyles, both at work and outside of work.
The population for this study consisted of all salaried employees of Kimberly-Clark in the Fox Valley of Wisconsin who have been participants within the Health Service Center for at least six months at an adherence level of two days per week or more. A random sample of this population was used to conduct the survey. A total of 130 employees were surveyed.
The research study was of a descriptive design. Once the research questions were evaluated, a crosstabulation by age, sex, and adherence was done.
There was no significant change between the participants' sex, age, and adherence and perceived differences in the items listed below as a function of their participation in Kimberly-Clark's Health Management Program.
1. Adherence to the program
2. Work performance
3. Reactions or feelings about their job environment
4. Work attendance
5. Kind of food eaten
6. Amount of food eaten
7. Recreational activities engaged in
8. Stamina 9. Amount of stress in their lives
10. General health
11. Weight
12. Work associates' health habits
No significant change was found between participants' age, sex, and the amount of food eaten, but a significant change was found between participants' adherence and the amount of food they eat as a function of their participation in the program. No significant change was found between participants' sex, adherence and their smoking habits, but a significant change was found between participants' age and their smoking habits as a function of their participation in the program. No significant change was found between participants' sex, adherence, and their handling of stress, but a significant change was found between participants' age and their handling of stress as a function of their participation in the program. No significant change was found between participants' sex, adherence, and their spouses' health habits, but a significant change was found between participants' age and their spouses' health habits as a function of their participation in the program. No significant change was found between participants' adherence and their familys' health habits, but a significant change was found between participants' age, sex, and their familys' health habits as a function of their participation in the program. No significant change was found between participants' age, sex, and their friends' health habits, but a significant change was found between participants' adherence and their friends' health habits as a function of their participation in the program.
Year of Submission
1983
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Department of Industrial Technology
First Advisor
Michael White
Date Original
1983
Object Description
1 PDF file (158 pages)
Copyright
©1983 Richard Lee Langford
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Langford, Richard Lee, "Self-perceived benefits which occur as the result of Kimberly-Clark's health management program" (1983). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 1305.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/1305
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