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Transportation workers, who constitute a large sector of the workforce, have worksite factors that harm their health. Worksite wellness programs must target this at-risk population. Although physical activity is often a component of worksite wellness logic models, we consider it the cornerstone for improving the health of mass transit employees. Program theory was based on in-person interviews and focus groups of employees. We identified 4 short-term outcome categories, which provided a chain of responses based on the program activities that should lead to the desired end results. This logic model may have significant public health impact, because it can serve as a framework for other US mass transit districts and worksite populations that face similar barriers to wellness, including truck drivers, railroad employees, and pilots. The objective of this article is to discuss the development of a logic model for a physical activity–based mass-transit employee wellness program by describing the target population, program theory, the components of the logic model, and the process of its development.

In 2011, San Francisco passed the first citywide ordinance to improve the nutritional standards of children’s meals sold at restaurants by preventing the giving away of free toys or other incentives with meals unless nutritional criteria were met. This study examined the impact of the Healthy Food Incentives Ordinance at ordinance-affected restaurants on restaurant response (eg, toy-distribution practices, change in children’s menus), and the energy and nutrient content of all orders and children’s-meal–only orders purchased for children aged 0 through12 years.

Digital Ambassadors Promote Flu Vaccination Awareness for High Risk Groups throughout Season - CDC

Los pacientes encaran infecciones por enterobacterias resistentes a los carbapenemes o ERC más mortales

El Grupo de trabajo EGAPP descubrió evidencias científicas sólidas para recomendar que a todas las personas que reciban un diagnóstico nuevo de cáncer colorrectal (sin importar la edad o antecedentes familiares) se les realicen una prueba genética para detectar el síndrome de Lynch.

Algunas personas están en alto riesgo de presentar complicaciones graves a causa de la influenza (gripe), incluidos los niños pequeños, las personas de edad avanzada, las mujeres embarazadas y aquellos que tienen ciertas afecciones. La vacuna contra la influenza y el uso correcto de medicamentos antivirales contra la influenza son muy importantes para esas personas.

Un registro de vacunación al día lo ayuda a usted y a sus médicos a saber si está protegido contra las enfermedades prevenibles con vacunas. Use estos consejos y herramientas para tener un registro de las vacunas que le han puesto.

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The amount of whole fruit* children, 2-18 years old, ate increased by 67% from 2003 to 2010 and replaced fruit juice as the main contributor of fruit to children’s diets.