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Equitable Workforce Health as a Sustainable Business Strategy: Research Findings From UIC’s Center for Healthy Work

02.25.25
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Equitable Workforce Health as a Sustainable Business Strategy: Research Findings From UIC’s Center for Healthy Work

Do employer-based health and well-being initiatives exacerbate health inequities?

Join researchers from the University of Illinois Chicago’s Center for Health Work to learn about their ongoing collaborative project with a regional mid-Atlantic health system, studying the organization’s efforts to implement an equitable culture of health and well-being (HWB). The research focus has at its center the idea that health equity is a vital part of culture of health efforts, and that employees at all levels – from the C-suite to the front-line workers –deserve a meaningful opportunity to benefit from enhanced well-being and a safe workplace. Presenters will share workforce health and well-being data aggregation and analysis efforts, leadership interview findings and front-line worker focus group feedback to provide an overview of their experiences with the study, including results and lessons learned. Findings from the study will highlight the value of identifying and mitigating HWB inequities especially among the low-wage workforce and the association with employee health outcomes and organizational business metrics.

Presenter(s)
Emily Stiehl, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor
Bruce Sherman, MD, FCCP, FACOEM
Workforce Health Management Researcher/Consultant, Adjunct Professor
Preethi Pratap, PhD, MSc.
Research Assistant Professor

Do employer-based health and well-being initiatives exacerbate health inequities?

Join researchers from the University of Illinois Chicago’s Center for Health Work to learn about their ongoing collaborative project with a regional mid-Atlantic health system, studying the organization’s efforts to implement an equitable culture of health and well-being (HWB). The research focus has at its center the idea that health equity is a vital part of culture of health efforts, and that employees at all levels – from the C-suite to the front-line workers –deserve a meaningful opportunity to benefit from enhanced well-being and a safe workplace. Presenters will share workforce health and well-being data aggregation and analysis efforts, leadership interview findings and front-line worker focus group feedback to provide an overview of their experiences with the study, including results and lessons learned. Findings from the study will highlight the value of identifying and mitigating HWB inequities especially among the low-wage workforce and the association with employee health outcomes and organizational business metrics.

Presenters
Emily Stiehl, PhD
Bruce Sherman, MD, FCCP, FACOEM
Preethi Pratap, PhD, MSc.