Issues in the economic evaluation of health promotion in the workplace

The National Centre for Health Program Evaluation(NCHPE) was commissioned by the National Heart Foundation(NHF) to prepare a paper describing a framework for the economic evaluation of health promotion in the workplace. This paper is the outcome of that work and designed to contribute to an understanding of the role of the workplace setting for health promotion activities. This paper should be of interest to agencies with a charter to deliver health promotion, groups delivering health promotion programs and all companies and enterprises with a concern about the health status of their work-force and the interface between worker health, organisational health and company performance.