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Health impacts of AT&T's Total Life Concept (TLC) program after five years
1AT&T, Basking Ridge, New Jersey 07920, USA.
American Journal of Health Promotion : AJHP
|June 7, 1995
Summary
This health promotion program showed limited impact on health risks but improved health attitudes and behaviors like reduced smoking and alcohol consumption over five years.
Area of Science:
- Health Promotion
- Behavioral Science
- Public Health
Background:
- Health promotion programs aim to improve population health.
- Evaluating long-term impacts on health behaviors and attitudes is crucial.
Purpose of the Study:
- To assess the five-year impact of a health promotion program.
- To determine effects on health risk indicators, behaviors, and attitudes.
Main Methods:
- Longitudinal study design with measurements in 1988.
- Analysis of health behaviors, attitudes, and self-reported lifestyle changes.
Main Results:
- Limited effect observed on health risk indicators.
- Positive effects noted on health-related attitudes.
- Program potentially contributed to reduced smoking and alcohol consumption.
Conclusions:
- The health promotion program positively influenced habit and attitude changes over five years.
- Sustained improvements in health behaviors and attitudes were reported.