March 2023 Briefs
Happy Spring! HERO is experiencing exciting new growth alongside Mother Nature. At our Think Tank meeting last month, we welcomed AT&T, HbD International, and Mora Medical to the HERO family. The March winds have brought us two new members: Johns Hopkins University and Tivity Health. I wonder what April showers …
Inclusivity and Spirituality: Reflecting on Lifestyle Medicine Approaches at HERO Forum 2022 By: Jamie Cohen
Jamie Cohen As a health promotion graduate student eager to learn and grow, I was ready to start my tasks as a HERO Forum22 intern and immerse myself in the experience. At that moment, I was unsure of what to expect. During my two-day internship, I made lasting relationships with …
Relationship Between Employee Engagement, Kind of Initiatives, and Workplace Wellness Program Effectiveness
Alicia Dobrzeniecki is a Senior IT Vendor Management Professional at Humana where she works with various IT vendors to improve efficiency and promote innovation at the organization. She has a Doctor of Business Administration degree, focused on Technology Entrepreneurship, and completed her doctoral study on the effectiveness of workplace wellness …
Work Redesign for the 21st Century: An Evidence-Based Framework and Toolkit for Improving Worker Well-Being
This webinar will introduce viewers to an evidence-based framework and toolkit for improving worker well-being. The “Work Design for Health” framework updates work redesign principles for the realities of work in the 21st century and maps how to create work environments that foster worker well-being and organizational resilience. The approach …
Grants
Grants Activating Employers as Agents of Change in the Implementation of Lifestyle Medicine With funding support from Ardmore Institute of Health Goal: Integrating Lifestyle Medicine into the workplace through health and well-being offerings from employers. This grant will enable HERO to leverage its thought leadership and expertise in research and …
Using Community-Based Participatory Research in Churches to Tailor the Diabetes Prevention Program for African American Women: Lessons Learned and Outcomes
Is faith the new prescription for disease prevention? Heather Kitzman, PhD, Director of Research at the Baylor Scott & White Health and Wellness Center and Professor at Baylor University, and Leilani Dodgen, MPH, Research Manager at the Baylor Scott & White Health and Wellness Center, think so. Their research into …
The “Best of 2021 List” of Health Promotion Researchers
The “Best of 2021 List” of Health Promotion Researchers By Paul Terry, HERO Senior Fellow HERO is pleased to report on the winners of the American Journal of Health Promotion (AJHP) Papers of the Year from 2021, to honor some of the best scientists in the health promotion discipline and …
September 2021 Briefs
Forum21 shifts to fully virtual event It was announced last week that HEROForum21 will shift to a fully virtual platform as the Covid-19 Delta variant continues to cause cases to rise across the United States. HEROForum21 was originally scheduled to take place in Austin, Texas during the week of October …
A word from our CEO: We can’t put learning on hold.
We can’t put learning on hold. By Karen Moseley, HERO President & CEO “The Health Enhancement Research Organization (HERO) Board of Directors announces HEROForum21 will move to a fully virtual event.” I never expected to arrive at the same decision and outcome as we did in 2020. This year was …
August 2021 Briefs
Vaccine hesitancy and vaccination rates in the U.S. HERO Senior Fellow, Paul Terry, recently shared an article written by Michael O’Donnell, the Editor in Chief Emeritus of the American Journal of Health Promotions, via LinkedIn. The article discusses O’Donnell’s frustrations with vaccine hesitancy and our society’s current COVID-19 status. As …