Health Promotions 2.0: The Future of Wellness Programs in America

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Rajiv Kumar, ShapeUp

Description/Abstract

In no small part because of technology, the way we live and work is being transformed. I believe that those of us who are interested in health policy can play an important role in guiding that transformation. I submit to you that unhealthy living is a social issue; that conditions such as obesity and diabetes are social diseases and that their prevalence is a social problem. If we have a social problem, then we need a social solution. I believe part of that solution can be found in the worksite health promotion and wellness programs that have taken root across the country and around the world. Let’s consider what might be achieved in the future through these wellness programs—what I call Health Promotion 2.0.

Document Type

Policy Brief

Date

11-2013

Language

English

Series

Reports Series

Acknowledgements

The Herbert Lourie Memorial Lecture on Health Policy, sponsored by the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University and the Central New York Community Foundation, Inc., honors the memory of Herbert Lourie, MD, a distinguished Syracuse neurosurgeon, professor, and community leader for nearly 30 years. Generous contributions from his family, friends and colleagues, and former patients have endowed this series.

Disciplines

Economic Policy | Economics | Finance and Financial Management | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration | Public Health | Sociology | Urban Studies and Planning

Additional Information

Policy brief no. 49

Recommended Citation

Kumar, Rajiv, "Health Promotions 2.0: The Future of Wellness Programs in America" (2013). Center for Policy Research. 279.
https://surface.syr.edu/cpr/279

Source

Local input

Creative Commons License

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