Articles from The Journal of Employee Assistance (May 1, 2005)

Title	Author	Type	Words
Auditing disaster prevention: an auditing process can help employers use their corporate values to infuse respect, tolerance, and civility into employees' behaviors and thus prevent workplace emergencies arising from violence.	Badzmierowski, William F.		1505
Can EAPs help the working poor? The prevalence of uninsured and underinsured workers has put EAPs in a delicate and difficult position that threatens EA professionals' practices and the very survival of the industry.	Elkin, Charlotte		2078
Disaster preparedness: a multifaceted EAP approach.	Brennan, Kristine N.		778
Disasters: think, plan, and act: encouraging employees to plan for workplace and home disasters and understand their roles during each can go a long way to help keep workers more productive.	Lopes, Rocky		2138
Emergency management is the process of preparing for, mitigating, responding to and recovering from an emergency.		Brief Article	144
Gender and disasters: women and men experience disasters in different ways, challenging employers to design disaster preparedness strategies that meet the needs of both genders.	Phillips, Brenda D.		1733
Guide helps employers choose health promition, prevention programs.		Brief Article	132
Health screenings prompt workers to eat better, exercise more often.		Brief Article	240
Kidnapping: how can EAPs intervene? By understanding the cultures of societies and workplaces and the differing perspectives of criminals and their victims, EA professionals can minimize the impact of kidnappings on workers, their families, and their employers.	Concha, Eduardo Villar		1224
Large companies using employees to help fill vacant positions.		Brief Article	189
Many workers say they could save more, but don't.		Brief Article	282
Meet with your employees twice a year to review emergency plans.			132
More workers value time over money, survey shows.		Brief Article	186
On August 20, 1986, a part-time letter carrier named Patrick H. Sherrill, facing possible dismissal after a troubled work history.		Brief Article	187
One-third of adults recover from alcohol dependence.		Brief Article	250
Online screening for alcohol use: online alcohol screening programs address privacy concerns of employees and thus encourage greater participation, opening the door to further intervention and treatment and helping reduce healthcare costs.	Belanger, Marc		1737
Preparing for the Olympic Games: a disaster preparedness program that emphasized training and respected cultural values helped employees feel safe during the Olympic Games and also familiarized them with the concept of an EAP.	Armatas, Andrew		1254
Report details importance of value in employers' healthcare decisions.		Brief Article	231
The EAP critical incident continuum: using a continuum of services to assist management and employees in responding to a workplace disaster enables EA professionals to support business continuity and employee recovery.	Blum, Dorothy		1964
The final step in the preparedness process is the drill or exercise.		Brief Article	160
The vital work of planning and training for disasters.	Hartley, Maria		644
Values, stress indicators differ for men and women.		Brief Article	261
Work-life: organizations in denial: while work-family programs may provide some employees with useful resources, they do not address the root causes of work-life imbalance and often are not integrated into employers' strategic goals.	Thompson, Cynthia A.		2056
Yesterday [July 21, 2004], the American Red Cross, George Washington University, the Department of Homeland Security and the Council for Excellence in Government co-sponsored a symposium titled "Public Preparedness--A National Imperative.".			130