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

Title	Author	Type	Words
A "big tent" approach to wellness: bringing EAPs, safety programs, and other resources to bear on employee health can make wellness programs much more effective in managing the health risks of workers and their dependents.	Karch, Robert C.		2491
Assisting employees in dangerous locations: providing onsite EA services to workers deployed to dangerous locations will improve their chances of completing their tours of duty and make them more likely to use the EAP when they return home.	Hammonds, Evangelina B.		1583
Bringing out the best.	Hartley, Maria	Editorial	611
Company Ban on firearms draws call for boycott.		Brief Article	241
Comprehensive wellness programming and EAPs: employee assistance professionals can help wellness programs by identifying employee needs, getting top-level buy-in, and helping employees and supervisors see a link between the programs and their health and work.	Beuermann-King, Beverly		1909
Conflict management and the Core Technology: a troubled employee often is symptomatic of issues affecting several workers or even entire work groups. Offering conflict management services can enable EAPs to address such issues on a broader scale.	Sawyer-Harmon, Cecily		1507
Ensuring a healthy older workforce: with the workforce growing older, tailoring health promotion and wellness programs to those 55 and older will become ever more important if businesses are to maintain productivity and performance.	McMahan, Shari		2106
Government launches website for disability information, resources.			127
Health insurance costs slow, but still top inflation and wage increases.		Brief Article	279
Health, wellness, and productivity: best practice requires EAP involvement.	Brennan, Kristine N.		773
Helping employees make informed decisions: by viewing employee health as an asset to be managed, employers can use health promotion and wellness programs to instill healthy behaviors among workers and encourage them to make smarter health choices.	Moeller-Roy, Nance		1387
Improving the return-to-work process: a strong collaboration between EA professionals and occupational health physicians can result in more accurate evaluations of sick and injured workers, better medical outcomes, and fewer repeat injuries or illnesses.	Kovalesky, Bob		1342
Integrating faith and work: companies that develop "faith friendly" cultures to allow employees to put their souls as well as their hearts and minds into their work will ultimately be rewarded with better performance and productivity.	Miller, David		2234
Low birth rates may cause labor shortages in some industrialized nations.		Brief Article	231
New guide helps clinicians care for alcohol abusers.		Brief Article	258
Poll shows most workers pessimistic about future.		Brief Article	230
The real cost of sleep debt: inadequate sleep due to extended workdays, overtime, and shift work is increasing health and safety risks for employees and may expose them or their employers to legal liabilities.	Coren, Stanley		2630
The root cause.	Maynard, John		860
The true client.	Ahlers, Gerry	Letter to the Editor	250
Use of MMPI in employment violates disability law, appeals court says.			366
Workplace affairs can harass those not involved, California court rules.		Brief Article	268