The Value Proposition for Health and Well-Being in the Corporate Setting
Wednesday, September 27, 2017, 1-2pm
The Center for Health and Happiness kicked off its Fall seminar series with a talk from Dr. Nico Pronk on Wednesday, September 27th. Dr. Pronk is the President of HealthPartners Institute and Chief Science Officer of HealthPartners, Inc., and also holds a faculty appointment as Adjunct Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences here at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Dr. Pronk’s work is focused on connecting evidence of effectiveness with the practical application of programs and practices, policies and systems that measurably improve population health and well-being. His work applies to the workplace, the care delivery setting and the community and involves development of new models to improve health and well-being at the research, practice and policy levels.
During his seminar entitled “The Value Proposition for Health and Well-Being in the Corporate Setting”, Dr. Pronk discussed the role of the environment on individual’s behavior and how individual decisions also matter when thinking about well-being. Dr. Pronk went on to discuss the importance of worksite health promotion as a public health strategy that fosters economic growth in the community.
View a recording of the seminar here.