Centers and/or Institutes
Boston College Center on Work and Family - Founded in 1990, the Boston College Center for Work & Family is committed to enhancing the quality of life of today's workforce by providing leadership for the integration of work and life, an essential for individual, organizational, and community success. Our vision is that companies and communities will work together to ensure their mutual prosperity and the well being of employees and their families.
HERO - The Health Enhancement Research Organization is a
national leader in the creation of Employee Health Management: Research,
Education, Policy, Strategy, Leadership and Infrastructure.
IHPM - The Institute for Health and Productivity Management is a nonprofit global enterprise created in 1997 to establish the full value of employee health as a business asset and an investment in workplace productivity and corporate performance. At the center of the Institute’s work is the realization that health, wellbeing, and productivity are global issues impacting the success of companies and nations. IHPM champions the idea of health as human capital and the greatest untapped source of competitive advantage in a global marketplace. Link:.
NAADAC - The Association for Addiction Professionals,
represents the professional interests
of more than 75,000 addiction counselors, educators and other addiction-focused health care professionals in the United
States, Canada and abroad. NAADAC’s
members are addiction counselors, educators and other addiction-focused health care professionals, who specialize
in addiction prevention,
treatment, recovery support and education. An important part of the healthcare continuum, NAADAC members and its
45 state affiliates work to create
healthier individuals, families and communities through prevention, intervention, quality treatment and
recovery support. Link:
NGBH - The National Business Group on Health since 1974 has
been the nation's only non-profit organization devoted exclusively to
representing large employers' perspective on national health policy issues and
providing practical solutions to its members' most important health care
problems. Membership in the Business Group offers you the opportunity to drive
today's health agenda while exchanging ideas for controlling health care costs,
improving patient safety and quality of care and sharing best practices in
health benefits management with senior benefits, HR professionals, and medical
directors from leading corporations.
Partnership for Workplace Mental Health is a Program within the American Psychiatric Foundation. The Partnership works with businesses to ensure that employees and their families living with mental illness, including substance use disorders, receive effective care. It provides employers with tools and resources to help their company take action to advance mental health for their workforce. Link:
WFRN - The Work and Family Researchers Network (formerly the Sloan Work and Family Research Network), is an international membership organization of interdisciplinary work and family researchers. The WFRN also welcomes the participation of policy makers and practitioners as it seeks to promote knowledge and understanding of work and family issues among the community of global stakeholders.
Remember that
happiness is a
way of travel,
not a
destination
Roy Goodman