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The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. Population Health Approach Recognizes that health is a capacity or resource rather than a state; it corresponds to the notion of being able to pursue one’s goals, to acquire skills and education, and achieve personal growth. This approach is focused on population-based data rather than on data on individuals in a population PPO Preferred Provider Organization Predictive Modeling A technique used to predict future behavior and anticipate the consequences of change; data is collected, a statistical model is formulated, predictions are made and the model is validated (or revised) as additional data becomes available Presenteeism On-the-job productivity loss that is illness related; for example, problems such as allergies, asthma, chronic back pain, migraines, arthritis and depression; also related to productivity loss resulting from caregiving, lack of job satisfaction, and organization culture Preventive Medicine A branch of medicine concerned with preventing disease Productivity The amount of work or production output per unit of input from labor, equipment, and/or capital used R&D Research and Development Resilient Able to adapt and rebound readily following an adverse event Risk Factor Social, economic, or biological status, behaviors or environments associated causally or increase susceptibility to disease, illness, or injury SOLAR Site for On-line Learning and Resources StD Short-term disability STEPS Steps to a Healthier U.S. Workforce Initiative USDHHS U.S. Department of Health and Human Services VPP Voluntary Protection Program
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