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A survey of employees’ knowledge and attitudes about cardiovascular health and their employers’ roles in employee health improvement: Implications for worksite engagement

Teresa Titus-Howard, MSW, MHA1; Dan Ershoff, DrPH2; Ron Z. Goetzel, PhD3; William L. Bruning, JD, MBA4; Andrea C. Ely, MD, MSc5

1 Consultant (Formerly with the Mid-America Coalition on Health Care - TTH)

2 AstraZeneca (DE)

3 Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University; Thomson Reuters (RG)

4 Mid-America Coalition on Health Care (WB)

5 University of Kansas Medical Center (AE)

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