Table 2.

Key Themes From Focus Group Discussions^*

Discussion Guide Topic	Themes
Is providing WHP appropriate?	Health care cost-containment strategy
	Vehicle for improving morale and productivity
	Delicate balance between promoting health and being intrusive
	WHP lacks enough power to improve health or reduce costs
Primary barriers and facilitators to implementing WHP	Barriers
	Limited resources available for WHP
	Little evidence that WHP improves workers’ health
	Culture does not support WHP
	Facilitators
	WHP is easier when it is employee driven
	WHP is more successful with management-level champions
	WHP is easier with turnkey programs and resources
	WHP is easier with programs and resources that can be tailored to the workforce
Willingness to offer WHP to partners and spouses	Perceived benefits
	Partners affect health care costs
	Partners affect workers’ productivity
	Perceived barriers
	Offering WHP to partners is too expensive
	Partners are difficult to reach
Willingness to offer WHP in collaboration with nonprofit, health-related agencies	Nonprofit health-related agencies are trustworthy experts
	Acceptability of fundraising depends on approach

^*WHP indicates workplace health promotion.