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In Preventing Workplace Substance Abuse, editors Joel B. Bennett and Wayne E. K. Lehman shed light on the limitations of drug testing and demonstrate how individual and organizational wellness efforts can more effectively reduce employee alcohol and drug abuse. In an era of widespread drug testing, employee substance abuse continues unabated and related safety, productivity, and medical costs persist. Why? Testing alone, say the editors, ignores alcohol use and fails to address underlying causes, including contextual workplace factors like stress, stigma, and coworker drinking. This groundbreaking volume offers a reasoned and well-researched approach that is broader and potentially more effective than coercion in inducing employees to change. Chapter authors describe science-based interventions linked to other areas of individual or organizational wellness, such as stress management, cardiovascular wellness, and team building, which appeal to a wider or more holistic sense of wellness. Those who design, implement, or advise on workplace prevention programs, as well as policy-makers and business owners will benefit from the research described and will find options that fit a range of organizational cultures, policy orientations, and employee motivation levels.
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Preventha Workdace Substance" Abusi Beyond Drug Testing to Wellness Joel B. Bennett and Wayne E. K, lehman, Editors American Psychological Association Washington, DC CONTENTS .................................................. : .................. Preface .................................... Introduction .................................................. Contributors ix xi 3 Joel B. Bennett Chapter 1. Understanding Employee Alcohol and Other Drug Use: Toward a Multilevel Approach ........ 29 Joel B. Bennett, G. Shawn Reynolds, and Wayne E. K. Lehman Chapter 2. A Workplace Coping-Skills Intervention to Chapter 3. Integrating Substance Abuse Prevention Into Health Promotion Programs in the Workplace: A Social Cognitive Intervention Targeting the Mainstream User .............................. Royer F. Cook, Anita S. Back, James Trudeau, and Tracy McPherson Chapter 4. Chapter 5. Prevent Alcohol Abuse ........................ David L. Snow, Suzanne C . Swan, and Leo Wilton 57 97 Helping At-Risk Drinkers Reduce Their Drinking: Cardiovascular Wellness Outreach at Work ...... 135 Max Heirich and Cynthia J. Sieck Team and Informational Trainings for Workplace Substance Abuse Prevention .................... Wayne E. K. Lehman, G. Shawn Reynolds, and Joel B. Bennett vii 165 Chapter 6. Lay and Scientific Perspectives on Harm Prevention: Enabling Theory and Program Innovation .................................... Martin S h i n and Helen Suuroali Chapter 7. Symbolic Crusades and Organizational Adoption of Substance Abuse Prevention Programs ........ 227 William J . Sonnenstuhl Chapter 8. Cautious Optimism and Recommendations: A Call for More Research From Applied Psychology ..... 239 Joel B. Bennett, G. Shawn Reynolds, and Wayne E. K. Lehman Index ........................................................ About the Editors ... Vlll 203 ............................................. CONTENTS 259 271 CONTRIBUTORS Anita S. Back, MS, The ISA Group, Alexandria, VA Joel B. Bennett, PhD, Institute of Behavioral Research, Organizational Wellness and Learning Systems, Fort Worth, TX Royer F. Cook, PhD, President, The ISA Group, Alexandria, VA Max Heirich, PhD, Worker Health Program, Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, University of Michigan, A