RESEARCH INTEREST: WORKSITE HEALTH PROMOTION
 
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    From 1992 to1997 I served as the Associate Director of the Good Health Makes $ense program, a comprehensive worksite health promotion and disease prevention initiative for employee's, spouses, and retiree's of Aabama and Gulf Power Companies.  With over 160 sites in two states, the program utilized a multitude of stage-driven design, planning, and evaluation strategies to provide for the needs of over 10,000+ participants. Now entering it's secong decade, GHM$ has been recognized as one of the most salient and successful programs in an era of cutbacks, reorganization, and vender outsourcing.  Below are a few of the GHM$ programs awards:
    • Received Governor’s Award for Health Promotion Programs 1994-95
    • Received Wellness Council’s of America Gold Award 1994
    • Received National Health and Human Secretary’s Award for Excellence in Community Health Promotion 1995


    MEDIA:
     

    • "Good Health Makes $ense Show with Dr. Mike Perko" (1994-97)

      • Position: Producer/Host - Quarterly live health promotion and disease prevention
      broadcast and live monthly broadcast titled "GHM$ Monthly: It's Your Health!"
      to 120 downlink sites in a two state area. Duties included managing full and part-time staff in all pre, production, and post production including conceptual design, hiring talent, writing scripts, arranging location shoots, and editing. 35 live broadcasts produced.  ($80, 000 per annum)


    PUBLICATIONS IN THIS AREA:
     

    • (1994) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention & U.S. Department of Health and Human Services SBIR contract (200-93-0665) to revise the Office on Smoking and Health's 1985 document entitled "A Decision Makers Guide to Reducing Smoking at the Workplace." ($23,730)
    • Perko, M. A., & Cowdery, J. E. (1995). Integration of an 800 Number Health Information Line into a Comprehensive Health Promotion Program Driven by the Stages of Change Theory.  Wellness Perspectives: Theory, Research, and Practice, 11(1), 62-67.
    • Eddy, J. M., Perko, M. A., & McClure, L. L. (1992). Developing an Incentive Based Worksite Health Promotion Program.  (Information booklet)


    PRESENTATIONS:
     

    • An Overview of a Health Promotion Program: Success From the Ground Up

      • Morton, P. H., Bartee, R. T., Perko, M. A., Green, B. L.  Oral Presentation at the American Public Health Association National Conference, New York City, NY., 1996.
       
    • Integration of Satellite Broadcasts into a Comprehensive Health Promotion Program Driven by the Stages of Change Theory.  Perko, M. A., Green, B. L., Britt, M. F., & Grant, H. L.  Presentation at the Tenth National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Atlanta Ga., 1995.

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    • Up All Night: Health Promotion for Shift Workers and Their Families

      • Perko, M. A., Cowdery, J. E., Green, B. L., & Eddy, J. M.  Oral Presentation at the American Public Health Association National Conference, San Diego, CA., 1995.
       
    • Violence Prevention at the Workplace: Implications For Health Promotion
      Jones, C. S., & Perko, M. A.  Poster presented at the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance National Convention, Portland, Oregon., 1995.
       
    • Worksite Health Promotion Programs Based on The Stages of Change Theory

      • Perko, M. A., & Cowdery, J. E.  Roundtable presented at the Society of Public Health Educators National Conference, Washington, DC., 1994.
       
    • First Year Results Of An 800 Number Health Information Line Provided To Employees Of A Multi-Site Company.  Jones, C. S., Perko, M. A., & Eddy, J. M.  Oral presentation at the American Public Health Association National Conference, Washington, DC., 1994.
    • Smoking Policies and Programs: Guidelines for Corporate Decision-Makers

      • Eddy, J. M., Perko, M. A. & Kahler, H.  Oral presentation at the Wellness in the Workplace National Convention, Baltimore, Maryland., 1994.
       
    • The Use of an 800 Number Phone Service to Provide Health Information to a

      • Multi Site Company.  Perko, M. A., McClure, L. L., & Allison, S. A.  Poster presented at the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance National Convention, Washington, DC., 1993.
       
    • Evaluation of a Safety Belt Incentive Program on Utilization Rates at  Baptist Medical Centers.  Hilyer, J., McClure, L. L., & Perko, M. A.   Poster presented at the American Journal of Health Promotion Conference National Convention, Hilton Head, SC., 1993.
    • Evaluation of the Cost Benefit of the Medical Self Care Program at Baptist Medical

      • Centers.  Hilyer, J., McClure, L. L., & Perko, M. A.
      Poster presented at the American Journal of Health Promotion Conference National
      Convention, Hilton Head, SC., 1993.
       
    • Evaluation of the Healthy Lifestyles Incentives Program at Baptist Medical Centers

      • Hilyer, J., McClure, L. L., & Perko, M. A.  Poster presented at the American Journal of Health Promotion Conference National Convention, Hilton Head, SC., 1993.
       
    • A Comprehensive Non-Facility Based Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Program for a Multi-Site Company.  Eddy, J. M., & Perko, M. A.  Oral presentation at the Southern District American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Regional Convention, New Orleans, 1996.
    • Alabama Power Company's "Good Health Makes Sense Program"

      • Eddy, J. M., Green, B. L., Perko, M. A., & Fitzhugh, E. C.  Oral presentation at the Southern District American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Regional Convention, Nashville, TN., 1994.
       
    • Alabama Power's "Good Health Makes Sense" Health Promotion Program

      • Perko, M. A., Eddy, J. M., & Green, B. L.   Oral presentation at the Alabama State Nurses' Association Annual Convention, Tuscaloosa, AL., 1993.
       
    • Utilization of Health Education Students to run a 800# Health Information Service for Two Multi-Site Companies.  Perko, M. A., & Green, B. L.  Poster presented at the New Jersey Collegiate Summer Institute for Health in Education, New Brunswick, NJ., 1993.
    • Navigating the Seven C's to a Results-Oriented Worksite Health Promotion Program

      • Presentation to the National Commission of Rural Electric Cooperatives Association
      Intermediate workshop sponsored by the Wellness Councils of America, Jackson, MS., Sept 14, 1998.  (Honoraria)
       
    • Maintaining Peak Performance: Strategies for Success

      • Presentation to Institute for Organizational Management, U.S. National Chamber of Commerce Executive Training Seminar, Colorado Springs, Co., July 22, 1998.
       
    • Applying Theoretical Models to Real World Situations in Worksite Health Promotion. Presentation to Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Graduate Students, Baltimore, Md., March 11, 1998.


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