TY - THES A1 - Fischer, Alexander T1 - Workplace Health Promotion through Physical Activity Programs Private Economic Return: A Prospective Partial Cost Benefit Analysis for German Firms N2 - Increasing levels of inactivity in contemporary work and lifestyle and the consequent rise in chronic disease have necessitated public health intervention, delivered particularly through the workplace setting. The purpose of this thesis is to provide information on the economic ramifications of such workplace health promotion programs in the field of physical activity to allow for data-based investment decisions of firms. Within a cost-benefit evaluation framework, this thesis identified relevant costs and benefits from practically oriented literature. While most outcomes have been found inconclusive, reductions in absenteeism might be appropriately evidenced and sufficiently tangible to allow quantification. Based on population-attributable risk and insurance data, per employee 0.38-0.58 absence days, or 47.17-71.08€ were estimated to be solely attributable to physical inactivity. Oppositely, cost magnitude depends largely on the interventions’ format, cost-effectiveness, and especially the time investment of the participant. Yet, the economic evidence is largely restricted and demands further investigation. KW - Cost benefit analysis KW - Workplace health promotion KW - Physical activity KW - Economic impact KW - Work related outcomes Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:1383-opus4-17375 ER -