Previous Worker Health Program research has demonstrated the effectiveness of regular follow-up counseling and monitoring of EAP clients in preventing substance abuse relapse. Currently, the program is completing a study with a local utility company building on this idea and incorporating follow-up with the EAP client's family.

In the area of worksite wellness, previous Worker Health Program research similarly has demonstrated the effectiveness of proactive outreach and regular follow-up counseling with individuals in lowering the risks of cardiovascular disease, the number one killer of the American workforce. A second current research project is underway in a local automotive plant which studies the potential of non-stigmatized wellness interventions to lessen alcohol and drug abuse. It also provides a randomized trial examination of the impact of one-to-one outreach versus group interventions. Classes and counseling are offered in the areas of smoking cessation, weight management, nutrition, and alcohol education.

In October 1995, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of NIH published a step-by-step guide to implementing a worksite wellness program, based on research at more than 100 worksites, and written by the Worker Health Program staff and Bruce Brock. It comes as a special tribute to the pioneering work of Jack Erfurt and Andrea Foote, for many years co-directors of the program.