The impact of the implementation of an employee and family assistance program on teacher disability leave in ten British Columbia School Districts

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dc.contributor.authorMcInnis, Ann Marieen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-14T22:46:20Z
dc.date.available2024-08-14T22:46:20Z
dc.date.copyright1997en_US
dc.date.issued1997
dc.degree.departmentSchool of Physical Education
dc.degree.departmentSchool of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en
dc.description.abstractEmployee and Family Assistance Programs (EFAPs) are one way of providing health and wellness opportunities to employees. EFAPs are an important component of a wellness or health promotion program; many current programs focus on aspects of an employee's emotional health. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of implementing an Employee and Family Assistance Program on teacher disability leave. Short and long term disability leave statistics from ten provincial school districts were obtained from the British Columbia Teachers Federation. The years before a school district implemented an EFAP were used to form "pre-EFAP" means, while the year of implementation, together with all subsequent years constituted the "post-EFAP" means. Non­directional T-tests were utilized to compare these short and long term disability leave means. The post-EFAP means were greater than the pre-EFAP means for both short and long term disability leave per 100 teachers. These differences, which are statistically significant (p<.05), indicate an increase in disability leave. The initiation of an EFAP, in the ten school districts examined, was followed by an increase in teacher disability leave. Therefore, this study revealed there are measurable differences in teacher disability leave after the initiation of an EFAP; the initiation of an EFAP is followed by an increase in disability leave.
dc.format.extent121 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/18932
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.titleThe impact of the implementation of an employee and family assistance program on teacher disability leave in ten British Columbia School Districtsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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