i included a copy of the topic research we have been working on
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Work Absenteeism: Can Wellness Implementation Decrease It?
Tanesha Blythe
Liberty University
INDS491: Interdisciplinary Studies Capstone (C03)
Professor Stephen Milacci
March 2, 2026
Discipline: Health & Business Administration
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Work Absenteeism: Can Wellness Implementation Decrease It?
Topic: How workplace wellness programs sponsored by employers can reduce absenteeism rates
among employees working in mid-sized healthcare facilities.
Sample: Full-time nurses that work in mid-sized, private hospitals in Texas at least one year.
Independent Variable: The engagement in a formal employer-sponsored wellness program or
the lack of such engagement.
Dependent Variable: Number of registered sick leave days consumed within a six months
duration.
Hypothesis: Full-time nurses in the mid-sized Texas private hospitals with an
employer-sponsored wellness program that is structured will have fewer days of sick leave
compared to full-time nurses in the same hospitals who do not have a wellness program in six
months.
Research Question: Do full-time nurses, in mid-sized, privately owned Texas hospitals, who
attend a structured employer-sponsored wellness program have fewer sick leave days in the six
months than do similar nurses who do not attend a structured wellness program?
Disciplines Incorporated: Business Administration; Public Health.
Justification: Business administration will provide knowledge on the organizational strategy,
human resource management and cost-efficiency issues that relate to wellness program
implementation. The concept of the public health offers guidelines on the prevention of diseases,
health promotion, and the reduction of risky behaviors among employees. With the fusion of
these fields, organizational performance outcomes and health outcomes of employees can be
assessed. Both areas would be needed to examine absenteeism as a quantifiable business
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indicator with the intervention based on evidence-based health promotion interventions. This
multi-disciplinary strategy will make sure that the workplace wellness programs are evaluated as
financial investments, as well as the structured health interventions with the meaningful
implications at the level of organizations and population.