Archive for December, 2008
Worksite Wellness Programs: Future Developments, Directions and Challenges
Technological and demographic transformations are changing the nature of work in our society. As these changes occur the broad-based model of Worksite Wellness Programs described above will evolve and continue to develop. If current trends continue, the workers of tomorrow will be older, more racially and ethically diverse, increasingly female, and will frequently be located [...]
Worksite Wellness Programs: Integration of organization and Community Resources
Worksites do not exist in a vacuum. They are part and parcel of the community in which they are located. Successful corporate administrators are cognizant of the need for positive community relations and should do what is necessary to promote good will. What better way to bridge relationships than by utilizing existing community Worksite Wellness [...]
Worksite Wellness Programs: Health Related organization Policies and Procedures
At times Worksite Wellness Programs have been instituted as public relations vehicles intended to enhance the corporate image with little concern for improvements in staff member health. Companies who are truly committed to enhancing staff member health and wellness, are businesses who have worked to include Worksite Wellness Programs into the organization’s mission statement. With [...]
Worksite Wellness Programs: Safe and Healthy Work Environment
The environmental conditions of the worksite can be divided into both physical and psychosocial domains, both of which influence the climate and culture of a worksite. The cultural norms of a workplace have been identified as powerful determinants of worker health and behavior (Baum, 1995). Ultimately, workers benefit most from a healthy, supportive; eustressful workplace [...]
Worksite Wellness Programs: Employee Assistance Programs and Counseling Programs
An staff member’s psychological health can never be neglected in a broad-based model of Worksite Wellness Programs. Originating out of a need for alcohol abuse interventions in the workplace, today’s employee assistance programs (EAP) encompass assessment and counseling for substance abuse and dependency, stress related disorders, family conflicts and other personal issues.
Evidence of the [...]
Worksite Wellness Programs: staff member Health Services and staff member Benefits
Small and large businesses carry a significant proportion of the provision of health care for families in this country by providing health care insurance for their employees. With the escalating increase in health care cost many businesses are attempting to slow the increase of health care insurance premiums by providing innovative cost control programs. Greater [...]
Worksite Wellness Programs: physical fitness and nutrition Programs
physical fitness and nutrition programs have demonstrated effectiveness in delaying the onset of staff member morbidity while enhancing self esteem, stress management and general feelings of well being. Although many physical fitness and nutrition programs are instructional in nature, they should go beyond educational programs by providing enabling supports for the adoption of healthy behaviors. [...]
Worksite Wellness Programs: Health Education
Health education is easily integrated into all the areas of comprehensive Worksite Wellness Programs and it is unlikely that any of the areas could survive without an educational component. It is a key element of every primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention program and a means of promoting wellness and optimal health. A broad-based health education [...]
The Components of a Comprehensive Worksite Wellness Program
As the field of Worksite Wellness Programs continues to evolve, the need to define and articulate the components of this broad-based approach increases. In 1987 Allensworth and Kolbe (1987) expanded the prevailing definition of broad-based school health to include the domains of Health Instruction, Healthy Environment, Health Services, Physical Fitness Education, Counseling and Psychological Services, [...]
What Are Comprehensive Worksite Wellness Programs?
As the field of Worksite Wellness Programs continues to evolve, so will the need to define the dimensions of a broad-based model of Worksite Wellness Programs. A representative model includes the following Worksite Wellness Program components; health education programs, staff member health services and benefits, physical fitness and nutrition programs, Worksite Wellness Program policies and [...]