Archive for February, 2009
Worksite Wellness Program Ideas: Healthy Living Initiatives
• Provide Stress Management Programs and mental health Initiatives
• Provide substance use and abuse Initiatives
• Provide smoking cessation and control
• Provide nutrition counselling
• Provide weight control Initiatives and counselling
• Provide encourage use of food logs
• Provide posting BMI charts
• Provide juice dispensing machines
• Provide water coolers
• Provide snack machines with low-calorie snack choices
• Provide snack [...]
Worksite Wellness Program Environment Assessment
Why Complete a Worksite Wellness Program Environment Assessment?
The purpose of completing the assessment is to identify your worksite’s strengths and areas in need of improvement. The assessment will lead your workgroup to recommend actions for changes to make the worksite more supportive of healthy behaviors (i.e. healthy food choices in snack machines, policies to enforce [...]
Worksite Wellness Program: Maintaining Motivation and Interest
Once you start a program you will have a range of staff member participants. Some will already be very engaged in being active and eating well and your program will only reinforce and enhance their health. On the other end of the spectrum will be individuals who may not engage no matter what [...]
Why Wellness?
There are a number of reasons why Worksite Wellness Programs are beneficial.
1. Improved Morale – When the organizational culture begins to change as a result of your health promotion efforts, you and your employees may actually start to see and feel a new level of energy within the organization. Ultimately, one of the [...]
Worksite Wellness Programs: Focus on Health Education Activities
1. Have a current policy outlining the requirements and functions of a broad-based Worksite Wellness Program.
2. Have a wellness plan in place that addresses the purpose, nature, duration, resources required, participants in, and expected results of a Worksite Wellness Program.
3. Orient employees to the Worksite Wellness Program and give them copies of the physical activity, nutrition, and tobacco [...]
Where to Begin with Worksite Wellness Programs
Ten Steps Toward Strategic Worksite Wellness Programs
The Worksite Wellness Program management world is evolving rapidly. Each month, there are new research findings that support the premise that Worksite Wellness Programs and disease management have a long-term impact on health care costs. Many large businesses that started Worksite Wellness Programs three to five years ago are [...]
Benefits of Worksite Wellness Programs
Worksite Wellness Programs are crucial to improving the health of our nations. Most adults spend more of their waking hours at work than anywhere else, making it a excellent venue for promoting healthful habits. The worksite organizational culture and environment are powerful influences on behavior and this needs to be put to use as a [...]
Worksite Wellness Programs
Who needs Worksite Wellness Programs? If you work in an office or a worksite or are a member of an organization who spends a considerable amount of time at work, you will benefit from a well-designed worker Worksite Wellness Program. Employees spend a minimum of about 200 hours a month at work – a considerable [...]
Worksite Wellness Programs – The Good and The Bad
Worksite Wellness Programs at the corporate level are beneficial, right? Wellness statistics clearly show that such Worksite Wellness Programs are not only cost-effective to the organization but can assist the staff member in developing a healthier lifestyle. With the rising cost of health care, Worksite Wellness Programs simply make sense. So where does the problem [...]
Health and Wellness Planning Guide
Getting Started – Secure management support
• Justifications for having a Health and Wellness
• Health risk assessments
• Help for high-risk population: smokers, obese employees
• Early detection of diabetes, heart disease risk factors (high cholesterol, high blood pressure)
Health and Wellness Participation – Identify your audience
• Employees only, whole family, retirees?
• Community involvement? Theme?
Health and Wellness [...]