Archive for November, 2010
Wellness Programs : Building a Wellness Program.
There is no single right way to approach health promotion programs but winning health promotion programs share common success factors. These include commitment from management, employee involvement, adequate resources, and a health policy that goes hand in hand with the company’s mission, vision and values.
Wellness Program – A Range of Approaches
Although the goal is to [...]
Wellness Programs : Smaller Companys Adopting Illness Management.
A recent survey finds almost 42% of companys with 200 or fewer staff have some sort of disease management (DM) program.
That’s a enormous increase from four years ago, when just 28 percent of smaller corporations offered such health promotion programs.
There’s more to come, too. Fifteen% of respondents that didn’t currently have a disease management component [...]
Wellness Programs : Wellness Programs – Creating Supportive Environments.
Exactly how does it feel to walk into your workplace? Do people look happy? is the place well lit and cheerful? Do you feel welcome, wanted and energized? Or do you feel a gloom come over you, and count the hours until you can leave?
The influence of the worksite environment on the wellness of [...]
Wellness Programs : Obesity Management Programs – Key Measures.
Thinking about an obesity-related disease management program for your business? Here’s what you need to know.
In order to be effective, the wellness program must meet participants’ individual medical and psychological needs, not to mention your own organization’s need to control long-term healthcare costs.
Exactly how wide-reaching should the program be? After all, it doesn’t make sense [...]
Wellness Programs : Motivational Health Promotion Events.
These are fun and easy events that could be done within your company to motivate healthful behaviors during a contest or during other times. The goal is to encourage employee participation. Some examples –
• Develop a sub-committee of enthusiastic workers who’ll help promote the fitness program by offering ideas, suggestions and encouragement to fellow [...]
Wellness Programs : Starting a Health Promotion Program.
Develop a culture of wellness within your business
Develop Exemplary Management Support
In the most successful Wellness Programs, senior managers lead their organizations by example. And they work to ensure that the senior management structure not only allows, but actively encourages their workforce to participate.
Organize a Health Promotion Advisory Team
Wellness committees serve as the eyes, ears, arms [...]
Wellness Programs : Health Promotion Emails.
These are short informational “Health Tips” in an e-mail format on many different health-related topics. You can appoint someone within your business to find specific topics on the Internet from sites that are in the public domain or topics could be purchased from organizations.
Some qualified sources include –
• Hope Health
• Sound Ideas, Inc.
• [...]
Wellness Programs : Selecting the Right Kind of Health Promotion Program.
Research studies show that untargeted health-promotion campaigns have little long-term impact.
Chronic conditions, which rob individuals and families of their health and happiness, represent major costs to employers in the form of health care and disability costs, lost productivity, and absenteeism.
Health Promotion Programs should address risky behaviors that can help your workforce eat healthier, increase their [...]
Wellness Programs : Health Promotion Seminars.
Health Promotion Seminars are learning sessions planned and organized by you to meet specific objectives. Decide on a topic and select a speaker. Select a site for the “Lunch and Learn” session, typically a lunchroom or break room.
Depending on your budget and goals, workers can brown bag the lunch or you might provide the [...]
Wellness Programs : What Will a Wellness Program Cost?
The Facts Speak for Themselves – Wellness Helps Reduce Costs
• A 2003 evaluation of one large U.S. company found that simply assisting staff control their blood pressure alone can save $547 per person annually.
• Johnson and Johnson claims to have saved $38 million in healthcare costs for its staff members between 1995 and 1999 by [...]