Wellness Programs : Encouraging Worker Exercise Through Corporation Policy.
• Commit to worksite exercise in policy statements and commit funding to exercise initiatives.
• Clearly communicating the benefits of being physically active during the workday reinforces the organization’s commitment to assisting all workers be active.
Use meetings, bulletin boards, newsletters and e-mail to reach as many employees as possible at least once a year.
• Make [...]
Wellness Programs : What Health Vendors Are Not Telling You.
The corporations with the most cost-efficient heath programs are the ones that streamline the services employees receive for both their physical and mental health.
As a long-term goal, having your general health plan, worker assistance program (EAP) and health promotion program communicating regularly with one another about employees’ treatments is the single best way to reduce [...]
Wellness Programs : Wellness Programs – Getting Workers Active.
• Be sure that your building’s stairwells are clean, attractive and safe, and post signs encouraging personnel to use the stairs.
• Start a wellness newsletter or intranet.
• Promote the Activity Tracker and encourage employees to track their physical activity every week.
• be creative, and make the most of the workspace you have. for example, mark [...]
Wellness Programs : Wellness Program Budgets.
Trying to do more with less money? Here are three proven ways to align the dollars and cents of a health promotion program in your budget.
Common thread – the way you prepare – and control – your budget for a health promotion program is critical to its success.
1. Top-down wellness budget
Depending on the size of [...]
Wellness Programs : Health Promotion Programs and Physical Activity With Co-workers.
• Organize a launch event to create excitement about upcoming activities and to create a social climate that establishes being active as the norm.
• Organize and promote monthly or bi-monthly company events that are fun and active, e.g., picnics with physical games, staff tournaments and dragon boat racing.
Be certain to encourage families to join [...]
Wellness Programs : Lobby groups take aim at wellness programs.
Given the gigantic growth of wellness programs over the last two years, it was inevitable resistance would creep up among watchdog groups.
In Washington, lobbyists have spearheaded a push for Congress, the DOL and IRS to crack down on “punitive” wellness programs.
Specifically, the groups seek to limit wellness programs in which employees’ share of their [...]
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 [...]