Employee Wellness Program: Conditions for Success

January 20, 2009

1. Senior management involvement in the Employee Wellness Program- Evidence of enthusiastic commitment and involvement of senior management helps staff members understand their businesses’ serious commitment to health.  Employees need to perceive that their senior management, supervisors, and coworkers have positive attitudes toward health since these factors have all been associated with enhanced employee health [...]

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Benefits of Employee Wellness Programs

January 19, 2009

Introduction to Employee Wellness Programs
Risky health behaviors by staff members cost a company. Changing those behaviors can save the employer money and increase the staff member’s productivity.
Because work gives an staff member a stable setting and support system, Employee Wellness Programs can have a great impact on lowering high-risk behaviors. This impact results in reduce [...]

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How to Write Workplace Health Promotion Plan Goals and Objectives

January 18, 2009

Why have Workplace Health Promotion Plan objectives?
Workplace Health Promotion Plan objectives take your organization’s priorities for employee health improvement and make them specific and measurable. Well-defined Workplace Health Promotion Plan objectives provide direction for deciding on Strategies and a basis for which to measure progress.
Writing Workplace Health Promotion Plan objectives
Writing Workplace Health Promotion Plan objectives [...]

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Collecting information on staff member health behaviors

January 17, 2009

If your organization is interested in measuring the impact of your Workplace Health Promotion Plan efforts in future years, you’ll want to gather relevant baseline data on the health and health behaviors of your staff member population.
Workplace Health Promotion Plan Data on your staff member population
Health Risk Assessments
Some health plans offer businesses free web-based Health [...]

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Assessment of worksite culture and setting

January 16, 2009

In addition to looking at the health behaviors of staff members, take a good look at your organization. The following questions can help you establish opportunities for your organization to support and encourage healthy behaviors among staff members.
A strong foundation for employee health improvement
1. To what extent does the senior management in your organization actively [...]

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Beginning a Workplace Health Promotion Plan vision and brand for your organization’s Employee Wellness Program:

January 15, 2009

Why it’s important and how to do it
The Workplace Health Promotion Plan Vision
A Workplace Health Promotion Plan vision statement is a concise statement that summarizes the purpose and objectives of your organization’s commitment to establishing a Employee Wellness Program. Taking the time to clarify and describe your organization’s Workplace Health Promotion Plan vision can provide [...]

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Employer Health and Wellness Committee

January 14, 2009

Sample Workplace Health Promotion Plan meeting agendas and topics for discussion
Is your organization’s Workplace Health Promotion Plan Health and Wellness Committee new?  Has it existed on paper but been inactive for a while?  In either case, some of the following may be appropriate agenda items for your first Workplace Health Promotion Plan meetings.   You may [...]

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Beginning a Health and Wellness Committee

January 13, 2009

A representative Health and Wellness Committee is a cornerstone of a successful Employee Wellness Program, regardless of the size of the organization.
Membership of your Health and Wellness Committee
Aim for a committee of a manageable size (no more than 15 members, depending on your organization’s size). Your Health and Wellness Committee should represent all employee groups [...]

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Determining a budget for establishing a Workplace Health Promotion Plan

January 12, 2009

Beginning a Workplace Health Promotion Plan need not be costly, but will require the commitment of some financial resources. If possible, include the Workplace Health Promotion Plan in your organization’s annual business plan and budget as you do for other efforts important to your organization’s success.
How much to budget for the Employee Wellness Program?
There is [...]

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Locating a Workplace Health Promotion Plan Coordinator

January 11, 2009

Locating an individual to guide your organization in establishing a Workplace Health Promotion Plan
Without a qualified Workplace Health Promotion Plan coordinator to guide and manage your organization’s creation of a culture of wellness, efforts can be scattered and momentum can stall. While it’s essential that the creation of a culture of wellness be someone’s [...]

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