Archive for October, 2008
Corporate Wellness Plans
What Are Corporate Wellness Programs?
Corporate Wellness Plans are designed to support and promote worker health and wellness through education and awareness programs primarily based at the worksite. The program is a win-win in that employees benefit from learning and staying well, and the employer has increased loyalty and less absenteeism.
As organizations become more aware of [...]
The Organizational Benefits of Corporate Wellness Plans
Even the best and most innovative organizations are experiencing the impact worker well-being on their organizations’ performance. The bad news is that many of these organizations are unaware of the extent to which less-than-optimal employee health and well-being is impacting workforce capacity and performance. The goods news is that there is an increasing body of [...]
Corporate Wellness Programs: Low-Cost Activities That Work
Corporate Wellness Plans that support employees and the environment that they work in have been shown to be a good ROI. Corporate Wellness Plans may be extensive and sometimes expensive. However, there are ways for small organizations to make positive changes at little or no cost.
Corporate Wellness Program: Physical/Weight Management Activities
1. Grant access to on- [...]
Corporate Wellness Programs: Low-Cost Activities That Work
Corporate Wellness Plans that support employees and the environment that they work in have been shown to be a good ROI. Corporate Wellness Plans may be extensive and sometimes expensive. However, there are ways for small organizations to make positive changes at little or no cost.
Corporate Wellness Program: Nutrition Activities
Fruit and Vegetable Consumption
1. Provide healthy [...]
Corporate Wellness Programs: Supporting Scientific Research and Wellness Statistics
(Adapted from The Health Promotion First Act prepared by David Anderson, Ph.D., StayWell Health Management)
Employee Lifestyles Impact Employee Health
• Approximately 40% of all deaths in the United States are premature (at least 900,000 deaths each year) and are due to unhealthy lifestyle choices such as tobacco use, poor diet, sedentary lifestyle, misuse of alcohol and [...]
Corporate Wellness Program: Conditions for Success
1. Senior management involvement in the Corporate Wellness Program- Evidence of enthusiastic commitment and involvement of senior management helps employees understand their organizations’ 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 improved employee health status. [...]
Benefits of Corporate Wellness Plans
Introduction to Corporate Wellness Plans
Risky health behaviors by employees cost a company. Changing those behaviors can save the employer money and raise the employee’s productivity.
Because work gives an employee a stable setting and support system, Corporate Wellness Plans can have a great impact on lowering high-risk behaviors. This impact results in lower health claims cost, [...]
How to Write Employer Health and Wellness Program Goals and Objectives
Why have Employer Health and Wellness Program objectives?
Employer Health and Wellness Program objectives take your corporation’s priorities for employee health improvement and make them specific and measurable. Well-defined Employer Health and Wellness Program objectives provide direction for selecting Strategies and a basis for which to measure progress.
Writing Employer Health and Wellness Program objectives
Writing Employer Health [...]
Collecting information on employee health behaviors
If your corporation is interested in measuring the impact of your Employer Health and Wellness Program efforts in future years, you’ll want to gather relevant baseline data on the health and health behaviors of your employee population.
Employer Health and Wellness Program Data on your employee population
Health Risk Assessments
Some health plans offer organizations free internet-based Health [...]
Assessment of worksite culture and environment
In addition to looking at the health behaviors of employees, take a good look at your corporation. The following questions can help you identify opportunities for your corporation to support and encourage healthy behaviors among employees.
A strong foundation for employee health improvement
1. To what extent does the senior management in your corporation actively and visibly [...]