Archive for October, 2008
Establishing a Company Health and Wellness Program vision and brand for your corporation’s Employee Wellness Program:
Why it’s important and how to do it
The Company Health and Wellness Program Vision
A Company Health and Wellness Program vision statement is a concise statement that summarizes the purpose and goals of your corporation’s commitment to creating a Employee Wellness Program. Taking the time to clarify and describe your corporation’s Company Health and Wellness Program [...]
The Components of a Comprehensive Employer Health and Wellness Program
As the field of Employee Wellness Plans continues to evolve, the need to define succinctly the components of this comprehensive approach increases. In 1987 Allensworth and Kolbe (1987) expanded the prevailing definition of comprehensive school health to include the domains of Health Instruction, Healthy Environment, Health Services, Physical Fitness Education, Counseling and Psychological Services, School [...]
Employer Wellness Committee
Sample Company Health and Wellness Program meeting agendas and topics for discussion
Is your corporation’s Company Health and Wellness Program 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 Company Health and Wellness Program meetings. You [...]
Comprehensive Employee Wellness Programs?
As the field of Employee Wellness Plans continues to evolve, so will the need to define the dimensions of a comprehensive model of Employee Wellness Programs. A representative model includes the following Employee Health and Wellness Program components; health education programs, employee health services and benefits, nutrition and physical fitness programs, Employer Health and Wellness [...]
Establishing a Wellness Committee
A representative Wellness Committee is a cornerstone of a successful Employee Wellness Program, regardless of the size of the corporation.
Membership of your Wellness Committee
Aim for a committee of a manageable size (no more than 15 members, depending on your corporation’s size). Your Wellness Committee should represent all employee groups (e.g., full-time and part-time staff members, [...]
Walking Employee Wellness Plans
Walking Employee Wellness Plans are some of the most popular Employee Wellness Programs. They set the bar for entry fairly low – most anyone can walk around the block or their building – and walking Employee Wellness Plans also offers workers with a good way to break up the afternoon doldrums and interact in a [...]
Determining a budget for creating a Company Health and Wellness Program
Establishing a Company Health and Wellness Program need not be costly, but will require the commitment of some financial resources. If possible, include the Company Health and Wellness Program in your corporation’s annual business plan and budget as you do for other efforts important to your corporation’s success.
How much to budget for the Employee Wellness [...]
Employer Health and Wellness Program Statistics
Employer Health and Wellness Program Statistics tell a clear story – Employer Health and Wellness Program Programs are effective , and they save corporations money.
You should take note of these interesting Employer Health and Wellness Program Statistics:
Some 25 percent of American corporations were running Employee Wellness Plans in 1996.
Employer Health and Wellness Program Statistics depict [...]
Finding a Company Health and Wellness Program Coordinator
Finding an individual to guide your corporation in creating a Company Health and Wellness Program
Without a qualified Company Health and Wellness Program coordinator to guide and manage your corporation’s creation of a culture of health, efforts can be scattered and momentum can stall. While it’s vital that the creation of a culture of health be [...]
Tools for Achieving health behavior Change
Changing health-related behaviors is a difficult challenge. Incorporate the tools below into your Wellness initiatives to assist participants in successfully changing health behaviors.
Tool #1: Establish effective goals
• Focus on areas that can impact the overall goal.
• For example, if the overall goal is to lose weight, the most productive areas to focus on are the [...]