Archive for the ‘Health Promotion’ Category
Employee Wellness Programs: Focus on Nutrition Programs
Advantages of Nutrition Programs
Nutrition directly impacts nearly every aspect of physical and mental health. A healthy diet can help protect against such conditions as
heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, stroke, certain cancers and depression. Obesity, which is among the most common conditions linked to
diet, affects a record number of Americans.
The American Journal of Health Promotion estimates the [...]
Employee Wellness Plans for Small Businesses
Studies suggest that for every $1 invested in Employee Wellness Programs, a organization saves $3 to $5 in health and safety costs. Employers that invest in Employee Wellness Plans reap the financial rewards through savings on medical care costs, disability pay, rates of absenteeism, turnover and safety problems.
workplaces have already proven to be a great [...]
Employee Wellness Programs: Focus on Physical Fitness Initiatives
Advantages of Physical Fitness Initiatives
Exercise reduces weight, lowers risks of heart attack and stroke, helps to control blood pressure and diabetes, and improves mood. Studies
increasingly show that physical fitness may also help reduce the occurrence of certain types of cancer. Researchers at the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently documented another major advantage: physical [...]
Why Have a Employee Wellness Program?
There are a number of reasons why a Employer Health and Wellness Program is beneficial.
1. Improved Morale – When the organizational culture begins to change as a result the Employee Wellness Program, you and your employees may actually begin to see and feel a new level of energy within the employer. Ultimately, one of the [...]
The Case for Employee Wellness Plans
Wellness programming means different things to different companies. Effective wellness initiatives can be as simple as bringing bushel
baskets of fresh fruit into break rooms to encourage better eating. They can be as extensive as building fitness facilities onsite or
paying for obesity treatments.
A driving factor behind the push toward wellness spans companies of all types, sizes [...]
Evaluation of Employee Wellness Plans
It is important to assess the effectiveness of all Employee Wellness Programs. There are a number of very simple ways to assess Employee Wellness Programs:
How many attended the corporate health and Employee Wellness Program, and was there participation or a visible level of interest?
Use a short and simple pen and paper assessment that people fill [...]
Wellness in the Workplace: Who has the expertise?
When it comes to working wellness into your workforce, you want someone who knows the ins and outs of health promotion, and who can counsel
staff members and provide primary care – all within the context of the current regulatory and legal environment.
AAOHN’s survey reported that more than half of staff members (61 percent) want to [...]
Employee Wellness Plans Improve Retention
Employee retention is a challenge. Employee Wellness Plans can help. offering perks such as incentives to exercise, healthy food, weight loss and stress management programs at work is a way to maintain your employees satisfied.
Attracting new workers are also a challenge, and anything you can do to “stand out” from other employees is to your [...]
Wellness in the workplace
Good for waistlines & your bottom line
By Sandra Simpson, APRN, BC, COHN-S, manager in Occupational Health Services at a Fortune 500 company in Memphis, Tenn., and a member of
the board of directors of the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN). For a copy of the AAOHN wellness survey, visit
www.aaohn.org, or call (800) 241-8014, x0.
In [...]
Employee Wellness Programs: Special Situations
Sometimes, Employee Wellness Plans can take advantage of “special situations” that occur and which offer an excellent opportunity for employee education and support, at little or no expense to the employer. Not only do these situations help employees personally, but also they are an opportunity for the employer to be seen in a positive light. [...]