As they say: “timing is everything.” Use the guidelines below to guide the timing of Wellness Program activities and data collection.
Timing: Wellness Program Start-up
• Consider the optimal time to start a new Wellness Program. Take into account preferences of the target population and other factors that could affect enrollment and participation.
• For example, coordinating the […]

Employee Health and Wellness Programs that support staff members and the environment that they work in have been shown to be a good ROI. Employee Health and Wellness Programs may be extensive and sometimes costly. However, there are ways for small employers to make positive changes at little or no cost.
 
Employee Health and Wellness Program: […]

Wellness Program communication is important to all aspects of Wellness and preventive medicine and is relevant to:
• Healthcare provider-patient relationships
• An individual’s exposure to, search for, and use of Wellness Program information
• Effective counseling and patient education for behavior change
• Content of public health messages and community campaigns
Effective health communication should have these attributes:
• Accuracy: […]

(Adapted from The Health Promotion First Act prepared by David Anderson, Ph.D., StayWell Health Management)
 
Staff Member Lifestyles Impact Staff Member Health

Approximately 40 percent of all deaths in the United States are premature (at least 900,000 deaths annually) and are due to unhealthy lifestyle choices such as tobacco use, poor diet, sedentary lifestyle, misuse of alcohol […]

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

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

Strong and visible upper management support for the Corporate Health and Wellness Program encourages health and is essential to securing needed Corporate Health and Wellness Program resources (staff, time, and money) and implementing recommended changes.
 
1. Identify a Corporate Health and Wellness Program champion
 
            In a small organization, there may be a single leader who is […]

Evaluation of successful Wellness Programs has revealed several key Wellness Program strategies to increase Wellness Program effectiveness and impact overall Soldier health.
Strategy #5: Using a small number of targeted priorities maintains Wellness Program focus.
• Needs assessment data can be used to identify leading health needs and also high risk populations.
• Choosing a handful of specific […]

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

The workplace environment is a powerful, but frequently overlooked, element in managing worker health.  Here we will identify some of the best-practices in creating a Corporate Health and Wellness Program that supports your organization’s employee health strategy and allows workers to take charge of their own health.  For example, a Corporate Health and Wellness Program […]