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		<title>Wellness Program
: Wellness Program Needs and Interest Survey.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2010 11:23:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Successful health promotion programs are designed to meet the needs and interests of the staff members. Ask staff members what they are interested in, and what needs they have. People &#160;are more willing to participate and support wellness efforts when they are involved in the decision-making process. Review the sample employee survey provided below. Staff [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wellness Program
: Establish a Health Promotion Program Committee.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 11:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A vital first step in organizing your company&#8217;s health promotion program is the formation of a wellness committee. &#160;The focus of the wellness committee is to plan, promote, and implement the health promotion program. The committee establishes continuity, motivation, and wide ownership of the wellness program in addition to provides an excellent car for communication. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wellness Program
: Wellness Program &#8211; Obtaining Management Support.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 11:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Support from upper management is essential to building a successful wellness program! Visible upper management support is one of the most crucial factors in the success of a workplace Health Promotion Program. Senior level management executives are responsible for making sure that the business meets its goals. They can provide additional assistance by assisting you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wellness Program
: Wellness Program &#8211; Conducting an Organizational Assessment.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wellness Program</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first step in developing your wellness/Wellness Program is to understand your company and how Wellness Program will fit into the current structure. By researching your organization&#8217;s history with similar health promotion programs and eliciting feedback from peers, you can find the best solution for your organization. Health Promotion Program &#8211; &#160;Research Questions &#149 Find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wellness Program
: Advantages of Wellness Programs.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 11:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wellness Program</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The costs of healthcare have been rising more than 10% each year for a few years. A substantial amount of the money spent in the healthcare system treats costly illnesses and illnesses. &#149 Approximately 95 percent of the $1.4 trillion that we spend as a nation on health goes to direct medical services, while about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wellness Program
: What is a Wellness Program?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:23:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wellness Program</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the American Journal of Wellness, &#8220;Wellness is the science and art of assisting individuals &#160;change their lifestyle to move toward a state of optimal health. Optimal health is defined as a balance of physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and intellectual health. Lifestyle change could be facilitated through a combination of efforts to enhance awareness, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wellness Program
: Improve Employee Wellness through Emotional Health Techniques.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 11:23:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[5 Ways to Assess and Improve Your Employees&#8217; Health Emotional health is a state of wellness that comes from understanding and acknowledging our emotions and locating appropriate ways to express them. As staff, we often bring emotional problems from our childhood or current family life into the workplace because we haven&#8217;t dealt with them effectively [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wellness Program
: Wellness Programs Now as Important as Cost and Workforce Issues.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 11:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wellness Program</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[25 percent Jump in Corporation Interest in Employee Wellness Corporate health promotion for their workers, companys are discovering, is good for the health of their businesses as well. Wellness programs help to cut the costs associated with poor employee health, which include absenteeism, loss of productivity and poor work quality. A recent Hewitt Associates survey [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wellness Program
: Employee Wellness and Effective Healthcare Reform.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 11:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wellness Program</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s clear to virtually every American (especially those of us in business) that health care costs are skyrocketing out of control. No one doubts that either the market will solve the problem OR the government will impose one on us. Managed care has failed from either a cost containment or quality of care perspective. Businesses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wellness Program
: Wellness Programs.</title>
		<link>http://wellnessprogramblog.com/wellness-program-wellness-programs-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 11:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Research spanning more than a decade has consistently shown health promotion programs to be financially effective and that every dollar invested on a health promotion program can return $2.30 and $10.10 by lowering absenteeism, sick day usage and by decreasing insurance costs. Moreover it&#8217;s noted that there are marked improvements in staff member performance and [...]]]></description>
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