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Employee Health Screening Programs
Health risk evaluation programs ought to be carried out on a one-on-one basis by trained medical care professionals. Health risk measures ought to include the following: Blood Pressure measurements - at least two Blood Pressure measurements taken du...
Incentives
Incentives can be used to increase participation rates, help with completion or attendance at programs, and to help individuals shift or adhere to healthy behaviors. The purpose of the incentive is to encourage workers to adopt positive behaviors or ...
Marketing
A major issue in wellness programming is attracting workers to take part and maximizing participation. When introducing a program, a letter briefly explaining the program signed by the president or CEO is a great endorsement. Utilizing posters, newsl...
Planning
An yearly plan for the major wellness programs and activities is a useful management tool. This is an great Worksite Wellness Program Committee task. Often an activity and wellness theme per month is provided to workers. Some businesses choose to fol...
Health Risk Appraisal
A Health Risk Appraisal (HRA) is occasionally used in conjunction with a health evaluation. An HRA is a computerized assessment tool which looks at an individual’s family history, health status, and lifestyle. An HRA seeks to identify precursor...
Heart Health
The most common evaluation performed in Worksite Wellness is heart health assessment. The evaluation can include a written heart health test, Blood Pressure measurement, cholesterol/HDL-cholesterol test, glucose (blood glucose), weight, educational m...
Health Screening
The backbone of wellness programming at the worksite is health evaluation. It is the first major activity a company ought to do when first starting a wellness program. Health evaluation is often used in conjunction with the administration of a Health...
Corporation Wellness Becomes CEO Issue - How to Reduce Workplace Health Expenditures
The Partnership for Prevention was formed to encourage Fortune 1000 businesses to consider making workforce health a CEO issue and adopt strategies to reward prevention and wellness. After several years of double-digit rate increases for health insur...
Worksite Wellness Program Ideas: National Health Observances
National health observance campaigns can lighten workload and effort. Many of these well-developed observances have kits and materials which can either be downloaded for free or purchased inexpensively. Monthly health themes, week long events, and na...
Worksite Wellness Program Ideas: Health Fairs
A wellness fair is a fantastic way to familiarize workers with health concerns and related wellness programs. During a wellness fair workers might be able to get resource materials; take part in provided health screenings (vision, hearing, blood, cho...
Workplace Health and Wellness
Develop a Corporation Worksite Wellness Program for Your Workers Today The benefits to starting a workplace wellness and health program are many. A few corporate wellness and health tips to get workers started on the path to a healthier lifestyle: 1...
Health Risk Appraisals / Health Risk Assessments (HRA’s)
Health Risk Appraisals / Health Risk Assessments (HRA’s), are an assessment tool or questionnaire scientifically designed to identify health risks and outline information to assist individuals in making healthy changes that influence their hea...
Implementing a Worksite Wellness Program Strategy for Fitness and Health
As businesses today continue to compete in the global economy, expenditure containment strategies will be increasingly important. Controlling the rising expenditure of employee sickness is becoming a priority for corporate leaders. The emerging corpo...
