Archive for April, 2009
Corporate Wellness Incentive Plans : Corporate Health Promotion Program Ideas: Brown Bag Health Presentations & Discussions
Brown bag presentations are a good way to create awareness about selected health subject matters. Community health professionals will often provide presentations of a half hour or less at no charge. Use employee interest surveys to follow up on employee interests that are expressed. The definition of health is broad, so brown bag presentations may [...]
Corporate Wellness Incentive Plans : Company Wellness Program Ideas: Low Fat Foods Sampling
Often people avoid low fat foods because they think these foods do not taste great. To help inform workers, purchase a variety of low fat foods and put them out in a conference room for an hour or so for a drop-in tasting session. Or, arrange for low-fat potlucks encouraging workers to bring and share [...]
Corporate Wellness Incentive Plans : Worksite Health Promotion Program Ideas: Support for Healthy Changes
Group backing and encouragement can be very helpful in assisting workers make healthy changes. Create situations, peer groups, or information avenues where the expertise and experiences of coworkers can be shared with others. Some ideas for offering workplace backing for healthy changes include:
• Workers can be asked to voluntarily submit suggestions, advice, and strategies related [...]
Corporate Wellness Incentive Plans : Corporate Health Promotion Program Ideas: Health Fairs
A health fair is an opportune way to familiarize workers with health problems and related wellness programs. During a health fair workers might be able to get resource materials; take part in available wellness screenings (vision, hearing, blood, blood lipids, cancer, dental, etc.); observe demonstrations on the use of exercise equipment; go to mini-seminars on [...]
Corporate Wellness Incentive Plans : Corporate Wellness Program Ideas: Wellness Screenings
Job Site wellness screenings can take a variety of forms. Common assessment components may include:
• Blood Pressure and heart rate.
• Cholesterol (typically a finger-stick total cholesterol test, either fasting or non-fasting).
• Blood glucose (diabetes screening).
• Height and weight.
• Percent body fat and/or BMI (body mass index).
• Fitness level.
• Bone Mineral Density(BMD).
• Posture assessment.
Considerations when offering [...]
Corporate Wellness Incentive Plans : Make safety a key concern when planning physical activity in your workplace. An accident or injury will not “sell” the program and may end up costing the business. This section will help you take the necessary steps to avoid an accident or injury.
Points to Consider
Using Certified Professionals
Enlist professionally certified instructors to lead fitness classes (whether on or offsite) or to run workplace lunch and learn meetings. It’s also a good idea to ask the instructor for references.
When you hire instructors, be sure that your insurance protects both the instructor and your organization.
Risk Management
Whether we like it or [...]
Corporate Wellness Incentive Plans : Workplace Physical Activity Programs: Keys to Success
To make a difference in the lives of your fellow employees, you first need to understand that getting active is not only a matter of choice. Some things are within our individual control, but others are molded by the people and circumstances in which we live and work.
It’s Easier to Be Active When…
• We know [...]
Corporate Wellness Incentive Plans : Workplace Physical Activity Programs: Types of Evaluation
The sort of evaluation you choose depends on when you do it and the kind of information you collect.
This section outlines when to use three types: formative, process and summative evaluations.
During the Planning Stage
Use formative evaluations in the planning stages to ensure that your program is built on solid information. These evaluations also help you [...]
Corporate Wellness Incentive Plans : Workplace Physical Activity Programs: Evaluation Guide
What Do You Seek to Achieve?
Ponder why you’re evaluating and what your evaluation is going to measure.
If you’re trying to discover whether plan has been efficacious, see if you stuck to your mission statement and met your goals.
If you do not have a mission statement or goals, decide with senior staff and your employee Worksite [...]
Corporate Wellness Incentive Plans : Workplace Physical Activity Programs: Establishing an Action Plan
Before initiating your Workplace Physical Activity Program, summarize the information you’ve gathered and plan your next steps.
At this point, you have
• gained support from management for the Workplace Physical Activity Program
• formed an Employee Wellness Program Committee
• assessed what is possible in your workplace
• found out what workers want and need in a Workplace Physical [...]