Wellness Library : Worksite Wellness Program Activities: Design and Implementation
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When developing a inclusive Employee Wellness Program, make sure that it consists of a variety of awareness, lifestyle change, supportive environment programs, policies and activities that target risk behaviors, and the needs and interests of the workers. It will be important to review and revise existing policies governing such areas as smoking sections and the employee cafeteria.
Tips on starting a Workplace Health Promotion Program:
• Create activities based on your intended objectives approaching the specific needs of your staff members. Focus on those subject matters that are of greatest interest to your staff members and the greatest needs of your employer, in that order. Avoid subject matters with narrow appeal.
• Keep it simple. Design the Corporate Wellness Program so it’s simple for the participants to understand and track.
• Integrate a combination of activities to include awareness, educational, and behavior components.
• Identify activities in which every employee can take part.
Ideas for your Corporate Wellness Program:
• Challenges. Activities that focus on practicing a desired behavior that continues for 4-8 weeks and focuses on specific topics (such as physical activity, nutrition, or stress management).
• Learning experiences. This includes sessions, videos, and classes.
• Behavior changes (such as smoking cessation). You may or may not offer interventions at the worksite. Still, you ought to bolster individuals to make lifestyle changes that they want to make even without an external incentive.
• Education on disease management. By way of example, support and education groups for diabetes, high Blood Pressure, etc.
• Learing new skills. By way of example, CPR and first aid.
• Preventive screenings like Blood Pressure (BP), blood lipids, and vision.
Source: Adapted from the Building Healthy Texans Job Site Wellness Toolkit.
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