Archive for January, 2009
Sample Worksite Health and Wellness Program Ideas
Health Screening:
• Blood pressure
• Breast cancer Screening
• Skin cancer Screening
• Diabetes Screening
• Cholesterol Screening
• Eye exams
• Body-fat Screening
• Flu shots
• Posture screening, spinal analysis
• On-site child immunizations
• Prostate cancer screenings
• Fitness Screening
• Depression Screening
Fitness Ideas:
• On-site fitness center or exercise room
• Walking and/or running club (during lunch hour or breaks)
• Bike rack on premises (so [...]
Worksite Health and Wellness Program Ideas: Health Education Strategies
Employee Health Services
• access to an EAP
• onsite medical services
• worksite medical examinations
• health risk screening and counselling:
• blood pressure,
• blood cholesterol ,
• blood glucose clinics,
• thyroid.
• bone density screening,
• prostrate
• encourage self-exams – breasts, testicles
• medical surveillance Strategies
• immunizations and flu vaccinations
• disability case management
• active rehabilitation
• return to work Strategies
• self-care education (see [...]
Worksite Health and Wellness Program Ideas: Occupational Wellness Initiatives
• clearly communicated vision and mission
• clear and accurate job descriptions
• supportive appraisal system
• staff member empowerment through decision-making, pace of work and connection to corporate goals, (on-line tools that connect to goals such as Baxter Healthcare)
• two-way communication training
• ‘no lunch hour’ meeting rules unless it is a lunch ‘n’ learn
• absenteeism and attendance [...]
Worksite Health and Wellness Program Ideas: Mental Wellness
• childcare Strategies and information
• family planning information
• parenting classes
• elder care Strategies and information
• retirement planning
• personal responsibility leave
• alternative work arrangements such as telecommuting, job sharing
• work-family-life transition support
• anger management and family violence
• family counselling programs
• budgeting and financial counselling
• understanding credit reports
• money safety tips – ATMS, credit cards
• advertising and [...]
Worksite Health and Wellness Program Ideas: Environmental Wellness Strategies
• violence in the worksite
• equity in the worksite programs
• harassment policy and training
• literacy/numeracy Strategies
• professional development and skill enhancing training
• air quality and sick building testing
• smoke-free worksite
• fire safety programs
• hazard control and WHIMS Training
• injury prevention, CPR/First Aid, emergency response Strategies
• improved signage
• installing guard rails
• work station design, ergonomic and [...]
Worksite Health and Wellness Program Ideas: Healthy Living Strategies
• Offer Stress management and mental health Strategies
• Offer substance use and abuse Strategies
• Offer smoking cessation and control
• Offer nutrition counselling
• Offer weight control Strategies and counselling
• Offer encourage use of food logs
• Offer posting BMI charts
• Offer juice dispensing machines
• Offer water coolers
• Offer vending machines with low-calorie snack choices
• Offer vending machines [...]
Worksite Health and Wellness Program Environment Assessment
Why Complete a Worksite Health and Wellness Program Environment Assessment?
The purpose of completing the assessment is to identify your worksite’s strengths and areas in need of improvement. The assessment will lead your workgroup to recommend actions for changes to make the worksite more supportive of healthy behaviors (i.e. healthy food choices in vending machines, policies [...]
Worksite Health and Wellness Program: Maintaining Motivation and Interest
Once you start a program you will have a range of staff member participants. Some will already be very engaged in being active and eating well and your program will only reinforce and enhance their health. On the other end of the spectrum will be people who may not engage no matter what you do. [...]
Why Wellness?
There are a number of reasons why Worksite Health and Wellness Programs are beneficial.
1. Improved Morale – When the organizational culture begins to change as a result of your health promotion efforts, you and your workers may actually begin to see and feel a new level of energy within the organization. Ultimately, one of the [...]
Worksite Health and Wellness Programs: Focus on Health Education Activities
1. Have a current policy outlining the requirements and functions of a broad-based Worksite Health and Wellness Program.
2. Have a wellness plan in place that addresses the purpose, nature, duration, resources required, participants in, and expected results of a Worksite Health and Wellness Program.
3. Orient workers to the Worksite Health and Wellness Program and give [...]
