Archive for September, 2010
Health Promotion Programs – Focus on Detection and Prevention.
Dr. Moore of Nationwide maintains that immunization is the most cost-effective treatment in medicine. for example, vaccinating children against the influenza virus averages a savings (including healthcare costs, parents’ missed work, etc.) of up to $35 per vaccine recipient.
And specialists predict that estimate is low, because it does not take into account the rapid spread [...]
Wellness Programs – Focus on Stress Reduction.
Benefits of Stress Reduction Programs
While stress cannot be eliminated from life, or even from the worksite, coping skills could be developed with relative ease. Stress management skills lead to decreased absenteeism and more effective, more productive employees.
Because stress has been proven to contribute to such physical conditions as ulcers, high blood pressure and stroke, stress [...]
Health Promotion Programs – Focus on Prenatal Care and Breastfeeding.
Advantages of Prenatal Care and Breastfeeding
The old adage “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” is particularly relevant to when applied to preventive measures taken during pregnancy, when a few extra ounces of birth weight can save a child’s life.
During pregnancy, simple precautions can help avoid catastrophic results; giving up tobacco use, [...]
Wellness Programs – Focus on Smoking Cessation Programs.
Advantages of Smoking Cessation Programs
Instances of respiratory diseases, cancer and other diseases could be reduced through use of tobacco cessation efforts. Smoking cessation programs can provide enormous opportunities for improved health.
The American Cancer Society reports that use of tobacco employees cost corporations an average of $1,429 per smoker a year in increased healthcare costs over [...]
Wellness Programs – Focus on Nutrition Programs.
Advantages of Nutrition Programs
Nutrition directly impacts almost every aspect of physical and psychological health. A healthful diet can help protect against such conditions as heart illness, diabetes, arthritis, stroke, certain cancers and depression. Obesity, which is among the most common conditions linked to diet, affects a record number of American Citizens.
The American Journal of Health [...]
Wellness Programs – Focus on Fitness Programs.
Advantages of Exercise Plans
Exercise lowers weight, lowers risks of heart attack and stroke, assists to control blood pressure and diabetes, and improves mood. Studies increasingly show that exercise might also help reduce the occurrence of certain types of cancer.
Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Avoidance (CDC) lately documented another major advantage – exercise [...]
The Case for Wellness Programs.
Health Promotion program means different things to different corporations. Effective wellness programs may be as simple as bringing bushel baskets of fresh fruit into break rooms to encourage better consuming. They may be as extensive as building fitness facilities on-site or paying for obesity treatments.
A driving factor behind the push toward wellness spans businesses of [...]
Wellness in the Worksite – Who’s the expertise?
When it comes to working wellness into your workforce, you want someone who knows the ins and outs of wellness, and who can counsel staff and provide primary care – all within the context of the current regulatory and legal environment.
AAOHN’s survey reported that more than half of staff (61 percent) want to receive wellness [...]
Wellness Programs.
Health Promotion Programs are good for waistlines and your bottom line
In today’s hectic world, most of us are spending more time at work, and have increasingly less time to look after our health. for a long time, employers have understood the benefits associated with keeping personnel well – increased productivity from reduced absenteeism and reduced [...]
Obstacles of Wellness Programs.
Wellness programs are designed to help improve the overall health and awareness of health related issues of staff in the workplace.
While these wellness programs are set up to help individuals set, work toward and maintain healthy lifestyle options, they sometimes fail.
There are five primary reasons health promotion programs are unsuccessful. The first reason is because [...]
