Establishing an active Health Promotion Committee provides opportunities for both upper-level management and employee involvement in the wellness program.  The Committee must be a team of workers and managers who formally meet to plan activities to promote healthier employee life choices.
Typical Functions of a Wellness Committee –
• Reviewing needs and interests
• Brainstorming health [...]

As with any health promotion program, the two critical elements for the success of your health promotion program are upper management support and worker involvement. Upper-level management sets the vision and provides the resources from which action plans flow.  
Genuine support from executive management also lends credibility to the wellness program. It’s key that executive [...]

Wellness Program Step 1 – Be certain to set the Foundation –  
Build Support Among All Levels of the Organization
A key to a successful Health Promotion Program requires management commitment and employee involvement.
Health Promotion Program Step 2 –  Form a Health Promotion Committee
An active Health Promotion Committee ensures employee involvement, provides buy-in, executive management support, [...]

The health promotion program design choices depend on the objectives and desired outcomes of your health promotion program. If your goal is to help staff members change behavior, reduce risk factors, or save health care dollars then your health promotion program would be designed to accomplish those outcomes and a budget would be necessary to [...]

Major benefits of healthy personnel include –
• Lower Healthcare Costs
• Decreased Injuries
• Reduced Absenteeism
• Improved Morale and Loyalty
• Higher Productivity
• Reduced Use of Health Care Benefits
• Reduced Workers’ Compensation / Disability
• Positive Perception in Community
• Lowered Turnover
• Improved recruitment for skilled employees
What’s NOT having a Wellness Program costing your company?  
Consider the health [...]

A Health Promotion Program is an organized wellness program to assist and support staff in establishing healthier life choices.  This can include increasing worker awareness on health topics, scheduling behavior modification programs, and/or establishing organization policies that support health-related goals.  
Programs and policies that promote increased physical activity, smoking avoidance and cessation, and healthful food [...]

Ten Steps Toward Strategic Health Promotion Programs
The Wellness Program management world is evolving rapidly. Each month, there are new research findings that support the premise that Wellness Programs and disease management (DM) have a long-term impact on healthcare costs.
Many large organizations that began Wellness Programs three to five years ago are showing savings in [...]

Wellness Programs are crucial to bettering the health of our nations. Most adults spend more of their waking hours at work than anywhere else, making it a great venue for promoting healthy habits.
The worksite organizational culture and environment are powerful influences on behavior and this needs to be put to use to assisting staff [...]

Who needs Health Promotion Programs? If you work in an office or a jobsite or are a member of an organization who spends a considerable amount of time at work, you’ll benefit from a well-designed worker wellness program. Staff Members spend a minimum of about 200 hours a month at work – a considerable amount [...]

Wellness programs at the corporate level are beneficial, right? Wellness statistics clearly show that such wellness programs aren’t only cost-effective to the corporation but can assist the staff member in developing a healthier lifestyle.
With the rising cost of health care, wellness programs simply make sense. So where does the problem come in? Let’s examine [...]