Every workplace will have staff members who will not participate in offered employee health promotion activities. But these same staff members might be following many healthful practices in their daily living.
A good health promotion program ought to give these individuals credit and recognition for their good work.
Recognition of healthy goal establishing and goal achievement [...]
Archive for March, 2010
Walking Club
Walking clubs or “trekking” can either be done in real time (by scheduling walking groups), or clubs can be set it up so individuals do their walking on their own and keep a shared log at work.
After a certain number of miles or steps are logged, employees are eligible for membership into the [...]
Develop and offer “free” medical information resources as part of the overall employee health promotion strategy. Reliable information is available free, or at very low cost, through many resource areas.
Ideas and resources will be suggested here. Also review the Resource and Website listings at the end of this guide for more ideas and resources.
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The feasibility of worksite based wellness classes depends on the size of the workforce. Worksite programs have to be supported with an adequate number of interested staff members to keep a class going.
Normally a certain level of staff member involvement is also necessary to ensure availability of facilities like a room and equipment.
There [...]
Hollywood Stars or American Celebrities
This is another fun activity focusing on healthful weight loss or maintenance.
• Participants pick a secret code name (the name of a Hollywood star or other celebrity).
• Participants weigh-in with a “trusted” confident privately – at which time a healthful weight goal is set for the period of the contest.
• Post [...]
Brown bag presentations are a good way to create awareness about selected health topics. Community health experts will often provide presentations of a half hour or less at no charge.
Use staff member interest surveys to follow up on staff member interests that are expressed. the definition of health is broad, so brown bag presentations [...]
Often people shy away from low fat foods because they think these foods do not taste good. to help inform employees, buy 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 staff members to [...]
Group support and encouragement can be very beneficial in helping staff members make healthy changes. Develop situations, peer groups, or information avenues where the specialistise and experiences of peers can be shared with others. Some ideas for providing onsite support for healthy changes include –
• Employees could be asked to voluntarily submit suggestions, advice, [...]
A wellness fair is an opportune way to familiarize employees with health issues and related health promotion programs. During a wellness fair employees may be able to –
• obtain resource materials;
• participate in offered biometric screenings (vision, hearing, blood, cholesterol, cancer, dental, etc.);
• observe demonstrations on the use of fitness equipment;
• Attend mini-seminars on [...]
Worksite medical testings can take a selection of forms. Common screening components may include –
• Blood pressure (BP) 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 Body Mass Index (BMI) (Body Mass Index (BMI)).
• Fitness level.
• Bone [...]
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