Participatory exercise programs ought to include education on advantages of regular physical activity and risks of a sedentary lifestyle, its impact on cardiovascular health and diseases, its relationship with weight control and stress management, and aerobic exercise choices.
Discussion and practice of safe principles of exercise – warm up, cool down, frequency, intensity, duration, flexibility [...]
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Program offered is in line with scientific and medical recommendations for weight loss, reflects a multi-disciplinary approach which offers four components – behavioral, exercise, nutrition, and maintenance, and is in accordance with the document Guidance for Treatment of Adult Obesity. It includes –
• Screening to verify that the participant lacks medical or psychological conditions [...]
Program is required to provide appropriate interpretation of cholesterol screening results, including a caution that a single measurement neither excludes nor establishes a diagnosis of their blood cholesterol.
Follow national guidelines –
Total Cholesterol
Desirable cholesterol < 200 mg/dl
Borderline cholesterol 200 – 239 mg/dl
High cholesterol > 240 mg/dl
HDL
Desirable HDL > 35 mg/dl
Low HDL < 35 mg/dl
Refer cholesterol screening [...]
Appropriate medical or allied health expert trained in measurement of blood pressure, referral protocols, and delivering educational messages to participant conducting blood pressure (BP) programs. These programs are required to follow national guidelines.
National guidelines for blood pressure (BP) protocols –
• Calibration of blood pressure measuring equipment must be done at least yearly.
• Two [...]
Health risk screening programs ought to be carried out on a one-on-one basis by trained health care professionals. Health risk measures should include the following –
• Blood pressure measurements – at least two blood pressure (BP) measurements taken during the screening episode, using a mercury sphygmomanometers or regularly calibrated aneroids.
• Blood pressure (BP) [...]
Program directors or providers should’ve a background in health promotion programming and a professional health-related degree or certification.
They should’ve expertise in content areas, planning, promotion, administration, investigation, and ability to grow a program and tailor the program to the workplace.
Program providers should have a quality assurance program for analyzing the effectiveness of service personnel, [...]
Incentives can be used to elevate participation rates, help with completion or attendance at programs, and to help individuals change or adhere to healthy behaviors.
The purpose of the incentive is to encourage workers to adopt positive behaviors or maintain an existing positive behavior.
Everybody who achieves a goal or maintains a behavior should receive [...]
A major concern in health promotion programming is attracting employees to participate and maximizing participation. When introducing a program, a letter briefly explaining the program signed by the president or CEO is a great endorsement.
Utilizing posters, newsletter articles, and flyers are good means of promoting the program. Other promotional methods to consider are e-mail and [...]
When picking a program from a vendor you should ask the following questions –
• How many worksites have done the program?
• What kinds of employee population was the program offered?
• What educational materials are used?
• Will the program meet the needs of employees?
• What are the techniques used to help [...]
When staffing your health promotion program you need to consider whether to hire a wellness staff or contract with wellness specialists from outside your organization.
Small and medium size worksites don’t ordinarily have a wellness expert on staff. When your worksite is in this category, you’ll need to contract with providers outside your corporation.
Large corporations have [...]
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