http://employee-health-wellness.com Employee Health and Wellness Programs Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:11:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Why Employee Health Promotion Program follow up? Getting feedback from Employee Health Promotion Program members serves two purposes: to obtain information that quantifies a Wellness Program’s impact, and to find ways to improve a Employee Health Promotion Program. Building follow up into your Employee Health Promotion Program Keep it simple • Keep follow up ... http://employee-health-wellness.com/employee-health-promotion-program-follow-up/ Why bother to market your Employee Health Promotion Programs? Because of the transient nature of the many worker populations, you must market your Employee Health Promotion Programs all the time. Your goal should be to keep your Employee Health Promotion Programs as visible as possible. Creative marketing can increase awareness of your ... http://employee-health-wellness.com/creative-employee-health-promotion-program-marketing/ What is Employee Health Promotion Program data? Employee Health Promotion Program data is information that is collected about your Employee Health Promotion Program. All Employee Health Promotion Programs should include data as an integral part of the Employee Health Promotion Program plan. Why should you care about Employee Health Promotion Program data? Data ... http://employee-health-wellness.com/employee-health-promotion-program-data/ Collaboration and Effective Employee Health Promotion Programs Why should you collaborate? Active, ongoing partnerships and cooperative efforts multiply Employee Health Promotion Program resources in order to better serve Employees and their families. How can you build collaboration into a Employee Health Promotion Program? Get Ready… • Brainstorm a list of every potential Wellness partner you ... http://employee-health-wellness.com/keys-to-effective-employee-health-promotion-programs/ Employee Health Promotion Programs at the corporate level are beneficial, right? Wellness statistics clearly show that such Employee Health Promotion Programs are not only cost-effective to the organization but can assist the worker in developing a healthier lifestyle. With the rising cost of medical care, Employee Health Promotion Programs simply ... http://employee-health-wellness.com/employee-health-promotion-programs-the-good-and-the-bad-2/ For well over a decade, research has been showing the effectiveness of Employee Health Promotion Programs. For every dollar spent on Employee Health Promotion Programs, the returns have been cost savings of between $2.30 and $10.10 in the areas of decreased rates of absence, fewer sick days, reduced WSIB/WCB claims, ... http://employee-health-wellness.com/employee-health-promotion-program-return-on-investment-roi/ Employees breathe life and value into your employer.  Within the modern worksite there are increasing instances of stress, anxiety, obesity, depression, and heart disease.  The modern worksite has become increasingly exercise-free. Technological advances have lessened the need to "walk" at work.  Moving a mouse has the same level of physical exertion ... http://employee-health-wellness.com/golds-gym-employee-wellness/ Flu Shot Facts & Myths  Myth: The flu isn’t a serious disease. Fact: Influenza (flu) is a serious disease of the nose, throat, and lungs, and it can lead to pneumonia. Each year about 200,000 staff members in the U.S. are hospitalized and about 36,000 staff members die because of ... http://employee-health-wellness.com/employee-health-promotion-programs-employer-flu-shots/ Advantages of Employee Health Promotion Programs: Easy to Find Employer's are learning that Employee Health Promotion Programs is an effective way to increase productivity, improve worker health, decrease healthcare costs and reduce rates of absence. A report published in 2003 by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) highlighted ... http://employee-health-wellness.com/advantages-of-employee-health-promotion-programs-2/ Technological and demographic transformations are changing the nature of work in our society. As these changes occur the broad-based model of Employee Health Promotion Programs described above will evolve and continue to develop. If current trends continue, the workers of tomorrow will be older, more racially and ethically diverse, increasingly ... http://employee-health-wellness.com/employee-health-promotion-programs-future-developments-directions-and-challenges/