Archive for January, 2009
Corporate Health Promotion Programs: Special Situations
Sometimes, Corporate Health Promotion Programs can take advantage of “special situations” that happen and which offer an excellent opportunity for worker education and support, at little or no expense to the employer. Not only do these situations help workers personally, but also they are an opportunity for the employer to be seen in a positive [...]
Removing the Stigma of Mental Illness and Substance Abuse
Corporate Health Promotion Programs are also an effective way to educate workers/parents about substance abuse, sexually transmitted diseases, pregnancy, depression, mental illness, learning disabilities, and other issues that affect adults, children, and teens. Arming parents, other relatives, and concerned friends with information is a way to prevent problems in the future, for themselves and their [...]
Corporate Health Promotion Programs
What Are Corporate Health Promotion Programs?
Corporate Health Promotion Programs are designed to promote and support employee health and wellness through education and awareness programs primarily based at the worksite. The program is a win-win in that workers benefit from learning and staying well, and the employer has increased loyalty and less rates of absenteeism.
As organizations [...]
The Organizational Benefits of Corporate Health Promotion Programs
Even the best and most innovative organizations are experiencing the impact worker well-being on their organizations’ performance. The bad news is that many of these organizations are unaware of the extent to which less-than-optimal worker health and well-being is impacting workforce capacity and performance. The goods news is that there is an increasing body of [...]
Corporate Health Promotion Programs: Low-Cost Programs That Work
Corporate Health Promotion Programs that support workers and the setting that they work in have been shown to be a good return on investment. Corporate Health Promotion Programs can be extensive and sometimes expensive. However, there are ways for small organizations to make positive changes at little or no cost.
Corporate Health Promotion Program: Physical Fitness/Weight [...]
Corporate Health Promotion Programs: Low-Cost Programs That Work
Corporate Health Promotion Programs that support workers and the setting that they work in have been shown to be a good return on investment. Corporate Health Promotion Programs can be extensive and sometimes expensive. However, there are ways for small organizations to make positive changes at little or no cost.
Corporate Health Promotion Program: Nutrition Programs
Fruit [...]
Corporate Health Promotion Programs: Supporting Scientific Research and Wellness Statistics
(Adapted from The Health Promotion First Act prepared by David Anderson, Ph.D., StayWell Health Management)
Staff Member Lifestyles Impact Staff Member Health
• Approximately 40% of all deaths in the United States are premature (at least 900,000 deaths annually) and are due to unhealthy lifestyle choices such as tobacco use, poor diet, sedentary lifestyle, misuse of alcohol [...]
Corporate Health Promotion Program: Conditions for Success
1. Senior management involvement in the Corporate Health Promotion Program- Evidence of enthusiastic commitment and involvement of senior management helps workers understand their organizations’ serious commitment to health. Employees need to perceive that their senior management, supervisors, and coworkers have positive attitudes toward health since these factors have all been associated with improved employee health [...]
Benefits of Corporate Health Promotion Programs
Introduction to Corporate Health Promotion Programs
Risky health behaviors by workers cost a company. Changing those behaviors can save the employer money and increase the worker’s productivity.
Because work gives an worker a stable setting and support system, Corporate Health Promotion Programs can have a great impact on decreasing high-risk behaviors. This impact results in decrease health [...]
How to Write Corporate Health Promotion Program Goals and Objectives
Why have Corporate Health Promotion Program goals?
Corporate Health Promotion Program goals take your corporation’s priorities for employee health improvement and make them specific and measurable. Well-defined Corporate Health Promotion Program goals provide direction for selecting Procedures and a basis for which to measure progress.
Writing Corporate Health Promotion Program goals
Writing Corporate Health Promotion Program goals is [...]