Examining Student Wellness for the Development of Campus-Based Wellness Programs

The Fitness and Wellness IQ: Measuring College Student Learning in Campus Recreation Fitness and Wellness Programs

Collegiate campus recreation departments are held to increasingly higher levels of accountability, particularly as to whether recreational programs and activities have impact on student learning. This pioneering study found that students who participated in selected fitness and wellness programs offered by a certain four-year, public institution of higher education in the Mid-west scored signif...

Corporate Wellness Programs: Implementation Challenges in the Modern American Workplace

Being healthy is important for living well and achieving longevity. In the business realm, furthermore, employers want healthy employees, as these workers tend to be more productive, have fewer rates of absenteeism, and use less of their health insurance resources. This article provides an overview of corporate “wellness” efforts in the American workplace and the concomitant challenges which em...

Wellness Programs in Connecticut

Employees’ health issues cost U.S. employers an estimated $225.8 billion per year [8], piquing employer interest in wellness programs. Between 2004 and 2006, the number of large firms (>500 people) offering wellness programs increased from 7% to 19% of all big employers [16]. Wellness programs, which range from free gym memberships to healthy eating classes, smoking cessation programs, and fina...

ROI-Based Analysis of Employee Wellness Programs

Wellness Programs Can Generate Savings

Amid soaring health spending, there is growing interest in workplace disease prevention and wellness programs to improve health and lower costs. In a critical meta-analysis of the literature on costs and savings associated with such programs, we found that medical costs fall by about $3.27 for every dollar spent on wellness programs and that absenteeism costs fall by about $2.73 for every dolla...