Three Ways to Transform Worksite Wellness Programs

Establishing Worksite Wellness Programs for North Carolina Government Employees, 2008

BACKGROUND State employee health plans sometimes provide worksite wellness programs to reduce the prevalence of chronic diseases among their members, but few offer the comprehensive range of interventions recommended by the Task Force on Community Preventive Services. COMMUNITY CONTEXT North Carolina's State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees provides health coverage for approximate...

Wellness at the worksite.

Worksite Wellness: An Administrative Perspective

Objective: To develop a better understanding of businesses’ goals and purpose for offering worksite wellness opportunities and the level of administrative support for worksite wellness programs. Method: Human resource directors, benefit managers, or other administrators of 76 businesses that have contracted with Premier Community Health in the past 2 years were contacted by email to complete a ...

Barriers to participation in a worksite wellness program

THE PURPOSE OF THIS RESEARCH WAS TO DETERMINE BARRIERS THAT PREVENT PARTICIPATION IN AN EMPLOYEE WELLNESS PROGRAM, WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS: "Eat & Meet" About Healthy Living, conducted at East Carolina University (ECU) in Greenville, North Carolina. All ECU ARAMARK employees (n = 481) over the age of 18 were eligible to participate in the wellness program. Weekly 30 minute classes, taught by a Regi...

Worksite wellness programs for cardiovascular disease prevention: a policy statement from the American Heart Association.

Mercedes Carnethon, PhD, FAHA, Chair; Laurie P. Whitsel, PhD; Barry A. Franklin, PhD, FAHA; Penny Kris-Etherton, PhD, FAHA; Richard Milani, MD, FAHA; Charlotte A. Pratt, PhD; Gregory R. Wagner, MD; on behalf of the American Heart Association Advocacy Coordinating Committee; Council on Epidemiology and Prevention; Council on the Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease; and Council on Nutrition, Physica...