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Promoting Fitnesswithin Organizations
Programs for Healthy Employees and Healthy Businesses
We are under exercised as a nation. We look instead of play. We ride instead of walk. Our existence deprives us of the minimum of physical activity essential for healthy living.
John F. Kennedy
December 5, 1961
A Call to Action
Promoting Fitness at Work
The goal of worksite wellness program is to reduce the number of lifestyle diseases adding to employer and employee healthcare costs.
• Management viewpoint
Promoting Fitness at Work
The goal of worksite wellness program is to encourage employees to adopt healthy lifestyle behaviors to achieve and/or maintain a high quality of life.
• Health Professional viewpoint
Promoting Fitness at Work
The goal of worksite wellness program is for my employer to help me learn healthy habits and new activities that can help me and my family live a healthier life.
• Employee viewpoint
Promoting Fitness at Work
Happy, healthy and having a great time!
Promoting Fitness at Work
The goal of worksite wellness program is to make me humiliate myself by dancing in the break room, get sweaty in my work clothes, discuss my weight with my coworkers, make me lie about what I really ate for dinner last night and ultimately to remove all of the “good stuff” from of the vending machines.
• Viewpoint of many – you know who you are.
Promoting Fitness at Work
You took the Snickers out of
the vending machine?!
Welcome to Wellness!
Go eat an apple.
What Works?
What are the Basic Needs?
A designated staff person or team
Program appropriate resources
Financial resources
Patience and enthusiasm
Commitment from management
I’m an IT technician.
How did I get put in charge of wellness?
Not so basic needs:Health Promotion Management
Needs Interventions
Health Risks Policy Changes
Injury risk Education
Chronic Illness Environmental Support
Absenteeism Incentives
Medical Costs Administrative Changes
Productivity Work Culture Changes
Programs to Choose Two main types of fitness promotion
programs for the workplace:
• Participation Only
• Results Based
Participation Based Programs
No goals or results are required Incentives offered to participate In some cases, there are
disincentives for not participating
Results Based Programs
Incentives offered for attaining a specific goal
An outcome must be achieved, this makes RBP’s more heavily regulated.
Fitness Promotion Programs
Program Differences
PARTICIPATION BASED RESULTS BASED
Very accessible Reasonably accessible depending on program goal
Minimal data to track Data must be collected and managed
Fun and generally good for staff moral Fun and generally good for staff moral
Fairly inexpensive Program goal determines cost
Good for all businesses - especially those just getting started
Good for businesses with strong management support
Good for gathering employee input Good for gather input and data
Employee Data
The Health Risk Assessment• A health risk assessment is an assessment
tool or questionnaire designed to identify health risks and outline information to assist people in making healthful changes that impact their health and prevent chronic disease.
• Popular tool for both participation and results based programs.
Health Risk Assessments HRA’s gather valuable
information about employees: data must be held in strict confidence.
Employers must also ensure that HRA’s are compliant with all regulations.
Legal Notes
Laws governing wellness programs:
• Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA)
• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
• California Fair Employment and
Housing Act (FEHA)
• Genetic Information Nondiscrimination
Act (GINA)
Conduct a Worksite Wellness or Health & Fitness Audit
What are we doing well?• Policies/Handbooks
• Health insurance
• Newsletters What can we do better?
• Vending machines
• Flexible schedules
• Healthier celebrations
• What in our work environment supports health
Survey Employees What do employee’s want?
• Onsite fitness classes?
• Subsidized gym memberships?
• Lunchtime classes on nutrition
and healthy lifestyle?
• Pleasant and inviting break areas?
• Company softball team?
• What do they perceived as barriers?
Review the Literature
Average 28% reduction in sick leave
absenteeism.
Average 26% reduction in health costs.
Average 30% reduction in workers'
compensation and disability claims costs.
Average $5.93-to-$1 savings-to-cost ratio.
Partnership for Prevention http://www.prevent.org
A meta-review of 42 published studies of worksite health promotion programs shows:
Grow An Advisory Board
Get administration involved.
Recruit managers and staff
members who are motivated
and will serve as role models.
Evaluate employee survey
responses and brainstorm.
Determine goals.
Assign tasks.
Assess Your Resources
Discuss what can your employees contribute?
What local resources may meet your needs?
Do any online or social media programs meet your needs?
Choose Your Path
Champion your program
Be open to input
Be prepared to roll with
the punches
There is no wrong way
Assess Your Efforts
Give your employees real, personal data.
Give your management usable data.
Celebrate positive trends Use data to plan next steps
Fitness Promotion Contributes to Healthy Communities
Healthy worksites contribute to a healthy community culture.
Healthy lessons learned at work get shared at home.
One or both parents work = opportunity
Choose Your Program
“Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.”
~Jonathan Kozol, On Being a
Teacher