Low-Cost Wellness Resources for Small Businesses
In an effort to motivate us all to put "wellness" in the holiday equasion, I have decided to send you the following information about wellness programs geared toward small companies.
They can be as beneficial for smaller businesses as they are for large companies. In fact, small businesses have an upper hand on bigger businesses when it comes to wellness programs because they often achieve higher rates of participation and their programs are generally easier to implement. The key to developing wellness programs is keeping them simple and manageable.
Small companies need programs that are easy to use and do not require a lot of money. Use the low-cost resources identified in this article to help develop, implement and evaluate your worksite wellness program.
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2. The Worksite Health section of the Partnership for Prevention website offers several valuable resources for developing a wellness program: Click Here
Assessing Your Worksite
2. Healthy Workforce 2010: Essential Health Promotion Sourcebook for Employers, Large and Small (pages 62-64): click here
Health Risk Appraisals 1. Send employees to physicians as part of their annual physical.
2. Have The Ashley Group do worksite wellness appraisals on-site.
3. See the Wellness Council of America (WELCOA) for tips on picking the right health risk assessment: click here General Health Education
2. Health fair as a kick-off or celebration event, or an online health fair planning guide: Click Here 3. Designate specific areas to support employees such as diabetics and nursing mothers: Click Here & Click Here (Providing break time and accommodations for nursing mothers is now required by law.) Resources for Recommended Physical Activity Strategies
2. Map out on-site trails or nearby walking routes: Click Here
3. Host walk-and-talk meetings: Click Here
4. We can provide you with exercise and physical fitness messages, and information directed to your employees.
5. Start employee activity clubs: Click Here
6. Offer on-site fitness opportunities, such as group classes or personal training: Click Here
7. Provide incentives for participation in physical activity and/or weight management and maintenance activities: Click Here
8. Aim for a Healthy Weight: Click Here
9. The President's Challenge: Click Here
10. Physical activity incentive campaign: Click Here
11. Stairwell use program: Click Here Resources for Nutritional Strategies 1. Send healthy food messages to employees. Our Ashley Group agents can provide you with nutrition-related articles for your employees.
2. Offer appealing, low-cost, healthful food options, such as fruits and vegetables, juices, and low-fat dairy products in vending machines, snack bars and break rooms: Click Here
3. Make water available throughout the day: Click Here
Tobacco Cessation Strategies · Research and Intervention: Click Here · Employers Tools & Resource Index page: Click Here
2. Policy prohibiting tobacco use anywhere on company property: Click Here
Evaluation Resources 1. Evaluating Your Wellness Program: Click Here PKN 12/06 Content © 2006-2010 Zywave, Inc. All rights reserved. |
