Sample Worksite Wellness Plan Activities

by Worksite Wellness on February 11, 2009

Health Screening:
• Blood checks
• Breast cancer Screening
• Skin cancer Screening
• Diabetes Screening
• Cholesterol Screening
• Eye exams
• Body-fat Screening
• Influenza (Flu) shots
• Posture screening, spinal analysis
• On-Site child immunizations
• Prostate cancer screenings
• Fitness Screening
• Depression Screening

Physical Fitness Activities:
• On-Site fitness center or exercise room
• Walking and/or running club (during lunch hour or breaks)
• On-Site bike rake
• Mind/body classes (yoga, tai chi) programs
• Team sports (volleyball, basketball, softball)
• Host an exercise equipment swap

Behavior Change or Lifestyle Change Strategies:
• Smoking cessation
• Weight management programs
• Substance abuse programs
• Physical Fitness activity
• Stress management programs

Prevention and Safety Strategies:
• Back-injury prevention and training
• Ergonomic education
• Tool safety programs
• Fire safety programs

Awareness, Health Education, and Support Strategies:
• Lunch-and-learn or brown-bag wellness seminars (see your EAP for a list)
• Nutrition and diet information, plus offer healthy food alternatives in your vending machines and cafeteria, and offer food storage and preparation facilities to encourage healthier eating
• Prenatal care programs
• Work/Life Balance programs
• Elder care programs
• Cancer survivor support groups
• Financial Wellness Programs

Stress-Relief Strategies:
• Laughter bulletin board where staff members can post jokes and cartoons (in good taste)
• Visiting massage therapist
• Stretch breaks
• Group lunches or celebrations

Disease Management Strategies:
• Back pain
• Asthma
• Diabetes
• Depression
• Cancer
• Obesity
• Hypertension

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Worksite Wellness Plan Ideas: Health Education Strategies

by Worksite Wellness on February 10, 2009

Employee Health Services
• on-site medical services
• workplace medical examinations
• health risk screening and counselling:
• blood pressure screening,
• blood cholesterol screening,
• blood glucose screening clinics,
• thyroid screening,
• bone density screening,
• prostrate cancer screening
• encourage self-exams – breasts, testicles
• medical surveillance Strategies
• immunizations and flu vaccinations
• disability case management
• Active rehab
• Return to work Strategies
• Self-care Strategies
• Disease management information and presentations:
• diabetes,
• stomach disorder,
• arthritis,
• asthma,
• allergy,
• foot and back care Strategies,
• chronic fatigue,
• migraines
• Online health and wellness education with continuous learning/reminders/tips
• Daily/weekly/monthly email tips or news bulletins
• Fitness appraisals
• Health and safety fairs
• Hand-washing tips and reminders
• Visiting your doctor guide – tips to efficiency
• links and information on help lines

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Worksite Wellness Plan Ideas: Occupational Wellness Programs

February 9, 2009

• clearly communicated vision and mission
• clear and accurate job descriptions
• supportive appraisal system
• employee empowerment through decision-making, pace of work and connection to corporate goals, (on-line tools that connect to goals such as Baxter Healthcare)
• two-way communication training
• ‘no lunch hour’ meeting rules unless it is a lunch ‘n’ learn
• rates of absence and [...]

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Worksite Wellness Plan Ideas: Mental Wellness

February 8, 2009

• childcare Strategies and information
• family planning information
• parenting classes
• Elder care Strategies and information
• retirement planning
• individual responsibility leave
• alternative work arrangements such as telecommuting, job sharing
• work-family-life transition support
• anger management and family violence
• family counselling programs
• budgeting and financial counselling
• understanding credit reports
• money safety tips – ATMS, credit cards
• advertising and [...]

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Worksite Wellness Plan Ideas: Environmental Wellness Strategies

February 7, 2009

• violence in the workplace
• equity in the workplace programs
• harassment policy and training
• literacy/numeracy Strategies
• professional development and skill enhancing training
• air quality and sick building testing
• smoke-free workplace
• fire safety programs
• hazard control and WHIMS Training
• injury prevention, CPR/First Aid, emergency response Strategies
• enhanced signage
• installing guard rails
• work station design, ergonomic and [...]

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Worksite Wellness Plan Ideas: Healthy Living Strategies

February 6, 2009

• Provide Stress Management Programs and mental health Strategies
• Provide substance use and abuse Strategies
• Provide smoking cessation and control
• Provide nutrition counselling
• Provide weight control Strategies and counselling
• Provide encourage use of food logs
• Provide posting BMI charts
• Provide juice dispensing machines
• Provide water coolers
• Provide snack machines with low-calorie snack choices
• Provide snack [...]

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Worksite Wellness Plan Environment Assessment

February 5, 2009

Why Complete a Worksite Wellness Plan Environment Assessment?
The purpose of completing the assessment is to establish your jobsite’s strengths and areas in need of improvement. The assessment will lead your workgroup to recommend actions for changes to make the worksite more supportive of healthy behaviors (i.e. healthy food choices in snack machines, policies to enforce [...]

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Corporate Wellness Program: Maintaining Motivation and Interest

February 4, 2009

Once you start a Worksite Wellness Plan you will have a range of employee members.  Some will already be very engaged in being active and eating well and your program will only reinforce and enhance their health.  On the other end of the spectrum will be workers who may not engage no matter what you [...]

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Why Wellness?

February 3, 2009

There are a number of reasons why Corporate Wellness Programs are beneficial.
1. Improved Morale – When the organizational culture begins to change as a result of your health promotion efforts, you and your workers may actually start to see and feel a new level of energy within the corporation.  Ultimately, one of the most ambitious [...]

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Corporate Wellness Programs: Focus on Health Education Activities

February 2, 2009

1.    Have a current policy outlining the requirements and functions of a comprehensive Corporate Wellness Program.
2.    Have a wellness plan in place that addresses the purpose, nature, duration, resources required, members in, and expected results of a Corporate Wellness Program.
3.    Orient workers to the Worksite Wellness Plan and give them copies of the physical activity, [...]

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