Worksite Wellness Programs— What Is Working

Working on wellness (WOW): A worksite health promotion intervention programme

BACKGROUND Insufficient PA has been shown to cluster with other CVD risk factors including insufficient fruit and vegetable intake, overweight, increased serum cholesterol concentrations and elevated blood pressure. This paper describes the development of Working on Wellness (WOW), a worksite intervention program incorporating motivational interviewing by wellness specialists, targeting employe...

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 ...

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...