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Hollywood Stars or American Celebrities This is another fun activity focusing on healthful weight reduction or maintenance. o Participants select a secret code name (the name of a Hollywood star or other celebrity). o Participants weigh-in with a “trusted” confident privately – at which time a healthful weight goal is set for the period of [...]
Brown bag presentations are a good way to create awareness about selected health topics. Community health experts will often provide presentations of a half hour or less at no charge. Use staff member interest surveys to follow up on staff member interests that are expressed. The definition of health is broad, so brown bag presentations [...]
Very often individuals shy away from low fat foods because they think these foods don’t taste good. To help inform personnel, buy a selection of low fat foods and put them out in a conference room for an hour or so for a drop-in tasting session. Or, arrange for low-fat potlucks stimulating staff members to [...]
Group support and encouragement may be very beneficial in assisting staff make healthful changes. Develop situations, coworker groups, or information avenues where the expertise and experiences of coworkers may be shared with others. Some ideas for providing onsite support for healthful changes include – o Employees may be asked to voluntarily submit suggestions, advice, and [...]
A health fair is an opportune way to familiarize staff members with health issues and related health promotion programs. During a health fair staff members might be able to – o obtain resource materials; o take part in offered health testings (vision, hearing, blood, cholesterol, cancer, dental, etc.); o observe demonstrations on the use of [...]
Workplace medical testings can take a variety of forms. Common screening components may include – o Blood pressure and heart rate. o Cholesterol (typically a finger-stick sum cholesterol test, either fasting or non-fasting). o Blood glucose (diabetes screening). o Height and weight. o Percent body fat and/or Body Mass Index (BMI) (Body Mass Index (BMI)). [...]
Make safety a key concern when planning physical activity in your worksite. An accident or injury won’t “sell” the wellness program and might end up costing the employer. This section will help you take the necessary steps to avoid an accident or injury. Points to Consider Using Licensed Specialists Hire professionally qualified instructors to lead [...]
To make a difference in the lives of your fellow workers, you first need to understand that getting active isn’t simply a matter of choice. Some things are within our individual control, but others are shaped by the people and circumstances in which we live and work. It’s Easier to be Active When
The type of evaluation you select depends on when you do it and the type of information you collect. This section describes when to use three kinds – formative, process and summative evaluations. During the Planning Stage Use formative investigations in the planning stages to ensure that your wellness program is based on solid information. [...]
What Do You Want to Achieve? Think about why you are analyzing and what your investigation is going to measure. If you are attempting to determine whether an program has been successful, see if you followed your mission statement and met your objectives and objectives. When you don’t have a mission statement or goals or [...]