Program Success Motivates Employees To Participate In Health Promotion Programs

Getting employees to participate in worksite wellness programs is always a concern of many wellness managers, according to our management surveys of wellness professionals.

Participation is the issue, said one corporate human resources director, because “most people are too busy or not motivated enough.”

Main concern: “Time crunch, employees can’t seem to find the time to get into the onsite fitness center,” said a company RN/fitness coordinator. “People in general just seem to be getting busier and busier!”

“It is just our lifestyles today as well as the mentality of employers

What Wellness Program Incentive Awards Focus On

Participation, the number that creates the biggest smiles among workplace wellness managers, is the primary focus of their incentive programs, according to the majority of wellness managers who have responded to the “Workplace Wellness Management Survey on Incentives” over the years and conducted by Institute for Workplace Wellness and Health Promotion.

As incentive awards programs become more sophisticated, wellness managers are shifting the primary goals of their awards programs. For example, completion of a health risk appraisal (HRA) has jumped

Incentives For Participation Seen As A Core Program Element Necessary To Drive Participation

Although the use of incentives to motivate employees or members to participate in wellness programs continues to be debated, wellness professionals see the use of incentives as an important part of the over all programs goals for success found the “Workplace Wellness Program Management Survey.”

“Incentives are important to get those employees motivated and participating in programs that they may have not taken part in otherwise,”

Value-Based Health Benefit Seen Increasing Employee Engagement

When wellness is linked to health benefits, the workplace culture begins to move towards adopting healthier lifestyles.

Employers can take advantage of this increased awareness by rewarding workers who practice healthier lifestyles with savings on healthcare, found research from the Principal Financial Well-Being Index.

Participation in health improvement activities, such as preventive screenings

Collaboration Key To A Successful Wellness Program

Strategic planning and collaboration are keys to executing a successful corporate wellness program, according to Mike Wenadka, employee wellness manager at ConAgra Foods.

ConAgra Foods, as Wenadka explained, is a company that produces and markets such brands as Orville Redenbacher popcorn, Healthy Choice, Pam, Hunts and Swiss Miss, among other brands.

The company has approximately 20,000 employees in addition to 10,000 spouses, which are included as eligible for the wellness program.

Wellness Program Participation – Getting Your Employees or Members to Agree to Have the Health Risk Assessment

Veteran wellness and health promotion managers know well that to the key to a successful, ongoing workplace wellness program is participation.

How “ya gonna keep ‘em coming back?’

And, a key piece of a successful wellness program is the health fair with screening – the health risk assessment (HRA.)

Despite much research and searching one member of the Wellness Manager discussion group on Yahoo, reported that although she had read many articles recently on health risk assessments she could not seem to find what she was looking for.

Don’t Miss the Boat if there is the Potential for Grant Money for Your Wellness-Health Promotion Program

The key ingredient in starting or expanding a wellness program is mostly about getting the funding for the program.

According to the report “Grant Funding For Wellness and Health Promotion” the kinds of wellness programs being funded include: