DESCRIPTION:
The transcript of the recent
audio
conference on workplace wellness programs is now available
in a
convenient, readable format including the complete text of speaker
presentations and conference "handout" material.
"Workplace Wellness Programs: 'What's in it for me?' How to Motivate Your Employees and Boost Participation,"
was broadcast live
May 20, 2004.
Workplace wellness programs offer many benefits to both the employee who participates and the company - benefits such as improved employee health and productivity, and reduced absences. But getting employees to participate in these programs – and getting management to support them - is a challenge.
The success of workplace wellness programs is often based on the number of participants, according to the results of a workplace wellness management survey conducted by Wellness Program Management Advisor and Wellness Junction. "Keeping employees interested in wellness programs is an ongoing, labor-intensive effort that involves motivation and recognition." wellness managers say.
"Technically, management support doesn't depend on the actual numbers of employees that are part of our programs," said a coordinator. "But better numbers have always helped when I ask management to support a budget increase or program expansion. It helps anything I try to do."
Attempts to get more employees interested in health promotion programs have grown because of the importance of the number of attendees, respondents said. As a result, almost 60 percent of respondents said they have tried a variety of new efforts to encourage participation.
"Motivation and establishing reasonable goals works for us," noted a health administrator. "Plus, we really promote our wellness success stories. Employees can see others' positive results and they want to be a part of the success."
"It's important for [wellness professionals] to help consumers make the link between disease prevention, personal responsibility and their health," said the health services manager of a corporate wellness program. "Linking wellness programs to health benefits, in the form of lower co-pays or premiums, rather than to the actual health aspects of wellness, such as exercise, works best at my company."
The transcript of the audio conference will help organizations learn about Employee Wellness Incentive Programs used to boost attendance, and how you can use them in your organization.
"Participation is always a challenge because it relates to budget," according to a hospital wellness program coordinator. "If there is no participation there are no results."
Learn more about how companies have successfully used incentive programs to boost participation in employee wellness programs with this transcript.
TOPICS COVERED:
- Outlines of a successful Employee Wellness Program
- Review of Incentives Programs used successfully in industry
- Use of 'customer surveys' in selecting wellness programs
- Administration of Multi-site programs
- Success Measurements (% participation at start/% after implementation of incentive)
- How Management becomes involved ($ or more personally involved)
SPEAKER PANEL:
- Randy Adolphs, Comer Center Manager, Lands' End
- E. Anthony Haynes, Wellness Coordinator/Fitness Director, Aramco Services Company
- Martha Pedersen, Manager, Worksite Health Promotion, Center for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention
This program material is available exclusively from Health Resources Publishing.
You can use this material in connection with planning for
your
organization's entry into managing a pay for performance program.
Copyright 2004, Managed Care Information Center.
