Corporate health and wellness programs are more popular than ever. We say they fail when they fall short of accomplishing their goals and objectives. Failure can be defined in many different ways. For example, a corporate health and wellness program could…
When you design company wellness programs there are two basic options: use an outside vendor or develop your program internally. Regardless of the option you choose, there are several steps you need to take to have a successful program. How…
To have any effect on the bottom line, employee health and wellness programs need to be able to improve employee health behaviors. Without improvements in nutrition, physical activity, controlling stress, and other health behaviors, most of the chronic diseases employees…
The health and chronic disease prevention centers of America are now America's worksites. There's not a single group in America that does more to promote health and improve the health behaviors of our population than worksites. Our current medical system…
Do you know why only 11% of Californians smoke while over 26% of the adults in Kentucky smoke? California has less than half of the smoking rate of Kentucky because California has created a culture and environment that discourages tobacco…
Employee wellness programs can use a variety of strategies to help improve employee health. Here are 50 wellness program examples for physical activity, nutrition, and tobacco cessation that have been used by hundreds of worksites. Not every example may be…
A Newsletter Can Help Employees Take the First Step Toward Better Health Helping employees adopt and maintain healthy behaviors is at the core of every wellness program. To have healthy behaviors employees must first start with education and awareness. A…
Hospitals, clinics, and other health care providers are just like any other businesses. They need to manage large numbers of employees and control expenses, while delivering needed services. Health care providers are worksites struggling to stay competitive and successful. The…
How Do You Choose the Right Biometric Screening Company? WellSteps does comprehensive wellness programming but we do not conduct biometric screenings. For the several years we have helped our clients find and work with companies that do conduct screenings. This…
What is a Wellness Portal? Wellness programs can use web-based tools to help organize and administer a wellness program. These web-based computer systems are called wellness portals. Published studies show that the most effective wellness programs are focused on helping…
