Worksite Wellness is promoting health in a process that  enables people to increase control over and to improve their health.  This can be accomplished by activities or organization policies designed to support healthy behavior in the workplace and to improve health outcomes. 

There are a variety of activities such as health fairs, health education, medical screenings, health coaching, weight management programs, wellness newsletters, on-site fitness programs and/or facilities and education programs.

Organizational policies can be designed to facilitate employee health including allowing flex time for exercise, providing on-site kitchen and eating areas, offering healthy food options in vending machines, hold "walk and talk" meetings, and offering financial and other incentives for participation, among many other options.

Guidelines

• Employee Wellness Needs Survey
  
  
  An opportunity for employees to select programs that can be offered at work by WELCOA (Wellness Council of America)
• Food and Beverage Guidelines for Health Meetings
  
  
  General guidelines, Snack suggestions, Breakfast suggestions and Lunch/Dinner suggestions from Lakes Region Partnership for Public Health

• ROI (Retrun-on-Investment)
  
  
  WELCOA (Wellness Council of America) highlights the ROI that companies can expect from a comprehensive work site wellness program and offers tips on how to get there.
• Top 5 Strategies to Enhance the ROI
  A  special report by WELCOA on how to:  tap into insurance plans, create a benefit plan, support healthy living, wellness messages and make use of free resources
  
• WELCOA's 7 Benchmarks
  
  
  Benchmarks inherent in companies that have built results-oriented workplace wellness programs

For more information about Worksite Wellness in the Lakes Region contact Partnership for Public Health at (603) 528-2145.