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	<title>Company Wellness</title>
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	<description>Company wellness programs and company wellness consulting</description>
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		<title>Corporate Health Promotion Programs: Supporting Scientific Research and Wellness Statistics</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Company Wellness</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Adapted from The Health Promotion First Act prepared by David Anderson, Ph.D., StayWell Health Management)
Employee Lifestyles Impact Employee Health
•    Approximately 40 percent of all deaths in the U.S. are premature (at least 900,000 deaths annually) and are due to unhealthy lifestyle choices such as tobacco use, poor diet, sedentary lifestyle, misuse of alcohol and drugs, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corporate Health Promotion Program: Conditions for Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Senior management involvement in the Corporate Health Promotion Program- Evidence of enthusiastic commitment and involvement of senior management helps employees understand their companies’ serious commitment to health.  Workers need to perceive that their senior management, supervisors, and coworkers have positive attitudes toward health since these factors have all been associated with enhanced employee health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Benefits of Corporate Health Promotion Programs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction to Corporate Health Promotion Programs
Risky health behaviors by employees cost a company. Changing those behaviors can save the employer money and increase the employee’s productivity.
Because work gives an employee a stable environment and support system, Corporate Health Promotion Programs can have a great impact on lowering high-risk behaviors. This impact results in reduce health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Write Company Wellness Program Goals and Objectives</title>
		<link>http://company-wellness.org/how-to-write-company-wellness-program-goals-and-objectives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Company Wellness</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why have Company Wellness Program goals?
Company Wellness Program goals take your organization’s priorities for employee health improvement and make them specific and measurable. Well-defined Company Wellness Program goals provide direction for selecting Strategies and a basis for which to measure progress.
Writing Company Wellness Program goals
Writing Company Wellness Program goals is not complicated or difficult. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Collecting information on employee health behaviors</title>
		<link>http://company-wellness.org/collecting-information-on-employee-health-behaviors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Company Wellness</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If your organization is interested in measuring the impact of your Company Wellness Program efforts in future years, you’ll want to gather relevant baseline data on the health and health behaviors of your employee population.
Company Wellness Program Data on your employee population
Health Risk Assessments / Health Risk Appraisals
Some health plans offer companies free online Health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assessment of worksite culture and setting</title>
		<link>http://company-wellness.org/assessment-of-worksite-culture-and-setting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Company Wellness</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In addition to looking at the health behaviors of employees, take a good look at your organization. The following questions can help you identify opportunities for your organization to support and encourage healthy behaviors among employees.
A strong foundation for employee health improvement
1. To what extent does the senior management in your organization actively and visibly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Establishing a Company Wellness Program vision and brand for your organization’s Corporate Health Promotion Program:</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:53:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Company Wellness</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why it’s important and how to do it
The Company Wellness Program Vision
A Company Wellness Program vision statement is a concise statement that summarizes the purpose and goals of your organization’s commitment to creating a Corporate Health Promotion Program. Taking the time to clarify and describe your organization’s Company Wellness Program vision can provide a focus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employer Wellness Committee</title>
		<link>http://company-wellness.org/employer-wellness-committee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Company Wellness</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sample Company Wellness Program meeting agendas and topics for discussion
Is your organization’s Company Wellness Program Wellness Committee new?  Has it existed on paper but been inactive for a while?  In either case, some of the following may be appropriate agenda items for your first Company Wellness Program meetings.   You may also want to revisit these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Establishing a Wellness Committee</title>
		<link>http://company-wellness.org/establishing-a-wellness-committee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Company Wellness</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A representative Wellness Committee is a cornerstone of a successful Corporate Health Promotion Program, regardless of the size of the organization.
Membership of your Wellness Committee
Aim for a committee of a manageable size (no more than 15 members, depending on your organization’s size). Your Wellness Committee should represent all employee groups (e.g., full-time and part-time employees, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Determining a budget for creating a Company Wellness Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Company Wellness</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Establishing a Company Wellness Program need not be expensive, but will require the commitment of some financial resources. If possible, include the Company Wellness Program in your organization’s annual business plan and budget as you do for other efforts important to your organization’s success.
How much to budget for the Corporate Health Promotion Program?
There is no [...]]]></description>
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