A health promotion program—sometimes known as a wellness program—is a type of employee benefit that encompasses the various efforts companies make to promote and maintain their employees’ health.

Background: Public health strategies place increasing emphasis on opportunities to promote healthy behaviours within the workplace setting. Previous research has suggested worksite health promotion ...

Worksite health promotion (WHP) programs are designed to help identify and address health and lifestyle issues, and are offered by 40–75% of employers in Europe and the US. But research suggests that ...

For workplace health promotion and wellness programs to succeed globally, senior management must be convinced that these programs provide value to the business – such as boosting productivity or ...

A healthy motivated workforce is very vital to an organisation. All over the world various organisations are investing on employees healthcare as health hazards exposure among employees for long are ...

Analysis of studies of worksite wellness programs suggested mixed impact on health-related behaviors and cost, with insufficient evidence regarding absenteeism and mental health. Sources were PubMed, ...

Workplace health promotion programs are increasing in the US, according to researchers. Nearly half of all workplaces in the nation offer some level of health promotion or wellness programs and 17% of ...

WASHINGTON -- An updated Army program plans to enhance the health, fitness, and quality of life of Army civilians, as the force continues to refine the way it acquires and retains talent in support of ...

Community Development Journal, Vol. 41, No. 3 (July 2006), pp. 352-366 (15 pages) The need for multilevel, comprehensive health promotion programmes has become widely accepted, as has the importance ...

Choose from two options in: (1) content development, implementation, and evaluation or (2) health and well-being program management. Individual and community health, disease prevention, and engaging ...

Objectives To develop, implement and assess an interactive, football-based health education programme for children in South Africa. Design Prospective cohort study with control group. Setting Two ...

Our population is ageing rapidly. The presents a significant challenge as our health systems seek to adapt to the increased need. It has been proposed that online delivery of health promotion ...