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Successful Employee Wellness Program

Kristi Hunter Wellness Coordinator City of High Point

Wellness Program

• What is a Wellness Program?
• What can a Wellness Program

include?

• What are successful outcomes of a

Wellness Program?

Common Misconceptions of a Wellness Program

• Must be intense!
• Offer immediate results!
• No pain, no gain!
• Are not fun!
• Only for those that are not healthy!
• Time consuming!
• Will only benefit the employer!
• Does not affect me!

Primary Objectives of a Wellness Program

• Goal Oriented
• Specific
• Measurable
• Achievable
• Realistic
• Time Oriented
• Address the Needs of Employer &

Employee

• Engagement of Participants

Key Benefits of a Wellness Program

• Lowers Health Care Costs
• Employer
• Employee
• Reduces Absenteeism
• Less Likely to be sick/injured
• Higher Employee Productivity
• Improves Employee Moral
• Chronic Disease

Management/Prevention

• Lower Health Risk Factors
• Blood Pressure
• Cholesterol

Development of a Successful Wellness Program

• Assess Needs
• Survey Participants
• Prioritize Outcome of Survey
• Select Program Focus
• Project Outcomes
• Will this meet the goal?
• Will this address the needs of the employer

& employee?

• Will this engage participants?
• Trouble Shoot
• Implement program in a small setting, will

this be successful?

• Fine tune program and fix any issues that

arise during trouble shooting.

• Go Live
• Implement final program with confidence

Development of a Successful Wellness Program

• Assess Outcomes
• Did the program meet the goal?
• Did the program address the needs of

the employer & employee?

• Did the program engage participants?
• Review Outcomes
• Make changes as needed to meet the

goal, if not met.

• Make changes as needed to address

the needs of the employer & employee, if not met.

• Make changes as needed to engage

participants, if needed.

• Repeat

Primary Objective #1 Goal Oriented

• Specific
• What are the projected outcomes?
• Measurable
• How will the outcomes be measured

for success?

• Achievable
• Will this program yield positive
• utcomes?
• Realistic
• Is this program feasible (i.e.

affordable)?

• Time Oriented
• Does the program have a timeline for

specific outcomes or results?

Primary Objective #2

Address the Needs of Employer & Employee

• Assess the Need
• Survey Potential Participants
• Meet participants where they are!
• Prioritize Outcome of Survey
• Review results and analyze feasibility,

validity and importance.

• Select Program Focus
• Determine what will make the greatest

impact.

Primary Objective #3 Engagement of Participants

• MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT! MUST

NOT BE OVERLOOKED!

• Will this address a vast population?
• Is the program too narrow?
• Is the program too broad?
• How will this program impact the

participants?

• Who will benefit?
• Who will be most likely to participate?
• Why?
• Who will be least likely to participate?
• HOW do you get these participants to

engage?

Meet Employees Where They Are

• Get out of the office!
• Seek to understand, not be

understood!

• Listen.
• Lead by example!
• Empower employees to make the

better decision daily!

Success of a Wellness Program

• Goals are met!
• Needs are met!
• Participation was high!
• More Specifically Outcomes

Demonstrated…

• Improved Nutrition
• Weight Loss/Management
• Increased Physical Activity
• Disease Prevention/Management
• Improved Knowledge of Overall Health

& Wellbeing

Wellness Program Components

• Chair Massage
• Physical Activity Programming
• Educational Seminars
• Onsite Biometric Screenings
• Nutrition Programming
• Mental Health Programming
• Individual/Departmental Wellness

Counseling

• Stress Management
• Financial Wellness

Questions?

• Contact Information:
• Kristi Hunter
• 336.822.4785
• kristi.hunter@highpointnc.gov