In this first website of WELCOA I clicked on the part that allows you to set a program to raise awareness in wellness around the workplace. They suggested you set up activities for the workplace. Or even they suggested a results-oriented approach. This seems like it has more of an impact on the employee side of the workplace. This just isn't about participating in an activity but also improving your daily life.
I would use this in my future to help educate almost anyone on a healthier lifestyle. This is a great tool to help introduce others to the knowledge that I already have. The process to start these programs are simple and I feel that they could be applied anywhere.
This could easily be used in the future by anyone that wants to improve the health in their workplace. The website allows step-by-step actions that you can take to actually start these programs in your workplace if you see a problem.
In the second part of this assignment it was very easy to find anything that I needed to start a program in your workplace. This was the best place to find out about other companies that work as a healthy workplace. I noticed there were interviews from CEO's in healthy workplaces with such subjects as battling cancer, tobacco use in the workplace, and physical activity. I was also surprised to see that this website has distributed over 2.5 million articles, case studies, and other interviews with top leaders in a company on their healthier work places.
Once again this is a great tool to impact a healthier workplace. Even if my future isn't in health education, this website is very helpful in getting ideas and starting a healthier workplace which is becoming more of a problem across the nation.
I believe that others can use this website to understand health education better and all the work that goes into making a healthier workplace. They can also apply this to different areas of their lives. One could include this in their household or even the classroom. This website is a great tool to further the education everywhere for people, not just in the workplace.
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I agree that this website would be a great resource for someone trying to implement a worksite wellness program into their company. I also thought it was neat that they had interviews from other CEOs in healthy workplaces. The interviews would be helpful for people to get that personal point of view. Worksite wellness programs are important as a way to help our society become healthier from the ground up. I know of a company that does not allow their employees to smoke or purchase "junk food" on their property. Things like these are important if we ever want to reduce obestiy and chronic disease rates in the United States.
I also agree that this website is a great tool for educating the workforce. I think that not only is this helpful in educating a company about being healthy, but I also think it is a great resource for one to look into the different requirements that make up a healthy company. The benchmarks stated on this website are really interesting and I think are worth looking at when looking into the structure of a company. I know I personally would avoid working for a company that did not try to make the working environment as pleasant as possible for the employees. I think the ideas on this website are very useful for those interested in workplace wellness.
I can agree that the website would be a great tool for anyone to use. It was cool to search around and read interviews from professionals who had good advice about wellness programs. I liked the FREE help that the website offered. I like how important they promoted wellness in the workplace. Everyone has to work for money to pay for living expenses, so why not create wellness programs to engage peoples attention upon their personal health? I think it's important for wellness programs to educate our employers in the work force. Educating them will only increase their level of health and well-being. This website is very beneficial with much detail to read, and it should definitely be looked at by people who are interested in starting a wellness program.
I am going to be a follower as well and agree that in the future, I think that this website will be a great resource. It was really cool that they had ALL of the links and tools availible for use- it really is awesome to see these sorts of websites and informational centers doing stuff like this.
I like the concept of a worksite wellness program. I think that everyone should care and have to desire to maintain or take the steps nesseccary to be healthier. Programs like these are SO important if we want to truly elminate or reduce the rates of (like Kelsey said) chronic disease and obesity.
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