Creating Wellness:Comprehensive

Program Example

What is Wellness?

The degree to which an individual experiences health and vitality in any dimensiondimension of life.

Your life is made up of multiple dimensions that are separate, yet profoundly connected. You can move toward wellness in one dimension while moving away from it in another.

Three Dimensional Approach

Bio-Chemical– Weight, Nutrition

Physical– Fitness & Exercise

Psychological– Lifestyle, Mind, Spirit

In order to achieve true wellness, all 3 dimensions of lifestyle stress must be

addressed.

Employee Benefits JournalCharacteristics of Comprehensive Corporate

Wellness Programs

• Health assessments and screenings• Education: newsletters, email, and health talks• Self-care program, strategies for lifestyle changes, EAP’s, wellness coaching• Employee Incentives• Involving the employee’s family - 70% of health care costs is for dependents. • On-going health assessment to monitor employee progress.• Reports to employer on population progress.

Advantages of a Locally Administered Corporate

Wellness Program• Program is administered and supervised by a

local licensed health care professional – employee confidentiality maintained (HIPPA)

• Assistance with program implementation, wellness committee, health fairs and events

• Kick-off meeting with employees to generate participation (90+%)

The Creating Wellness Assessment

The CWAS The CWAS scientifically scientifically evaluates how evaluates how your lifestyle is your lifestyle is impacting your impacting your health and scores health and scores you in all three you in all three dimensions of life.dimensions of life...

Lifestyle Assessment Questionnaire

• Employees will complete a lifestyle questionnaire online – Questions allocated to each of the three

dimensions• Be Fit• Eat Right• Think Well

The CWAS measures & records such factors as:

• Body mass index (BMI)• Girth measurements• Body fat % / Lean muscle mass• Blood pressure / Ht. rate / Lung capacity• Arm, leg, torso strength• Stress responsivity

… and over 50 other lifestyle factors that are crucial indicators of your employee’s overall wellness.

Physical Assessment

The Creating Wellness System

Based on your CWAS findings the Creating Wellness System formulates a “customized” action plan in all three dimensions designed to slow, stop and reverse your aging process and improve your overall state of wellness!

On-line Access• Customized Meal Plan / Recipes / Shopping

List• Customized Fitness Plan / Animated Trainer/ Weekly “Sound Advice” • Logs / Journals• Article Library: Nutrition, Fitness, Mind / Body, Kids, Wellness In The Workplace• Tools / Calculators: Healthy Weight, BMI,

Calorie Burn, Target Heart Rate, Food Analyzer, Test Your Knowledge, How To Read Labels

• Access To Questionnaire

Components of the Creating Wellness Program

• Certified Wellness Coaching Monthly: In-person / Webinar / Telephonic

• Wellness education including: Customized weekly “Sound Advice” Monthly wellness newsletter Quarterly on-site health & wellness workshops• Only charge for who joins program• Scalable and flexible to meet employee needs &

corporate benefits objectives

XYZ Company

Creating WellnessManagement Report

December 9th, 2007

Creating Wellness AllianceMahwah, New Jersey

(888) 589-WELL (9355)www.creatingwellness.com

Sample Corporate Report

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Company Name Employee Health Risks

Creating WellnessAssessment 1

Studies examining the relationship between changes in health risks and changes in work productivity have shown that individuals who reduced one health risk improved their productivity by 9% and reduced absenteeism by 2%. Currently the average employee participating in the Creating Wellness Program has 1.17 health risks each. Each of the health risks graphed above had a direct impact on the productivity and absenteeism of Company Name employees. Conclusion: We have just completed the first assessment as part of the Company Name Creating Wellness annual program. With the support of Company Name management and their employee commitment, we are certain that your employees will demonstrate an improved wellness lifestyle and reduced health risk over the next months on the program. We are excited and privileged to work with your staff by customizing our group meetings based on these results to provide content that is meaningful and helpful for the group to experience improved wellness.

Company Name Average Wellness Quotient (WQ) – 79.5: Transition

# of

Assessments

% of Assessments by Category

Average WQ per Category

Very Challenged 0-50 5 3.54% 46.19

Challenged 50-75 52 36.88% 62.06

Transition 75-100 67 47.52% 86.61

Good 100-125 16 11.35% 110.37

Excellent 125 - 200 1 0.71% 125.62

141 100.00% 79.53

Very Challenged

Unaware of health risk and not taking steps forward

Easily fatigued Declining or no energy Unhealthy diet

Limited to no effective fitness activities Likely relying on medication to support health Aging before your time and vulnerable to health crisis

Challenged

Inconsistent health and wellness

Easily fatigued Limited energy Unhealthy diet

Limited to no effective fitness activities Likely relying on medication Not achieving your wellness potential and aging before your

time

Transition

Searching for a healthy lifestyle

Easily fatigued Limited energy Unhealthy diet

Limited to no effective fitness activities Likely relying on medication In-between heading towards wellness or

aging before your time

Good

Exploring new wellness strategies

Not easily fatigued Adequate energy Making good nutritional choices

Active Fitness level Likely decreased reliance on medicine Getting closer to achieving your true

wellness potential

Excellent

Searching for new level of performance

Almost never fatigued Extremely Energized Excellent nutritional choices

Fitness is natural part of your life Likely minimal or no reliance on medications Actively living your wellness potential

The demographics of the 144 active employees in the program:

AVERAGE WELLNESS QUOTIENT BY AGE

30-39 40-49

76.07

50-59

78.52

60+

77.38

0

40 50 60 70 80 90 100

AVERAGE AGE: 44.6 18 -29

78.50

30 20 10

81.13

DEMOGRAPHICS OF GROUP: AGE

30-39

15

40-49

49

50-59 41 60+

10

0

20 25 30 35 40 45 50

AVERAGE AGE: 44.6

18 -29

29

15 10 5

10.4% 20.1% 34.0% 28.5% 7.0%

DEMOGRAPHICS OF GROUP: GENDER

MALE - 46

PARTICIPANTS

FEMALE - 98

PARTICIPANTS

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50 60 70 80 90

100

30 20

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32% 68%

Reports for Management