Staff Wellness Programs

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Staff Wellness Programs

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FACTS

• Employees spend approximately 36 of their waking
  hours at work
• Employees who improve their health can. . .
• Improve overall fitness and mental alertness
• Reduce absenteeism
• Reduce stress
• Live healthier, longer lives

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Research has shown that when a wellness program
is available to staff

• staff morale is higher
• health care costs are reduced
• lower employee absenteeism rates
• higher productivity
• staff who are healthy and fit make better role
  models for students and families

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Teacher absences are associated with lower
academic achievement of their students. -
Miller, RT, Murname, RJ, Willett, JB, Do
Teacher Absences Impact Student
Achievement?, 2007
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Key Components

• Physical Activity
• Healthy Foods Beverages
• Stress Management
• Weight Control Nutrition Programs
• Health Screenings
• Cessation Programs
• Education Awareness

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How to get started. . .

• Get Support from Administration
• Designate a Coordinator
• Survey Staff to assess health status and interest
• Conduct environmental assessment

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• Use assessment results to prioritize your program
  components and set goals and objectives.
• Develop an Action Plan
• Market your programs

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Sample Programs

• Health Fairs
• Walk Across America
• 10,000 Steps A Day
• Yoga
• Nutrition Cooking Classes
• Weight Classes
• Aerobics
• Stress Management
• Tobacco Cessation

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Resources

• MyPyramid Tracker
• www.mypyramidtracker.gov
• 5 A Day
• www.5aday.org/educators/wellness/index.php
• CDC
• www.cdc.gov/niosh/pdfs/stress/pdf
• Healthy Arkansas
• www.arkansas.gov/ha/pdf/worksite_wellness.pdf
• Arkansas Tobacco Quitline
• www.stampoutsmoking.com/resources.html

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Sample Wellness Survey

• www.arkansascsh.org

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LifeSynch

• Extensive Health Library
• Get Fit Virtual Trainer
• Personal Tracker
• Chat Rooms
• Email Health Coaching

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LifeSynch Information

• www.lifesynch.com
• www.lifesynch.com/arwellness