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Goal #1: Providing training to committee members regarding best practices in
workplace wellness
- A member of the Health and Wellness faculty with expertise in
workplace wellness is serving as program advisor.
- We each received a
notebook of materials from the State Health Plan on setting up
workplace wellness programs and Eat Smart, Move More
initiatives; new chapters will be added as we add initiatives.
- We participated in an audioconference on best practices in
campus-based wellness programs.
- We signed up to work on at least one of four subcommittees: publicity, data-gathering, events and programs, and
partnerships.
- We are beginning a campus inventory of policies, programming and
environmental supports for workplace wellness in consultation with
our Way to Health II partners.
Goal #2: Building campus awareness of and participation in wellness activities
- We designed a program web site and announced it to the campus
community; a central feature is our inventory of health and wellness
activities and sources of information (see Information and
Activities page).
- We completed a faculty and staff survey on program needs and wants.
- We decided to email the campus community each time we post new
activities/opportunities on the website.
- We scheduled four low-cost health screenings (in cooperation
with our Mission Hospitals partners) including blood and lifestyle
profiles (dates on main page).
- We entered multiple four-person teams in Mission Hospitals'
Lighten Up 4 Life weight loss challenge.
- We scheduled four free healthy cooking demonstrations with
a representative from the Cancer Project (dates on
main page).
- We added a schedule of events through Downtown on the Move
to the web site (see main page).
Goal #3: Developing partnerships with other wellness programs and initiatives
in the community, the region, and the state
- We established a collaboration with Mission Hospitals'
health screening program,
Know Your Numbers.
- We established a collaboration with the
Healthy Buncombe
Coalition program,
Downtown on the Move.
- We agreed to be one of the 12 NC campuses participating
in UNC-Chapel Hill's
Way to Health II, a 5 year, grant-funded study of weight
loss among college and university personnel beginning Fall
semester, 2008.
Goal #4: Earning recognition as a model workplace wellness program
- We have identified the
WELCOA (Wellness
Council of America) benchmarks for earning a well workplace
designation.
- Senior Level Management Support
- Cohesive Wellness Team
- Data Collection
- Operating Plan
- Programs and Interventions
- Supportive Environments
- Evaluation
- Our program advisor developed a 5-step process for reaching these
benchmarks; we note the following progress on each step.
- Getting Organized: Established representative committee with designated
chairpersons; set up regular meetings; wrote mission statement;
completed
orientation to Well Workplace; received visible senior management endorsement
- Assessing Needs: Assessed employee needs,
interest and "readiness to change"; in process of assessing environments & policies
- Designing Programs: In process of developing
calendar of events/timeline, activities & strategies for goal(s)
accomplishment, budget allocation structure, and identifying resources,
barriers & obstacles
- Implementing Programs: Posted information
about regular activities and programs on web site;
scheduling and advertising special programs (e.g. health
risk assessment, healthy cooking demonstration); in
process of tracking employee participation in programs
- Measuring Results: Beginning discussions of
how to evaluate impact and success of program
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