[HealthFitness] How to break down barriers to health management engagement

HealthFitness has posted a new item, 'How to break down barriers to health
management engagement'

Participation is an essential part of any health management program's success.
But participant engagement—emotional involvement or commitment in
programs—varies widely across employer populations and program types.

Here are four common barriers to health management engagement and possible
solutions for overcoming them:

Barrier 1: Employees don't know about your wellness program

Solution: Recruit a wellness champion network
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[HealthFitness] Boost your emotional health with a vacation

HealthFitness has posted a new item, 'Boost your emotional health with a
vacation'

It's that time of year when many of us embrace the tradition of summer
vacation. And this tradition supports our broader view of health: the importance
of attending to multiple dimensions of well-being—including physical,
emotional, social, financial and environmental.

Emotional well-being includes resiliency, one's ability to bounce back from
the inevitable ups and downs of life; [...]

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[HealthFitness] Employees don’t get the flu shot? Reasons to change this

HealthFitness has posted a new item, 'Employees don't get the flu shot?
Reasons to change this'

Last year, only 42 percent of adults received the flu vaccine, according to the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Although reasons vary from person to person, people commonly avoid the flu
vaccine because either they think it will cause them to get the flu or they
think it doesn't work. Neither are accurate.

In randomized, blinded [...]

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[HealthFitness] 7 trending corporate fitness classes that employees love

HealthFitness has posted a new item, '7 trending corporate fitness classes that
employees love'

To attract and retain top talent, research suggests some employers are spending
more dollars on richer benefits in lieu of higher salaries.

A Society of Human Resource Management survey of 450 employers found 35 percent
cited larger benefits packages in 2015, compared to 28 percent the year before.

This year, these enhanced packages include the rise of [...]

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[HealthFitness] Overcoming lack of awareness as a barrier to improved health

HealthFitness has posted a new item, 'Overcoming lack of awareness as a barrier
to improved health'

Few people heading toward diabetes know it. In fact research shows that only one
in eight people with pre-diabetes know they have a problem.

However, a recent study shows that those who do know they have an elevated HbA1C
are more likely to make lifestyle changes, such as getting more exercise or
eating less sugary food, [...]

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[HealthFitness] 5 tips for making work a friendlier place

HealthFitness has posted a new item, '5 tips for making work a friendlier
place'

Today's smart employers recognize that employee well-being extends beyond
physical health and includes social, emotional, financial and environmental
dimensions.

Effectively engaging employees from this whole-person view of health requires
creating and supporting a pervasive culture of health that fosters sustainable
healthy actions in the employee population.

At HealthFitness we refer to this as Well-doingsm for more people.

A key [...]

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[HealthFitness] Well-doing for more people: Putting employee health into action

HealthFitness has posted a new item, 'Well-doing for more people: Putting
employee health into action'

To paraphrase an iconic car commercial, it's not your father's corporate
wellness program. Our industry has evolved rapidly, with employers increasingly
looking at employee health from a whole-person view, recognizing its physical,
social, emotional, financial and environmental dimensions. And while these
dimensions of well-being are critical in determining overall health, a key
component is the [...]

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