CORPORATE VITALITY PROGRAMMEPhase 2Intervention & Prevention

Reduce Health Risk of employeesMinimise AbsenteeismPhysically Mentally Healthier StaffReduce Health care costPOSITIVE ROI

WHY CORPORATE WELLNESS?

‘’ TO PROVIDE ORDINARY PEOPLE LONGEVITY AND SUSTAINABLE QUALITY OF LIFE’’

Let the Wellness Journey begin…

INTRODUCTION

What exactly is a workplace wellness program? Can you pass out a few newsletter, hide the ashtrays and call it a day? PROBABLY NOT!

Experts agree that piecemeal, uncoordinated measures aren’t likely to be effective – especially given that your true goal isn’t merely to start a program, it’s to transform your workplace culture into one that promote healthy living. But that doesn’t necessarily mean you need to start looking for places to build a gym and hold Pilates classes or fire employees that smoke.

This program will help you consider where your company should strike a balance, by discussing:

• Whether you’d like your program to focus on your least healthy employees or simply the majority of your employees;• How ambitious you’ll be in designing and ramping up your program;• Which health issues and behaviours your program will address• What ingredients (in terms of health screenings, education, activities, individual coaching or treatment, incentives, and

workplace support) you’ll stir into the mix, and• Whether to include family members of employees in your program.

Ultimately it will be up to you, as the employer, to examine your workforce’s needs and make appropriate program choices. That’s where the rest of the programs come in. activeXpress is dedicated to providing tools and strategies for making these important decisions. We will give you specific ideas on program components and will tailor the program to your workplace.

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WELLNESS PROGRAM INTEREST SURVEY

We’re thinking about starting an employee wellness program to help you feel better and stay healthy. Would you help us by telling us (anonymously) about whether you’d be genuinely interested in taking part in the following health-promotion and health-related activities?

Although some of the possible activities listed below could be based at our workplace, be assured that your participation, performance, or health results would never be recorded in your personnel file or made a part of your performance evaluation. [If true: Nor will they have any impact on your benefit premiums.

Thanks for taking a few minutes to complete out this survey. As you make your choices, please be realistic about what you’re likely to take part in — in other words, don’t check a box unless you’re really prepared to attend the activity or event. We need to make program choices within a limited budget, so it’s important for us to know both what you would

and would not want to do.

1. Which of the following activities would you be likely to join in if they were offered at [low or no] cost, and how many times per

week would you go? (Make sure your totals are physically possible!)

yoga classes: times per week

pilates classes: times per week

tai chi classes: times per week

meditation or other stress reduction classes: times per week

aerobics classes: times per week

walking event or club: times per week

biking event or club: times per week

sports team, such as baseball, basketball, or soccer: times per week

please state the types of teams in which you are interested:

membership in an on-site gym: likely visits per week

other regular activities (please specify):

2. Which of the following classes, seminars, or events would you join in if offered, and how many times per year would you

participate?

nutrition or cooking classes: times per year

healthy foods potluck: times per year

other health or wellness seminar: times per year

Please state the types of health and wellness seminars in which you are interested:

3. Which of the following health or fitness related programs would you be interested or willing to participate in? (Some of these

might be off -site or offered on an individual basis.) Check as many as apply:

smoking cessation program

weight-loss program

cholesterol screening

blood pressure screening

complete blood screening

chronic disease management program

other (please describe)2.

4. The best time of the day or week for you to participate in classes or group activities is:

5. Would you eat fruit at meetings if it were available? yes no

6. Would you buy healthy snacks at work (such as granola, yogurt, or fresh or dried fruit) if they were available in vending machines

or elsewhere? yes no

7. Would you be interested in taking breaks during the day to stretch, meditate, or take a short walk—or in doing so with other

people as a group? yes no

8. Would you be willing to take part in a meeting held during a walk (rather than sitting down)? yes no

9. Indicate any topics about which you’d like to learn more:

healthy eating

appropriate amounts of exercise

weight management

stress management

keeping blood pressure down

keeping cholesterol down

other

10. Have you seriously considered making some health-related lifestyle changes recently (such as becoming more physically active,

losing weight, eating more healthy foods, reducing alcohol consumption, or stopping smoking)? yes no

11. Would you find it easier to get motivated about making lifestyle changes if you worked with a buddy or with a group of people

from work? yes no

12. Are you interested in helping develop our office’s workplace wellness program? yes no

If yes, do you have any health- or fitness-related expertise? Please describe:

13. To receive information from our wellness program, which of these are you most likely to look at or listen to?

emails

printed fliers or letters

a website

a dedicated bulletin board

presentations at staff meetings

14. Is there some other workplace-based health benefit or activity that you’re particularly interested in? Please describe:

15. Would you be sufficiently interested in the activity you described in Question 14 that if the cost of your desired benefit is too high

for the office budget, you’d be willing to partially pay your own way? yes no

16. If we offered prizes or raffle drawings for participating in or winning certain events, what would motivate you the most (for

example, cash, an extra vacation day, or a particular gift)? Be as specific as you like!

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PHASE 2// INDIVIDUAL VITALITY PROGRAMME: POTENTIAL ROLLOUT PLAN TO COMPANY

Get Sign off from the BoardAlign with HR department for data flow Multiple Programmes launched

Identifying the group The champion undergoes training

Annual Report Back

Market program to staff Corporate Risk report compiled & areas of Risk are Identified

A Wellness champion is selected with in the various departments

Quarterly assessment: Repeated quarterly and then compiled.

• Quarterly absenteeism report• RIO• Health Risk reduction Report• Performance Comparison• Productivity• Identify the general wellbeing scale

within the company

Wellness assessment (Wellness day arranged) coping Skills assessments completion: Private & Confidential

Prevention Programme is launched and the individuals get engaged

Start with a BANG!! Gains “ CELEBRATION”

Individual Report compiled after Wellness day and Skills assessments are completed

Engagement workshops are arranged

PHASE 2// INDIVIDUAL VITALITY PROGRAMME: RISK IDENTIFIED & SELF MANAGEMENT TOOLBOX

HIGH RISK - *absenteeism* roi* *risk to bottom line*

MEDIUM RISK - *presenteeism*

LOW RISK - *high productivity*low absenteeism* high roi*

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PHASE 2// INTERVENTION & PREVENTION: EMPLOYEE INDIVIDUAL COSTING

INTERVENTION & PREVENTION PROGRAMME: COST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Coping Skills Assessment: R100.00 per employeeOn-line assessment or written assessment: ONCE OFF assessment*To be identified

High Risk Programmes12 WEEKS R2400 per employee

*Refer to self-management Tool Box. Workshops to be hosted & Champion Programme put into place

Medium Risk Programmes12 WEEKS R600 per employee

Refer to self-management Tool Box. Workshops to be hosted & Champion Programme put into place

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY SLEEP

MEDICATIONS COMMUNICATION

DECISION MAKING HEALTHY EATING

ACTION PLANNING WEIGHT MANAGEMENT

BREATHING TECHNIQUES UNDERSTANDING EMOTIONS

PROBLEM SOLVING PROBLEM SOLVING

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12 Week Programmes: Workshops are hosted

PHASE 2// INTERVENTION & PREVENTION: EXECUTIVE INDIVIDUAL TESTING COSTS

ASSESSMENTS COST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

First Beat Lifestyle & nervous System real time assessment R2200

Includes fitting and collection of device30min-1hour feedback on the lifestyle report with suggested interventions needed

Full Bio Markers Blood Tests R2970

Tests Include: DL; Ceatine Kinase; VIT D; HDL; Zinc; Calcium; Glucose; Magnesium; VITB12; Fdate; Ferritin; Haemoglobin; Triglycerides; Testosterone; Potassium; HBA1c; Homocysteine;Cortisol; HsCRP; Homocysteine

Doctor Full Medical R2200

1ST Appointment: Resting & ECG ; Full medical Questionnaire; Lung Function test;VO2 max;

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PHASE 2// INTERVENTION & PREVENTION: EXECUTIVE FULL HEALTH MEDICAL PACKAGE

ASSESSMENTS COST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Full Health This includes: Doctors Medical; First beat; Bio marker blood tests; Fitness test; Coping skills; Life expectancy report;

Online Coping skills & online subjective questionnaire

Doctors ; Biokineticists ; Diet; nurse

1st Appointment: ±1.5hrs-2hrs – Lung Function; Fitness test; Full medical questionnaire;V02 max; Blood sample; Fitness test; attached First beat Device; Doctor compiles all reports and tests to assess patients risk; Collection of First beat device

2nd Appointment: 1 Hour – Feedback with Doctor and Bio on reports and Lifestyle ; Q/A with doctor on results ; discussion on suggested interventions

Total Cost: R8250.00

2nd Appointment: 30-45min Health risk Profile consult with Cardio-thoracic Surgeon

Coping Skills & stress level assessment R550

Online-assessments; Online report(individual feedback on request); Intervention recommendations

Mathematical modelling on life expectancy & Framingham Risk

StratificationR275

Full Fitness assessment R71530min Fitness assessment ; full fitness report with suggested interventions

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