Snapshot of the Health & Wellness Awareness Survey Findings
- Nearly 60 percent consider health and wellness program offerings from employers a viable incentive to stay at their current job.
- Healthcare professionals (healthcare consultants and on-site nurses) are the most trusted sources for employee wellness program information (61 percent).
- Fifteen percent of respondents ranked company human resources staff as a trusted source, right behind pamphlets and brochures (18 percent).
- Respondents claim that one of the top reasons they don?t participate in their company?s wellness program is because they prefer to obtain health/wellness information from a more credible source ? someone in the health industry.
- More men than women commented the source needs to be more credible.
- Men and women indicate similar levels of participation (of those polled who have access to health/wellness programs).
- The 18-34 age group is less likely to participate in a health/wellness program than the 35-44 age group.
- More than three-quarters of respondents (78 percent) would take advantage of an employee wellness program if it was readily available to them.
- Nearly 80 percent of respondents feel their overall health would improve with the availability of a health/wellness program.
- Top work-related health concerns:
- Stress at work (15 percent)
- Muscle strains/injuries (11 percent)
- Exposure to harmful substances (10 percent)
- Personal injury (5 percent)
- Deteriorating vision due to computers (3 percent)
- Workplace violence (3 percent)
- Top-rated topics for a health and wellness program are:
- Stress management (85 percent)
- Fitness (84 percent)
- Screening programs (84 percent)
- Health insurance education (81 percent)
- Disease Management seminars (80 percent)
- Nutrition seminars (71 percent)
- Stop smoking seminars (67 percent)
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