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		<title>Wellness Program Needs and Interest Survey.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Successful wellness programs are designed to meet the needs and interests of the employees. Ask employees what they&#8217;re interested in, and what needs they have. 
People &#160;are more willing to participate and support wellness efforts when they are involved in the decision-making process. Review the sample worker survey provided below.
Worker Interest Survey &#8211; can be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Establish a Wellness Program Committee.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A critical first step in organizing your corporation&#8217;s wellness program is the formation of a wellness committee. the focus of the wellness committee is to plan, promote, and implement the program. 
The committee establishes continuity, motivation, and broad ownership of the program in addition to provides an great automobile for communication.
So who ought to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wellnessstatistics.com/establish-a-wellness-program-committee/</link>
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		<title>Wellness Program &#8211; Obtaining Management Support.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Support from management is essential to building a successful wellness program! Visible &#160;upper management support is one of the most critical factors in the success of a worksite Wellness Program. 
Senior level management executives are responsible for making sure that the organization meets its goals. They can provide additional assistance by assisting you to link [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wellnessstatistics.com/wellness-program-obtaining-management-support/</link>
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		<title>Wellness Program &#8211; Conducting an Organizational Assessment.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first step in developing your wellness/Wellness Program is to understand your organization and how Wellness Program will fit into the current structure. 
By researching your corporation&#8217;s history with similar programs and eliciting feedback from coworkers, you are able to find the best solution for your organization.
Wellness Program &#8211; &#160;Research Questions
&#149 Find out when Wellness [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wellnessstatistics.com/wellness-program-conducting-an-organizational-assessment/</link>
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		<title>Benefits of Wellness Programs.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The costs of health care have been rising more than 10% yearly for a few years. A substantial amount of the money spent in the health care system treats expensive illnesses and illnesses.
&#149 Approximately 95% of the $1.4 trillion that we spend as a nation on health goes to direct medical services, while about 5% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s a Wellness Program?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the American Journal of Wellness, &#8220;Wellness is the science and art of assisting people &#160;change their lifestyle to move toward a state of optimal health. 
Optimal health is defined as a balance of physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and intellectual health. Lifestyle change can be facilitated through a combination of efforts to enhance awareness, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Improve Corporate Wellness through Emotional Health Techniques.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[5 Ways to Assess and Improve Your Employees&#8217; Health
Emotional health is a state of wellness that comes from understanding and acknowledging our emotions and finding appropriate ways to express them. 
As workers, we often bring emotional problems from our childhood or current family life into the workplace because we haven&#8217;t dealt with them effectively outside [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wellnessstatistics.com/improve-corporate-wellness-through-emotional-health-techniques/</link>
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		<title>Wellness Programs Now as Important as Cost and Workforce Issues.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[25% Jump in Employer Interest in Employee Wellness
Corporate wellness for their workers, employers are discovering, is good for the health of their corporations as well. Wellness programs help to cut the costs associated with poor employee health, which include absenteeism, loss of productivity and poor work quality.
A recent Hewitt Associates survey of over 500 USA [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wellnessstatistics.com/wellness-programs-now-as-important-as-cost-and-workforce-issues/</link>
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		<title>Corporate Wellness and Effective Healthcare Reform.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s clear to virtually every American (especially those of us in business) that healthcare costs are skyrocketing out of control. 
No one doubts that either the market will solve the problem OR the government will impose one on us. Managed care has failed from either a cost containment or quality of care perspective. 
Businesses have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wellnessstatistics.com/corporate-wellness-and-effective-healthcare-reform/</link>
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		<title>Wellness Programs.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Research spanning more than a decade has consistently shown wellness programs to be financially effective and that every dollar invested on a wellness program can return $2.30 and $10.10 by lowering absenteeism, sick day usage and by lowering insurance costs. 
Also it is noted that there are marked improvements in employee performance and productivity in [...]]]></description>
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