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Wellness programs can make your campus healthier.
Smoking cessation programs, walking programs and weight control classes on campus are all free or low cost ways to improve the health of women who work on campus.
Such "wellness programs" are cropping up all over America as employers realize the benefits of well employees with healthy habits and lifestyles.
Ellen Blizinsky and Randi Shapiro, both in work/life at the University of Washington, shared successes on wellness programs at the College and University Work Family Association (CUWFA) conference in Austin in February.
Almost half of all Americans report having a chronic illness--and they account for 75% of national spending on healthcare, according to A Portrait of the Chronically Ill in America, 2001, by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
There are two direct reasons to create wellness programs. The first is the certain return on investment: Wellness programs impact absenteeism, worker productivity, employee resilience and healthcare costs. The second is that they create a more positive workplace, improving recruiting and retaining employees.
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- News wire article from: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL) June 21, 2006 700+ words
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