Customized Employee Wellness Programs
We work from the premise that there is no one corporate health and wellness program that works for every company, just as there is no one diet that works for every person. Let Cornell Health & Nutrition design a customized employee wellness program that fits your company’s needs, culture and budget.
Our customized employee wellness programs are focused on the well-being and productivity of each individual employee. Our belief in bio-individuality is the basis of everything we do, so we provide strategies for figuring out what’s best for each person rather than a standard meal plan. Even in group settings, the emphasis is on nurturing, supporting and learning what works for each of the participants. We also hold participants accountable for what they said they were going to do. Whether it was signing up for a yoga class, trying a new vegetable, or taking a cooking class, our counselors hold them to their commitments to themselves.
Hands-on, interactive workshops are a major component of all CH&N customized health wellness programs (see list of available health and nutrition workshops). Each workshop lasts one hour and is interactive; participants get to ask questions and discuss their experiences and strategies for dealing with the topic. Attendees receive handouts and materials to take home to help them implement the ideas presented. Session leaders are trained facilitators as well as experts on nutrition and healthy living. Workshops can be held in person or as conference calls/web seminars. Recordings of the sessions can be made available for downloading by people who were not able to attend the live session.
Where interest is strong, we can create a series of group meetings every 2 weeks over a period of 6 months (12 sessions) to provide support to individuals who have specific weight loss or healthy living goals. We also welcome individuals who want one-on-one counseling into 6-month programs with one of our certified health counselors. We match each individual with a counselor experienced in his/her area of specific concern (diabetes, cancer, pregnancy, obesity, IBS, gluten intolerance, etc). We can provide counseling in person or by phone.
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Other features of a CH&N company wellness program:
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Monthly newsletter
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Health awareness contests
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Get More Exercise contests
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Coordination with your insurance carrier
Alternative 1 – Full Employee Wellness Program
Cornell Health & Nutrition can deliver a complete, fully customized corporate health and wellness program for your company that includes:
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Monthly health/wellness workshops
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Monthly newsletter
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Individual/group counseling sessions as requested (12 sessions, held every 2 weeks)
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Quarterly cooking classes that highlight healthy meals in under 30 minutes for busy people
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Grocery store tours
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Contests for regular use of the corporate gym, if one exists
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Pedometers for each person to measure how much they walk each day; prizes for those who do the most/are most consistent over a year
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Monetary awards for meeting specific weight loss, cholesterol lowering, or blood sugar stabilizing goals (could be reduction in health insurance premiums)
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Monetary awards for meeting specific weight loss, cholesterol lowering, or blood sugar stabilizing goals (could be reduction in health insurance premiums)
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Identification of employees most at risk for health problems (heart disease, diabetes, migraine headaches, high blood pressure, arthritis, etc) and creation of group support and counseling programs for those employees
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Awards for smoking cessation
The individual and group sessions can take place on the same days as the workshops, right in your offices. The cooking classes are conducted off-site in the evenings or on weekends.
Alternative 2 – Employee Wellness Program Addition
Create or enhance your employee portal by adding the following CH&N services:
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Monthly health/wellness workshops
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Monthly newsletter
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Six-month individual/group counseling sessions as requested
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Quarterly cooking classes that highlight healthy meals in under 30 minutes for busy people
Alternative 3 – Series of Educational Workshops
A series of monthly workshops provided over lunch at your offices.