You have been asked by one of the local law firms to come into their organizatio

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You have been asked by one of the local law firms to come into their organization and establish a wellness program to promote health for its employees. The firm has a team of 20 lawyers, 3 managers, 45 paralegals, 5 administrative assistants, 2 information technologists, and 4 part time housekeeping and maintenance staff. Last year, the partners agreed to install a fully equipped gym in their building because they would receive a discount on the cost of health insurance, if 85% of the employees were participating in the gym at least an average of 90 minutes a week. When it was time to renew the health care benefits package, the organization did not qualify for the discount because less than 10% of the employees were participating in the gym. For this case, provide a solution to engage more of this law firms employees in health promotion activities through the gym. Consider which health promotion philosophies and theories apply to this situation? What information do you need to know and how will you get it? What motivation strategies could you use? How will you propose to keep track of employees’ participation? What evaluation strategies could you put in place? What would your wellness program look like?

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First step is to identify why the employees of various level do not turn up.

Few major reasons:

So to address this, the gym can have

Have peer group targets and form activity based health points and rewards for each such activity.

Have buddy groups , where a team of employees in a small to very small group compete with hours completed and have small progresive health targets. A bit of fun competition might help all to be healthy.

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