Worksite Wellness & Diversity

Diverse Textiles is a company comprised of a diverse ethnic population wherein 50% of employees are African-American, 30% Hispanic American, and 20% other. Because of rising health care costs, employers have begun designing and implementing worksite wellness programs, “Wellness programs are found in approximately two thirds of the nation’s worksites employing 50 or more employees, and about 20% of the nation’s colleges and universities” (Fisher and Fisher 1). The result of implementing such programs is directly related to the bottom line of a company’s balance sheet. Worksite wellness programs have been shown to save from 7 to 17 percent in health care costs, and large companies who have implemented them save millions of dollars a year on lower health care costs, “In ten years, AT&T’s health promotion program is projected to save the company $72 million” (Worksite 2). This proposal is designed to discuss the design, implementation and assessment of a worksite wellness program that takes into account in its structure and goals the diverse ethnic and racial identities of Diverse Textile workers.

The proposed worksite wellness program will have a three-stage design: wellness awareness, cross-cultural promotion and integration, behavior modification. The first step in the implementation of the program will be wellness awareness. During this phase of the p

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ies show there is a low participation rate in exercise programs of most worksite wellness programs: As a result of high medical costs many companies have initiated worksite wellness and fitness programs for employees. However, no more than 30% of all employees participate and only about 50% of these maintain long-term participation…As people perform rituals associated with their role-identities as exerciser reinforced and validated. Simultaneously, this validation of the role-identity such as exerciser have been initiated or mobilized by a person and are recognized and reinforced by others, they are poised to become important to one’s self-concept. If, through behavioral involvement and social interaction, the role-identity of exerciser becomes a valued aspect of one’s concept of self, it may also become important in directing future exercise behavior. (Anderson and Cychosz 1) Diversity may also be promoted by the organization of a company sponsored softball, volleyball or bowling team. These sports activities improve physical fitness, but they also erase ethnic and race boundaries. They promote team spirit at the same time they diminish distinctions of race and ethnicity while also providing increased physical activ
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Approximate Word count = 2068
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page)