The BeWell Champion Program: A Worksite Wellness Initiative
Abstract
Background: Adults spend most of their waking hours at work, which offers a setting to improve employee well-being. This paper describes the impact of an evidence-based employee wellness initiative on employees at a large health system.
Methods: The project team provided virtual technical assistance and training to a designated champion at 22 enrolled clinical sites. Measures included an abridged version of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Worksite ScoreCard, a process evaluation, and employee participation data. Champions used baseline data for their site to select wellness initiatives.
Results: Results demonstrated positive improvements in multiple domains on the CDC Worksite ScoreCard, with significant improvements in organizational support and the overall score.
Conclusion: Utilization of evidence-based models, flexibility to meet the needs of varied clinical practice sites, and capacity for sustainability indicate this approach may be adaptable and feasible for other large health systems.
Keywords: wellness programming, healthcare, workplace health, workplace health promotion
How to Cite:
Greenawalt, K., Zearfaus, A., Sekhar, D. & Schaefer, E., (2025) “The BeWell Champion Program: A Worksite Wellness Initiative ”, Building Healthy Academic Communities 9(1), 18-29. doi: https://doi.org/10.18061/bhac.v9i1.9846
Rights: Katie Greenawalt, Angela Zearfaus, Deepa Sekhar, Eric Schaefer
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