Key findings of AAOHN/brand survey

Key findings of AAOHN/brand survey

• Nearly 60% consider health and wellness program offerings from employers a viable incentive to stay at their current job.
• Health care professionals (health care consultants and on-site nurses) are the most trusted sources for employee wellness program information (61%).
• Fifteen percent of respondents ranked company human resources staff as a trusted source, right behind pamphlets and brochures (18%).
• Respondents claim that one of the top reasons they don’t participate in their company’s wellness program is because they prefer to obtain health/wellness information from a more credible source — someone in the health industry.
• More men than women commented that the source needs to be more credible.
• Men and women indicate similar levels of participation (of those polled who have access to health/wellness programs).
• The 18-34 age group is less likely to participate in a health/wellness program than the 35-44 age group.
• More than three-quarters of respondents (78%) would take advantage of an employee wellness program if it was readily available to them.
• Nearly 80% of respondents feel their overall health would improve with the availability of a health/wellness program.

Top work-related health concerns:

• Stress at work (15%)
• Muscle strains/injuries (11%)
• Exposure to harmful substances (10%)
• Personal injury (5%)
• Deteriorating vision due to computers (3%)
• Workplace violence (3%)

Top-rated topics for a health and wellness program:

• Stress management (85%)
• Fitness (84%)
• Screening programs (84%)
• Health insurance education (81%)
• Disease management seminars (80%)
• Nutrition seminars (71%)
• Stop-smoking seminars (67%)