Key findings of AAOHN/brand survey
Key findings of AAOHN/brand survey
April 1, 2003 2 minutes read
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%)
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