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Workplace Health And Wellness Program: Enhancing Employee Morale Via Incentives, Gym Memberships, And Fitness Trackers: A Secondary Review, Rikki Carretta Jan 2022

Workplace Health And Wellness Program: Enhancing Employee Morale Via Incentives, Gym Memberships, And Fitness Trackers: A Secondary Review, Rikki Carretta

College of Health Sciences Posters

Abstract

This secondary review focuses on employer-funded wellness programs consisting of gym memberships, fitness trackers, and incentives to increase employee mental and physical health in and outside of the workplace.

Purpose: Analyze existing peer-reviewed literature to determine if employer-provided gym memberships, fitness trackers, and incentivization programs enhance employee morale.

Methods: The target population of this literature review is employees within the U.S. workforce. The researcher included articles from January 2016 to February 2021 from ScienceDirect, PubMed, and PsycINFO databases. The author included 13 of the 571 articles after applying the keywords and reviewing the title, abstract, and content. The author …


Tackling Access To A Healthier Life, Edom Alemayehu Girma Jan 2022

Tackling Access To A Healthier Life, Edom Alemayehu Girma

Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects

Obesity is a known risk factor for complications during childhood and later in adult life. While numerous factors play a role in the prevalence of obesity, this project focused on better intervention for obesity management in the family medicine clinic located in Plattsburgh, NY. Interviews and literature searches were conducted to determine possible strategies to better assist patients in attaining their sustainable weight loss goals and an overall healthier lifestyle.