Healthy Employee Learning Program

TheAcademy.com has joined the movement toward workplace wellness. We are pleased to offer organizations a cost effective solution to impact not only the health and wellness of their workforce, but the health of the organization’s bottom line.

The Healthy Employee Learning Program is specifically designed to encourage lifestyle changes for employees. It is an engaging online training solution that provides employees with a confidential health survey which directs them to participate in a multi-component health and behavior change education opportunity written by six top experts in their field of study.

The Risk: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 75 percent of an employer's healthcare costs and productivity losses are related to employee lifestyle choices. These choices drive risk, which drives chronic disease which, in turn, drives healthcare costs. This risk can be minimized by implementing a cost effective program to educate employees to improve behavior and make better choices.

According to government statistics, within an organization’s population,
the following risk factors exist.

44% suffer from stress
38% are overweight
31% use alcohol excessively
30% have high cholesterol
26% have high blood pressure
25% have cardiovascular disease
24% don’t exercise
21% smoke
20% don’t wear seatbelts
12% are asthmatic
06% are diabetic

How many hours of productivity do you lose? How much is this costing your company each year?

Your Sales Representative can help you determine how much lost productivity is costing you and how this program can help.

The Solution: The Healthy Employee Learning Program is built on this simple premise: If employees learn how to become healthier, and are encouraged to do so, they will! There are other Health and Wellness programs, but what they all lack is the educational aspect of becoming healthier. All too often people say: "I'd like to lose 20 pounds, but I don't know how to get started" or "I'd like to stop smoking, but I'm not sure of the best way to do it" or "I wish I wasn't so stressed out all the time."

The Healthy Employee Learning Program solves these issues through online education. How it works:

The first step to the the Healthy Employee Learning Program:

Confidential Health Survey

It is not a Health Risk Assessment, but an indicator of where behavior and lifestyle choices are affecting employee health.

The survey asks health related questions, and a computer analysis suggests courses for each employee based on the responses provided in the survey.

Based on the findings of the confidential survey, any of the following interactive courses may be suggested for an employee. The prerequisite course, Behavioral Change for a Healthier, Happier Life, is required for all.

TheAcademy.com has brought together a unique team of highly qualified individuals to write online Health Improvement courses. They range from Professors in Health Science and Nursing schools, to experts in a variety of fields of health improvement.

This group may be the highest qualified group of health improvements experts ever brought together into one program.

Click here to view a detailed explanation of what the courses cover.

Click here to view our author’s biographies.