Success factor: Health of employees 80 instant tips

Success factor: Health of employees 80 instant tips for health promotion and ensuring healthy employees

The World Health Organization defines health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not just the absence of disease or infirmity (constitution of the World Health Organization, German translation). Of course you can also look up the term "health" at Wikipedia and look up the different criteria, which characterize a healthy life. These factors include physical, psychological, material and also such as social inequality. That this condition and these criteria aren’t only applicable to the private life, but also to the professional life is obvious. Thus, health promotion is becoming more and more important, both for companies and for their employees. The health and motivation of employees plays a key role in the success of a company. In order to increase the quality of life of the employees these are to be promoted with effective procedures and methods of health promotion by the company.

But which procedures and methods promote and protect the health of the employees and also reduce absent days ?! Here you get 80 advice that will support and maintain the health of your employees. Perhaps also you have valuable tips on how we can achieve this goal! We’re looking forward to your comments.

1. 1. Analysis: Health-promoting procedures are often launched before the current health risks are known in the company. Therefore it should be like a doctor's visit: first the diagnosis, then the therapy. The psychological risk assessment, which is legally binding since 2014, identifies risk factors for health, which can then be dealt with in detail. The psychological risk assessment can be sponsored through the European Social Fund.

1. Education / precaution

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3. 1. Precautionary examinations for men
   (Skin protection campaign - MAN Diesel & Turbo SE, Augsburg and BKK ESSANELLE)

1. 2. Convey the dangers of too much UV radiation and the subsequent skin cancer
   (Men's Health - A reconnaissance campaign of Daimler AG and Daimler BKK)

1. 3. Chocolate with high vegetable content can protect against sunburn
   (Chocolate against sunglasses? Cocoa ingredients also works internally)

1. 4. Skin cancer screening
   (PwC provides: skin cancer screening on site)

1. 5. Colorectal cancer prevention
   ("I feel good." Colorectal cancer prevention by PwC AG, society of auditors)

1. 6. Colorectal cancer screening
2. ("I feel good." Colorectal cancer prevention by PwC AG, society of auditors)

1. 7. Cardio-neuro-screening with stress-hazard test
   (5 On One Prank - PwC AG and PwC)
   
   
2. 8. To prevent cardiovascular disease chocolate by Planète Chocolat
3. (Chocolate consumption in relation to blood pressure and risk of cardiovascular disease in German adults)

1. 9. Consultations on cardiovascular diseases (measurement of cholesterol and blood glucose, blood pressure and body fat content)
   ("Herz-Kreislauf-Risikocheck" - Faiveley Transport Leipzig GmbH & Co. KG and BKK Salzgitter)

   10. Workplace analyzes with subsequently adapted balancing exercises
   (Workplace-related prevention program of KARL MAYER MALIMO Textilmaschinenfabrik)

   11. Counseling on back disorders with check and prevention benefit recommendation
   ("Back-fitback" at Merck KGaA and BKK Merck)

   12. Linking the individual, social life and work: help with health, financial or social problems
   (LIFE - Long-term individual support for self-responsibility - STEAG GmbH and Knappschaft)

   13. Occupational safety and personal safety: Building management, safe driving training, self defense, first aid, healthy vision, self defense, ergonomics at the workplace
   (Introduction of a health promotion program at the city administration of Wertheim - Wertheim city administration and AOK - Heilkönner health insurance)

   14.Prevention of falling
   (Business transfer - as health care, prevention of falling, caring relatives - agricultural enterprises in Niederbayern / Upper Palatinate and Swabia and agricultural and forestry health insurance company Niederbayern / Upper Palatinate and Swabia)

   15. Rules of conduct in an emergency (rescue chain and important emergency information)

   16. To prevent diabetes, employees could eat a piece of dark chocolate every day
   (Oligomeric Cocoa Procyanidins Possess Enhanced Bioactivity Compared to Monomeric and Polymeric Cocoa Procyanidins for Preventive Development of Obesity, Insulin Resistance, and Impaired Glucose Tolerance during High-Fat Feeding)

   17. Information event on the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases

   18. Linking of company and private life - vital-vheck: Determination of the physical, mental and emotional state of health
   (KARL MAYER remains FIT - Vital-Check - KARL MAYER Textilmaschinenfabrik GmbH and BKK KARL MAYER

   19. Appreciation and recognition of every single employee and a working flow of information f
   (Healthy administrative district Stormarn - district administration Stormarn and BARMER GEK)

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2. Move

4. 20. Movement unit for strengthening the back muscles during the lunch break
   (Back lunch - BMW AG and BMW BKK)

5. 21. Back check
   ("Fit for job" - PwC strengthens its back - PwC AG, society of auditors, Frankfurt and Betriebskrankenkasse PwC)

   22. Back Program for employees with chronic back problems
   (The Daimler BKK back program - Daimler AG and Daimler BKK)

   23. Back exercises at the workplace
   ("Backoffensive workplace" - TUI AG and other companies at the location and TUI BKK)

   24. Lift-stretcher training with physiological and anatomical insertion
   (Back health: lifting and carrying in production, ergonomical licenses for apprentices - German amphibolin company by Robert Murjahn Foundation & Co KGAOK - The health care center in Hessen)

   25. Back school specially for workplace
   ("Workplace-related back school" - Salzgitter Maschinenbau AG and BKK Salzgitter)

   26. For the empty glycogen stores after training, we recommend a piece of chocolate

   27. Online video exercise program
   ("Befit per click" - Robert Bosch GmbH and Bosch BKK)

   28. Cardiovascular training
   (Healthy employees - healthy products - Trölsch GmbH Bakery and IKK classic)

   29. Personnel training during day and night shift
   (Vitalwerkstatt - Wieland-Werke AG and Wieland BKK)

   30. Health-oriented team competitions
   ("KARL MAYER MALIMO remains FIT" Team competition - KARL MAYER MALIMO Textilmaschinenfabrik and BKK KARL MAYER)

   31. Sports and exercise programs to prevent obesity and other diseases
   ("Company success through occupational health management" - group MEYRA-ORTOPEDIA and IKK classic)

   32. Hard to believe, but chocolate with high cocoa content helps with its flavanols in case of obesity, so order the now high-quality chocolate from Planète Chocolat
   (Oligomeric Cocoa Procyanidins Possess Enhanced Bioactivity Compared to Monomeric and Polymeric Cocoa Procyanidins for Preventive Development of Obesity, Insulin Resistance, and Impaired Glucose Tolerance during High-Fat Feeding)

   33. Help for overweight employees
   ("Easily achieved!" - An obesity program in the setting of the BGF - Ford-Werke GmbH and pronova BKK)

   34. Set a SMART-goal
   (" www.Fitbees.be"  - losing weight)
   35. Dynamic sitting and compensation at the workplace
   ("Active on the spot" - TICS GmbH and TUI BKK)

   36. Training to prevent deficiencies and to make necessary adjustments / adjustments at the workplace
   ("JUMP" (Young Employee Prevention Program) - Robert Bosch GmbH and Bosch BKK)

   37. Ergonomic working
   ("Healthy ergonomic work at GEA Renzmann & Grünewald GmbH" - AOK - The health care center in Rhineland-Palatinate)

   38. Bicycle or allowance for bicycle rental systems such as nextbike.

   39. Pedometer competition between the departments

   40. Jogging and Nordic Walking in the lunch break
   (Introduction of a health promotion program at the city administration of Wertheim - Wertheim city administration and AOK - Heilkönner health insurance)

   41. Sports activities for employees: volleyball, yoga, Nordic walking, Pilates, etc.

   42. To increase the circulation of the brain, grab a piece of chocolate
   (Flavanols in cocoa may offer benefits to the brain)

   43. Company running events

   44. Eye relief for VDU workstations

   45. Early prevention through health training for trainees
   ("Azubifit" - HAZEMAG & EPR GmbH and BKK Salzgitter)

7. Demographic Change

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9. 46. Regularly documented health checks during the entire lifetime
   (Health promotion at Bayer - the "findings folder" - pronova BKK)

   47. Improve the memory performance of your employee with drinking chocolate
   (Dietary Flavanol's Reverse Age-Related Memory Decline)

   48. Identify the performance constraints of older employees and find solutions
   (Quality through experience - aging employees in the maintenance department - Grob-Werke, Burkhart Grob e. K. Toolmaking division and AOK Bayern - The health insurance)

   49. Age-appropriate work
   ("That you can work with over sixty at the EURAWASSER!" - EURAWASSER Nord GmbH and AOK Nordost - The Health Fund)

1. Nutrition

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1. 50. Individual and conscious, needs- and load-oriented nutrition
   ("Eating healthy during night shift work" - Robert Bosch GmbH and Bosch BKK)

   51. Subsidize healthy canteen meals

   52. Offer healthy dishes in the cafeteria and promote with sample cooking
   (Kantinencheck - administrative professional association Erfurt)

   53. Recipe competition
   ("Better is (the) the" - TUI AG and other companies at the location and TUI BKK)

   54. A sensible increase or decrease – A kilo competition
   (Kilos for kitas - Rhein-West Güterverkehr GmbH and BAHN-BKK)

   55. Information event on the subject of healthy snacking, e.g. of cocoa beans

   56. Gender-specific nutritional advice
   (Prevention offers: Only for men, only for women - E.ON Ruhrgas AG and E.ON Betriebskrankenkasse)

   57. Target group-specific nutrition classes: Single, Family and 50plus

    Physical Stain

1. 58. Weight Watchers at work program and Financial Incentive Reimbursement
   (Akron Children´s Hospital)

   59. Seminar on the prophylaxis of burnout
   (New Initiative for Health Promotion of the City of Nuremberg - BGF at the Youth Office of the City of Nuremberg and AOK Bavaria - The Health Fund)

   60. Avoiding stress-related diseases caused by e.g. compulsory employment or imminent unemployment
   (Keeping healthy employees unemployed - Reemtsma Cigarettenfabriken GmbH and AOK Nordost)

   61. Massage chair for relaxation

   62. Happy employees by chocolate from Planète Chocolat
   (Everyday mood and emotions after eating a chocolate bar or an apple.)

   63. Relaxation room 

    Coping with Stress

1. 64. Quick relaxation units during lunch break

   (PROEntspannung, mental health promotion during the lunch break - BMW AG and BMW BKK)

   66. Yoga, autogenic training or progressive muscle relaxation after Jacobson to relax in the lunch break

   67. In the case of stressful working days, a piece of dark chocolate, because less stress hormones are emitted by chocolate

   (Effects of dark chocolate consumption on the prothrombotic response to acute psychosocial stress in healthy men.)

   68. Psychotherapist for psychological health coaching

   ("Employees for Employees" - TUI AG and other companies at the location and TUI BKK)

   69. Information event on the topic of healthy sleep

    

1. Addiction

3. 70. Workshop against smoking
   ("Smoke-free program" of ZF Friedrichshafen AG and BKK ZF & Partner)

   71. Instead of a cigarette prefer a piece of dark chocolate from Planète Chocolat

   72. Prevention of addiction among apprentices
   (Project Prev @ WORK)

   73. Creating awareness of the potential dangers of alcohol consumption
   ("European Workplace and Alcohol" (EWA), national partner work)

   74. Operational addiction prevention

   75. Information and elucidation on the effects of alcohol, on risky and poor consumption

   76. Offers for individual consumption reduction (controlled drinking and smoking)

   77. Clear operational rules and guidelines (alcohol ban, sober on point, smoking ban)

   78. Restriction of availability, provision of non-alcoholic beverages and cigarettes

   79. Workshops on the dangers of drug use

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80. Start now and order for your employees chocolate at http://www.planetechocolat.com/en/

 

 Further projects and measures on occupational health promotion and health management can be found on the website of the Federal Ministry of Health.

Success factor: Health of employees 80 instant tips for health promotion and ensuring healthy employees

Demographic change

46. Regularly documented health checks during the entire lifetime

(Health promotion at Bayer - the "findings folder" - pronova BKK)

47. Improve the memory performance of your employee with drinking chocolate

(Dietary Flavanol's Reverse Age-Related Memory Decline)

48. Identify the performance constraints of older employees and find solutions

(Quality through experience - aging employees in the maintenance department - Grob-Werke, Burkhart Grob e. K. Toolmaking division and AOK Bayern - The health insurance)

49. Age-appropriate work

("That you can work with over sixty at the EURAWASSER!" - EURAWASSER Nord GmbH and AOK Nordost - The Health Fund)