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Innovative Recruitment Strategies for a Comprehensive Worksite Wellness Initiative
- Source :
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Health Education Research . Dec 2019 34(6):569-577. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Recruiting for wellness initiatives is challenging. WorkWell KS, a statewide worksite wellness initiative, offers unique worksite recruitment strategies that may serve as lessons. From 2012 to 2018, WorkWell KS utilized champions, well-connected local leaders, to recruit worksites. A total of 784 worksites were recruited for at least one WorkWell KS workshop. A survey of champions requested identification of strategies, barriers and facilitators for successful recruitment and continued engagement. Forty-three champions reported on recruitment experiences. Sixty-three percent of respondents attributed recruitment success to having funding to complete their work. Face-to-face meetings was the most commonly reported successful strategy. Eighty-six percent of respondents reported that improving employee health was motivation for worksites to participate. Champions with a significant funding incentive for worksites commonly indicated that funding was a motivating factor. The most commonly selected factor for continued engagement was having a worksite staff member with wellness in their job description (67% of respondents). Forty-nine percent of respondents reported worksites' lack of time as a barrier to participation. The WorkWell KS initiative has implemented innovative recruitment methods that leverage well-connected leaders to recruit worksites to participate in a comprehensive worksite wellness initiative. Future worksite-based initiatives may benefit from adopting recruitment strategies presented here.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0268-1153
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Health Education Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ1237054
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cyz030