About Us
Wellness Works is an outreach program coordinated by the Physical Activity and Health Promotion Lab in the Department of Kinesiology at Iowa State University. Programming is managed by graduate students and undergraduate research assistants trained in worksite health promotion through an integrated course (HS 380: Worksite Health Promotion). Programming is led by Dr. Greg Welk who directs the lab in the department and oversees the course. Please contact our extended Wellness Works team if you have general questions or if you would be interested in our model or our work ([email protected])
Overview and Approach
The primary programming strategy used in Wellness Works is service learning. Undergraduate students work with faculty and graduate students in the Physical Activity and Health Promotion Lab to plan, prepare and implement worksite wellness programming for ISU and other local companies. Programming is directly tied to the HS 380: Worksite Health Promotion course.
Students 'experience' worksite health promotion as part of our experiential worksite health promotion course. Students complete needs assessment tools and engage in typical worksite health promotion programming to fully understand how worksite wellness programming 'works'. By experiencing it, they are better positioned to lead and promote more effective programming. As the course progresses, students gain experience writing goals and objectives for a hypothetical worksite wellness program based off of the needs assessment that were revealed through the health risk screening. Students gain valuable experience in worksite programming through the course but students can enroll in supplemental service learning experiences or internships to get more direct experience in programming and implementation strategies. .
For additional information on our related work please contact Dr. Greg Welk ([email protected]).
Students interested in learning more are encouraged to visit the associated Student Info Page
Students 'experience' worksite health promotion as part of our experiential worksite health promotion course. Students complete needs assessment tools and engage in typical worksite health promotion programming to fully understand how worksite wellness programming 'works'. By experiencing it, they are better positioned to lead and promote more effective programming. As the course progresses, students gain experience writing goals and objectives for a hypothetical worksite wellness program based off of the needs assessment that were revealed through the health risk screening. Students gain valuable experience in worksite programming through the course but students can enroll in supplemental service learning experiences or internships to get more direct experience in programming and implementation strategies. .
For additional information on our related work please contact Dr. Greg Welk ([email protected]).
Students interested in learning more are encouraged to visit the associated Student Info Page
