• Physical Activity/Sedentary Behavior Assessment

    In developing a comprehensive worksite wellness initiative to address physical activity, five strategies need to be employed: information, program, benefit design, policy, and environment.

  • Your worksite's individual responses to the survey will not be shared with anyone not affiliated with WorkWell KS. This survey will be used as an assessment to provide worksites with information about the steps your worksite can take to establish a worksite wellness initiative. Only aggregated results (with no worksite identifiers) may be published. If you have any questions regarding this survey, please contact Dr. Elizabeth Ablah at 316-293-2627 (eablah@kumc.edu).

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  • Physical Activity Information

  • Does your worksite provide employees information (e.g., brochures, videos, posters, pamphlets, newsletters) addressing the benefits of physical activity or being less sedentary?*
  • Does your worksite promote information (e.g., fliers, poster, email) about worksite activities (e.g. exercise classes) and/or local opportunities to be physically active or less sedentary?*
  • Has your worksite conducted a sustained, focused media and education campaign to promote physical activity?*
  • Does your workplace have a parking lot?*
  • Does your worksite promote parking farther away to encourage more physical activity?*

  • Physical Activity Program

  • Does your worksite offer or refer employees to a program that counsels employees about how to be physically active?*
  • Does your worksite offer regular physically active team challenges or competitions?*
  • Does your worksite offer an employee activity club (e.g. walking club) or team?*
  • Does your worksite offer regular exercise programs or classes?*
  • Does your worksite offer at least one organized 15 minute physical activity break each work day?*
  • Does your worksite offer a "nudge" (e.g., e-mail, text, music) prompting employees to move?*
  • Does your worksite offer a program for employees to reduce the amount of time they sit or are sedentary at work?*
  • Does your worksite provide an established time during work hours for employees to participate in an organized physical activity (e.g., weights, walking, group stretching).*

  • Physical Activity Benefit Design

  • Does your worksite have a corporate agreement with a health club or gym to offer employees discounted or subsidized memberships?*
  • Does your community offer public transportation?*
  • Does your worksite incentivize use of public transportation?*
  • Does your basic benefit package for employees include a benefit (e.g., premium reduction, deposit in HSA) for maintaining or reaching a certain level of physical activity?*
  • Does your worksite provide wearable activity trackers (excluding pedometers) for employees (e.g., fitbit, garmin, or other sustainable physical activity trackers)?*

  • Physical Activity Policy

  • Does your worksite have a written policy that allows for walking meetings?*
  • Does your worksite have a written policy providing flexible work arrangements (flex-time) for employees?*
  • Are all employees performing manual labor at the worksite?*
  • Does your worksite have a written policy that allows employees to be physically active while 'on the clock', offering at least a cumulative 30 minutes of each work day (i.e. two 15 minute periods) to exercise?*
  • Does your worksite have a written policy for mandatory stretch breaks?*
  • Does your worksite have a written policy that allows people to stand, stretch, and/or move during meetings, at least every 30 minutes?*

  • Physical Activity Environment

  • Does your workplace have stairs?*
  • Does your workplace have an elevator?*
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  • Does your worksite increase parking lot fees (e.g. making closer parking more expensive) or restrict parking to encourage physical activity or active transportation?*
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  • Does your worksite promote use of the stairs with paintings, bright colors, motivational signs, fruit, temperature control, or music in the stairwell?*
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  • Does your worksite have skip-stop elevators (e.g. elevator stops only at every third floor)?*
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  • Does your worksite provide equipment, such as headsets or speaker phones, to facilitate sitting less?*
  • Is there a positive social climate that encourages physical activity in your workplace?*
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