Seminars, webinars and group education sessions are commonly utilised workplace health initiatives. They are designed to provide staff with comprehensive health information incorporating the latest research in healthcare. Seminars are usually interactive which allows participants to learn useful skills and ask questions throughout. They are delivered onsite at your workplace to any staff member who chooses to attend.
Seminar topics commonly focus on:
- Nutrition
- Exercise and fitness
- Men and women’s health
- Lifestyle factors such as sleep, stress, fatigue, time management and work/life balance
- Heart health and diabetes management
- Mental health
- Winter health and immunity
The major advantage of seminars, webinars and group education is that a large audience can be reached. While more individual advice can be given within health checks, seminars are able to provide education and information to a large group within a short period of time. Ultimately this makes them an extremely efficient means of imparting health promotion with an organisation-wide scope. They are an economical and time effective health promotion initiative for all workplaces. Incorporating seminars in conjunction with individual health checks is ideal as staff members are able to get individual advice on which areas of their health they need to focus on and then attend the seminars that suit them personally.
Seminars are also a great way of building a supportive and health focused team environment. Establishing a health conscious attitude within the workplace goes miles towards encouraging people to take steps toward improving their own health. It also makes introducing other health initiatives such as activity challenges and healthy food availability more successful.
Unlike other health promotion initiatives, there are minimal drawbacks to offering workplace seminars. They are cost effective, time efficient, simple and hassle-free to arrange and provide a wider scope for health promotion than most other initiatives.