Alcoa: Wellness: Alcoa Wellness In Action: Overview

Overview

Alcoa Wellness in Action

Alcoa's wellness program helps employees and their families understand their health risks, learn healthy behaviors, and improve their health so they can safely work and play.

Alcoa Wellness is a company-wide initiative that was approved by the Employee Relations Council in November 2008. The program has two components:

Worksite wellness programs
Personal health coaches

Worksite wellness

Four pilot locations kicked off worksite wellness programs that offer onsite health improvement programs, health screenings, and various free Highmark resources. Locations partner with dedicated Highmark health professionals to offer flexible programs to all employees to improve their health.

As of January 2010, six Alcoa locations are participating in the fully supported onsite programs:

Chandler
Cleveland
Lafayette
New York
Pittsburgh
Whitehall

Want to bring Alcoa Wellness to your location? Talk to your HR representative.

Health coaches

Highmark Blues on Call health coaches help Alcoa employees and their families by:

providing coaching on wellness and lifestyle issues, by request, and
calling to offer assistance in dealing with chronic health conditions, a new diagnosis, prescription medications, and other health issues.

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The Health Questionnaire: Not just for enrollment

If you completed the Health Questionnaire when you enrolled in your 2010 benefits, you know that the questionnaire provides valuable, real-time feedback about your current health status and ways to improve it.

But did you know that you can continue to get that feedback throughout the year? You can complete the Health Questionnaire every 60 days as a way to monitor your progress toward your health goals.

For example, after your annual physical, you may want to enter your new cholesterol, blood pressure, and blood glucose readings. If you are diagnosed with a new condition, feedback from the questionnaire can help you better manage it. Or if you have dropped a few pounds, see how that weight loss changed your risk factors.

You can access the Health Questionnaire on the Highmark website. Click on the "Your Health" tab, then the "Wellness Profile" link. You can view your previous results or retake the questionnaire.