SouthernLifeStyle

Southern Company

Purpose:

To promote a culture that embraces healthy lifestyle choices by providing tools and resources to increase awareness and influence behavior

Target Population:

Southern Company employees and their families

Program Goals:

• Assist employees in identifying their individual health risks and conditions

• Provide tools to eliminate and minimize those risks

• Maintain low health-risk rates among employees

Years in Operation:

2005 – present

Results:

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Funding:

SouthernLifeStyle is a healthy promotion program within the Southern Company.

Key Partners:

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What Works and Why:

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Structure and Operations:

• The program is comprised of four main divisions: lifestyle programs, health management, health education and fitness services.

• Employees have access to Web-based, onsite, and printed health risk assessments; Web- and phone-based lifestyle behavioral change support; the bi-annual magazine; quarterly preventive reminders; monthly worksite health education; and 24/7 telephone- and Web-based support.

• Interventions are tailored to meet the needs of employees who fall in one of three categories: healthy, at-risk or chronic. These interventions include online lifestyle management programs, personal health coaching, newsletters and the chronic condition management model, among others.

• APS HEALTH CARE administers the program and tracks participation in APS CareConnection.

• Annual participation data and quarterly and annual reports are created to monitor the program.

Barriers to Success:

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More Information:

http://www.southerncompany.com/careerinfo/total_reward.asp

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