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´Research and studies show that since people are connected through social networks that social networks can influence both good and bad behaviors (Christakis and Fowler, 2007)

´Studies show that woman who are heavier had more social connections with others who are also heavier or obese showing a clustering of obesity among social connections.  Research has also shown that individuals with similar BMI’s will resonate and interact with other people with similar BMI’s (Hruschka, Brewis, Wutich & Morin, 2011)

´Ball, Jeffery, Abbott, McNaughton and Crawford (2010) state that the “importance of social environmental influences on health-promoting behaviors such as physical activity and healthy eating has been increasingly recognized” (2010).  The authors state that social norms and support does have an effect on a person’s physical activity and healthy eating behaviors.

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A brief explanation of what you wished to find out and what drove you to pursue this topic.

What drove me to pursue this topic was the TED Talk we watched from Dr. Christakis and thinking about how social networks influence behavior.  This is something I have been interested in and really did not make the connection to the Social Contagion Theory until this semester.  As I was developing my project, I wanted to focus more on the overall well-being of staff members, I thought of doing my project more on resiliency and mindfulness but there are initiatives set into place for that.  Then Froedtert Health got approved to implement Workplace by Facebook.  While developing my project, I was also doing a project at work called “Choose 2 Renew U”.  I saw this project grow over the three-month challenge and thought to myself how the social networking among co-workers drove others to register and participate in the program.  Then with Workplace being implemented, I thought it would be a great tool to use and assess how social networking can influence behavior change.  How will the group grow, thrive and share information among each other? Is this a great way to get more people involved in the Workplace tool and in our Wellness Works programs?

If what you shared with your classmates helped answer your driving question and whether you received valuable feedback from others.

This whole semester has been a great collaboration and connection with other classmates.  Perhaps going forward working in small groups or pairs to help each other out during the semester and help to share ideas would have been nice.  Especially maybe grouping us together by our topic of choice.  The use of padlet has been nice, an idea I had going forward, is to maybe use padlet right away in the beginning of the program (or something similar to it) and have professors refer back to your "briefcase padlet" every semester. This way as you are going through the classes and researching information, videos and more, this could be a place to save the information and refer back to it. Then as you are developing your project in 780, as a student you could have years of information posted on here.

What you would do differently in terms of what you did and how you presented your project.

Looking back from when the semester started until now, I would have asked more questions and researched the topics closely.  First, I thought I would have been focusing on well-being at the workplace or the culture of the organization.  This overall project has been a challenge for me. I would have made sure I knew the steps more clearly, so I could have been more effective in my earlier research of the project.  Even looking back at my original power point, paper and presentation, I feel that what I have done now is completely different.  My topic and driving question changed during the semester and since my topic changed, it was a challenge to use any of my original ideas or resources.  I am excited about the project I created and I am excited that many staff members that I have talked to about it seem excited about it too.

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Importance of social support in initiating and maintaining behavior change through the Social Contagion Theory
Find literature reviews in the social support in weight management

Give background of Froedtert organization, leadership support, culture of health

Will request to develop the "Choose the Right Weigh" program as a pilot program for the organization

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I created this recipe for health based on the resources from Choose My Plate, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Sleep Foundation, Mayo Clinic and the Kindness Foundation. In this "recipe" it is based on what people need to do to achieve a good sense of well-being and overall health. These are also simple and easy things one can do in order to get engaged yet achieving the national guidelines from the CDC and Choose my Plate. Also, it helps one to create that SMART goal, because each one of these ingredients one can do and feel a sense of accomplishment.

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presentation for 780 lesson 5_FINAL.LKv2.pptx

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https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/publications/p4/p40135.pdf

https://www.zoho.com/survey/templates/human-resources/work-life-balance-survey.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5367771/

Christakis, N. (2010, February). The hidden influence of social networks [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/nicholas_christakis_the_hidden_influence_of_social_networks

https://www.nationalwellness.org/

https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.nationalwellness.org/resource/resmgr/pdfs/SixDimensionsFactSheet.pdf

https://www.welcoa.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/20061211-ar-aa-seven-benchmarks.pdf

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•Gain employee interest and manager support

•Gather handouts and information for program

•One group of employees at Froedtert Health Corporate Site

•Six to ten employees in each group

•Gather data

•Pre-assessment, mid-assessment and post-assessment

•Measurements such as waist circumference, blood pressure, height, hip circumference, weight, BMI, Waist to Hip ratio

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October 2018 through November of 2018
8-week pilot program
"Choose the Right Weigh" focused on weight management
10 staff members
Use of Workplace by Facebook

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•National Wellness Institute

•WELCOA

•More data collection needed on how people can influence each other on either healthy behaviors or non-healthy behaviors (Social Contagion Theory)

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Assignment 1: Personal Definition of Worksite Wellness

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Assignment 1: Personal Definition of Worksite Wellness

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Worksite wellness is about the connections between employees, having a sense of purpose, and feeling valued and care for while also developing healthy habits for your body and mind.  Worksite wellness is encouraging employees to be healthy at the worksite by offering healthier food options, the ability to be physically active and practice mindfulness and resiliency.  Through the support of senior leadership, worksite wellness can evolve, and it can help shape the culture of the organization.  By creating healthier and happier employees, worksite wellness will help to reduce employee turnover, boost employee productivity and morale, which can lead to a more engaged employee population who is thriving at the worksite.

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What is the importance of social support in initiating and maintaining behavior change?

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What are the benefits/impact that will be generated if the question being investigated is answered.

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What are the benefits/impact that will be generated if the question being investigated is answered.

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Will the social connections and support help staff members to change their behaviors into healthy ones.

How the organization can utilize Workplace to increase wellness across the system

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What is the purpose and objective of your investigation?

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What is the purpose and objective of your investigation?

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There has been an increase in BMI and waist circumference measurements in employees at Froedtert.  I am interested in exploring whether or not a program that uses social connections and support in the workplace can change that trend.  Can it help with weight loss and management?

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What specifically do you wish to find out about the selected topic?

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What specifically do you wish to find out about the selected topic?

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Will people change their behavior because of how they interact with their peers?

Will the support of a group and positive interactions help with weight management?

What role does the overall culture play in weight management?

What practices are successful in creating support and helping with weight management?

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What question do you seek to answer here?

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What question do you seek to answer here?

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1.  How does social support help change behavior with regard to weight management?

2.  Does group coaching increase support among peers?

3.  Does social support play a factor in maintaining long-term behavior change?

Research and studies show that since people are connected through social networks that social networks can influence both good and bad behaviors (Christakis and Fowler, 2007)

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Well-Being at Work