Massachusetts State of Wellness

Lisa Erck, MS

The Prevention and Wellness Division at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health is providing training, technical assistance, resources and education to businesses across the state on how to implement comprehensive and effective worksite wellness initiatives that focus on creating a worksite environment that is healthier for employees and enables them to more easily engage in healthy behaviors. This presentation will outline the details of the Working on Wellness Initiative, including information about Mass in Motion.

Learning Objectives:
1. To outline the details of the Working on Wellness Initiative, a worksite initiative for employers.
2. To put the Working on Wellness Initiative into the context of a larger statewide Wellness Initiative Mass In Motion.

About the Presenter:
Lisa Erck, MS is in charge of the Working on Wellness initiative with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Lisa’s expertise is in health promotion, worksite wellness, chronic disease prevention, project management, business development, and sales. Her current focus is spearheading a statewide worksite wellness initiative, Working on Wellness.  The goal of this initiative is to build an infrastructure that is sustainable and expandable and supports activities that lead to healthier employees across all types of worksite settings statewide. Prior to working at the Department of Public Health, Lisa worked in the Prevention and Wellness Division at Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA where she educated accounts about the importance of establishing worksite wellness programs or their employees. Lisa holds a Master of Science degree with a concentration in health, exercise, and sport science.

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