Overview of Wellness Inventory whole-person wellbeing program for worksite wellness

1. The innovative whole person
program to optimize wellbeing
and personal potential.

2. “Health is a state of complete
physical, mental and social
WELLBEING,
and not merely the absence of
disease and infirmity.”
Preamble, 1948

3. “The next major advance
in the health of the
American people
will be what the
INDIVIDUAL is willing to
do for himself.”
John Knowles, former President

4. “High-level wellness is an
integrated method
of functioning …
maximizing the potential
of the individual...”
Halbert L. Dunn, MD, PhD
Chief, National Office of Vital Statistics
U.S. Public Health Service
High Level Wellness (1961)

5. John W. Travis, MD, MPH
 Protégé of Dr. Robbins, creator of
first HRA. Worked on the first
computerized HRA.
 Johns Hopkins residency and a
U.S. Public Health Service officer.
 Created first wellness center in
U.S. and first whole-person
assessment, Wellness Inventory.
 Featured on 60 Minutes, in the
New York Times as wellness hit
mainstream media.

6. Illness-Wellness Continuum
Wellness is a process, never a static state.
Wellness continues beyond simply preventing illness.
Wellness involves awareness and growth in all aspects of
life. Dr. Travis defined 12 core dimensions of wellbeing.

8. John W. Travis, MD, MPH
 Published the Wellness
Workbook in 1981.
 Wellness movement grew slowly
during the next 30 years,
focusing more on a health risk
(illness) model.
 Now, Wellness Inventory has
been adapted into an interactive
online program.

9. www.WellPeople.com
whole person wellbeing solution

10. central organizing principle
for all wellness initiatives

11. Assessment
dynamic interactive
My Wellness Plan
tools.
My Wellness Journal
My Virtual Coach
Self Study Center
Wellness Resource Centers
Progress Tracker

12.  10 statements, not questions, for each of 12
dimensions – 120 total. Identifies a wellness
action, skill, attitude, behavior, or awareness.
 Designed to stimulate awareness and
motivate self-reflection. All 12 sections take
30 to 40 minutes.
 Or, after any one section, a participant can
save and return later.

15.  Focus on areas participants are most
motivated to change.
 Small steps approach stimulates continuous
improvement for sustainable change.

21.  Participants have the ability to be their own expert.
 Coach is client’s partner, motivating self-
responsibility.
 Coach helps to clarify goals, create realistic action
steps, maintain accountability, and recognize
successes.
 In person, online, or by telephone. Individual or
group.

26. Whole person development includes increased
key leadership skills essential for executives:
 more motivation and focused initiative
 learn from mistakes
 interpersonal skills and competencies
 receptivity for new or different ideas
 cultivating innovation
 personal accountability
 driving and managing change
 mentoring and coaching skills
 more productive work/life balance

27. Whole person development includes increased key
self-management skills essential for employees:
 more focus and motivation (less presenteeism)
 ability to achieve higher performance levels
 productivity (more energy, fewer personal
issues, less absenteeism)
 communication skills
 interpersonal skills (individuals and teams)
 receptivity for new or different ideas
 personal accountability
 more productive work/life balance including
increased ability to effectively deal with stress

28. “The Wellness Inventory
is a
foundational
wellness tool.”
Stanford Research Institute

29. “The Wellness Inventory was
featured as an exemplar
assessment in
Total Force Fitness for the 21st
Century: A New Paradigm.”
Military Medicine, August 2010

30. “Prevention
is an
outdated
concept.
The new concept is
creating wellness.”
Senator Barbara Mikulski

31. Jim Strohecker
President
HealthWorld Online
Los Angeles, CA
310-823-9553
jim@healthy.net
www.WellPeople.com