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UIWellness Seminars & Services

The UI Wellness team offers a number of health and wellness services for groups or individuals, conveniently provided at your work-site.  

FREE Educational Seminars presented by UI Wellness Staff

Requires 2 weeks to schedule, and a minimum of 10 participants

Thirty-minute seminars offered on-site. Presentations can be tailored to the unique needs of your work group.  The information below gives you a brief description:

Manage your Energy: Not your Time

Participate in an inventory to help you assess places where you can eliminate energy drainers to feel more energized to do the things in life that you enjoy. This encouraging half hour will leave you feeling like you have a clear plan to boost energy levels throughout the day.

Fitting Physical Activity into a Busy Schedule

This seminar will provide you with information on how much activity you need for it to be beneficial and tips for incorporating more activity into your everyday life.  You will also learn how to develop your own fitness program tailored to meet your individual needs

Healthy Meal Planning

Are you constantly on the go and feel your meal planning takes a back seat to everything else?  Take control of eating healthy meals with tips for time-saving meals at home, eating out and healthy snacks for the whole family.

Exercising Personal Resilience: Strategies for Success

Too many tasks and too little time?  How can you take care of yourself and your personal relationships?  This seminar will help you explore ways to create a balance of work/life through stress management, physical activity, healthy eating, and time management.

Making Healthy Food Choices at Work

Do you feel that you are surrounded by bad food choices?  Learn how to make the most of what food is around you at work and what you can do to make better choices.

The Active Office Series

Request one ore more of The Active Office Series topics at your department. The 30-minute tutorials are appropriate for all fitness levels.

Strength Training: Are you ready to add activity to your daily work breaks?  Learn how to safely perform strength building exercises in your office with no equipment.

No Equipment Required: Participating in this feature will provide individuals with the knowledge of how to strengthen the entire body in 15 minutes with no equipment.

Desk Yoga: By practicing a “yoga” mindset, participants will engage in poses adapted to the desk space that encourages relaxation and tranquility.  Participants will actively participate and learn a basic yoga-inspired routine for the office.

Strength Training with Bands: Using strength training bands are a great way to increase strength
with no bulky, heavy equipment. They provide a range of intensities for most muscle groups. Bands
are great for travel, desk storage, or to keep in the car between events.

FREE Worksite Ergonomic Evaluation

This service is provided through the Health Protection Office. A risk factor assessment is available for individuals or an entire department. Focus is placed on the prevention and control of environmental factors that can lead to musculoskeletal disorders in the workplace.

On-site Neck and Shoulder Massage (Fee: $15/person at time of massage)

Requires 4 weeks to schedule.

15 minutes of chair massage by licensed massage therapists.

FREE Smoking Cessation Counseling

Requires 4 weeks to schedule, and a minimum of 8 participants.

Individual smoking cessation counseling is available through the University Employee Health Clinic (UEHC) for employees who are self-motivated and committed to a change in lifestyle. The program is structured to be completed after six sessions. The first session is a one-hour assessment and subsequent sessions are approximately fifteen minutes, during UEHC clinic hours. You will be contacted by a UEHC provider within one week of consult to set up the first assessment.

Instructions

Fill out the following form by selecting the services you would like to receive, followed by the required information marked with an asterisk *. When finished, simply press the "Submit" button and the infomation you entered will be automatically transferred to a UI Wellness representative.  If you have any questions, please email UI Wellness at uiwellness@uiowa.edu.

Free Eduational Seminars Provided by UI Wellness Staff
Fitting Physical Activity into a Busy Schedule Healthy Meal Planning
Stress Management Techniques Worklife Balance
Making Healthy Food Choices at Work Active Office: Strength Training
FREE Work-site Ergonomic Evaluation  On-site 15 min. Neck & Shoulder Massage
       Fee: $15/person at time of massage
FREE Smoking Cessation Counseling
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Contact Person Responsibilities

The contat person will be contacted by a member of the UI Wellness team to coordinate the details of the requested service.  The contact person is responsible to:

  • Disseminate information to colleagues and staff regarding the service.
  • Identify appropriate on-site facilities for the service
  • Provide a class roster list and coordinate distribution of program evaluations.

Supervisor Approval

Supervisor approval is required to provide the requested service.  I support this request for health promotion activities:

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If you have and questions regarding the information on this form, please contact UI Wellness at 353-2314 or uiwellness@uiowa.edu.  We appreciate your interest in health promotion.

UI Wellness - A partnership of UI WorkLife, Counseling & Health Promotion Services, University Employee Health Clinic, and the Division of Recreational Services

Web: http://www.uiowa.edu/hr/wellness
Phone:  353-2314
Email: uiwellness@uiowa.edu

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa sponsored events.  If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact UI Wellness in advance at 353-2314.

Questions? Email uiwellness@uiowa.edu