ROMANIAN FEDERATION SPORT
FOR ALL
HEALTH AND WELLNESS
PROMOTION IN THE WORK PLACE
Promoting Health and
well-being in the work place
“PASS”
Program for the Active Promotion of Health
through Sport In Romania
 Developed by Aurelia Suciu , Virginia Oprisan - Romanian Sport for All
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Federation, Bucharest, Romania
Promoting the values as well as the individual and social benefits of
sports, the Romanian Sport for All Federation has the following
objective:
- projects and programs that would stimulate and help the population
to remain healthy with accessible and affordable means.
It has gathered evidence on the major causes of mortality, expenses,
the situation of the health system as well as budgets of employers, and
their investment in employees health
We found 2 groups that should have an active attitude in health
promotion:
1) The individual
2)The employer
Why design special programs for
employers ?
 Managers have:
- the power to influence, stimulate and convince groups
of people (not individuals) to adopt a healthier lifestyle, as well
as the means to supervise their commitment to it
- the ability to assess directly and immediately - from the
costs/benefits perspective - the positive effects of active health
promotion
 Employers should be interested in health promotion because of
the:
 diminishing of health expenses
 Increase of productivity
 Improvement of work atmosphere
 Employee satisfaction and attachment to the work place
What is “PASS”?
 A know-how package for organizations: implemented
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under a very convenient costs - benefits ratio:
- diminishing of health expenses
- increase of productivity
- reducing the absenteeism
Addressing any employee – irrespective of age
Help recruit the work force
Assist in changing people's mentality towards
themselves
Building the organization culture
PASS : components and stages
 Educational components: sensitizing the employees on
the health risk factors, mainly cardiovascular diseases
and informing them about PASS
 Assessment component (primary, periodical and final
assessments of the participants): application of
questionnaires, conducting measurements and specific
tests in order to obtain personalized health/fitness,
diagnoses and later on for monitoring the progress and the
results
 Active component: designing, and offering tailored physical
activity programs depending on age, gender, physical
abilities, training, work characteristics, and preferences
Lay out of the PASS implementation at the
University of Constanta, Romania
 Partners:
P.E. Faculty of Constanta
Local Sport and Youth Direction
 Organization size:
9 Faculties
800 staff (600 professors + 200 administration)
 Implemented through 11 volunteers
Stage 1
 Launch: Press conference
 Prom0ti0n: Distribution of 600 leaflets and 150
booklets in the entry of the main buildings
 49 entries: 3o women +19 men
Stage 2
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Tailored programs:
22 aerobic sessions
10 basketball sessions
3 table tennis programs
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Evaluation of results:
-very poor participation as compared to the effort to promote PASS
-unsuitable launch time (close to students exam)
-lack of material/psychological motivation of volunteers
-gratuity of the offer perceived as non-stimulating, not valuable;
-no participation of professors who could have acted as role-models;
-too short promotion period
- impersonal approach through printed materials
Lay out of the PASS implementation at
Bucharest Public Transport Society
 Partners: BPT Sport Association –they developed and
provided us with all statistical data
 Organization size:
14960 employees of which:
4478 drivers
1462 administration and services
 Preparation:
- annual health studies reveal an increase of cardiovascular
diseases, stress related illness and respiratory diseases
- Situation analyses
- Printing of promotional materials
Stage 1
 Launch: Internal launch
 Prom0ti0n:
- People to people
- Distribution leaflets and posters
 Entries:
30% of the staff occasionally take part
15% take part in independent physical routines
Stage 2
 Tailored programs:
 Recreation games
 Sport in gymnasium
 Sport at work site
 Evaluation of results:
 Better communication
 More structured approach
 Longer promotion time
BPT Sport Association
 BPT Sport Association has a sport facility where the
program continues
 The staff takes part in sport programs according to
preference
 There are certain events that happen in order to
continue working towards an active, healthy life style
such as “The Carrier Day” – a sport event in which they
can take part with their family
 Companies either provide their staff with
subscriptions to fitness clubs or they have a gym which
the staff can use during their breaks
Conclusions
 The economic and educational components represent
the things that have to be improved on behalf of both
the employer and the employee
 The Sport for All Federation, with its present limited
resources, cannot provide for sports education needs
at national scale
 Legislative initiatives taken by the government could
enhance the involvement of employers or attract
new partners such as trade-unions, local authorities,
sport clubs and others.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION!