Zeon Chemicals—a small business headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky—is the first to take advantage of Pro-Change’s new small business option for access to its LifeStyle Management Programs. Zeon has purchased a small number of individual slots for its employees to use the Pro-Change Smoking program. Employees will have access to the program from any Internet-enabled computer for up to a year.
Zeon announced to their employees that they were going to be a tobacco-free worksite starting Sunday, July 4, 2010. Zeon stated that “we see eliminating the high-risk behavior of tobacco use at work as preventative and necessary to maintain the health of our employees and our health care benefits.”
Pro-Change’s program was especially appealing to Zeon since it met their employees wherever they are at in their readiness to quit smoking—not ready, getting ready, or ready. Small companies or groups can now take advantage of evidence based behavior change programs by licensing small numbers of slots for employees/members for any one program or the entire LifeStyle Management Suite of programs that includes the Health Risk Intervention along with the Smoking, Stress Management, Weight Management, Exercise, Depression Prevention, and Medication Adherence programs. Depending on the number of participants, aggregate reporting features may be available to track usage and progress through the behavior change process. This new option allows the LifeStyle programs to reach employees of small businesses, which make up the majority of our workforce, at an affordable price.
Karen Hicks, Human Resource Manager at Zeon stated, “I appreciate this opportunity to offer my employees a URAC Gold Award Program at a low cost.”
Small businesses interested in similar access for their employees should contact info@prochange.com.