scholarly journals IoT based Employee Wellness Program

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 392-399
Author(s):  
Ismail Mohammed
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Load Cell ◽  
Dietary Behaviour ◽  
Employee Wellness ◽  
Wellness Program ◽  
Diet Plan ◽  
Diet And Physical Activity ◽  
Employee Data

Abstract: Owing to globalization, employees spend 60-70% of their time in their offices hence they offer an important venue for influencing dietary behaviour of employees [1, 3]. With the increased technology and usage of sensors, the application of Internet based smart health monitoring has emerged at a greater pace. Internet of Things (IoT) is the new revolution which is the growing research area especially in the health care domain [7]. The current work presents a methodology that links the employee health to risk factors such as diet and physical activity and provides an exclusive diet plan to each employee through IoT enabled devices and network. A portable IoT enabled weighing scale setup was constructed using a Bench scale RSL 601AC Load Cell, Load Cell Amplifier HX711, Node MCU, RF ID and card reader to record the employee data & upload it to cloud. A .NET application was developed to download the data from the cloud and determine the BMI of an employee and the corresponding calories to be consumed and expended in a day. Taking into account the calories to be consumed and the diet preferences, the application then constructs a diet plan and sends it across to the employees and generates weekly statistical data of BMI to guide and monitor the overall fitness of the employees. Keywords: Dietary behaviour, BMI, Internet of Things (IoT), Diet plan, Fitness

scholarly journals Implementation of a financially incentivized weight loss competition into an already established employee wellness program

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew M. Schramm ◽  
Kristen L. DiDonato ◽  
Justin R. May ◽  
D. Matthew Hartwig
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Weight Loss ◽  
Patient Satisfaction ◽  
Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Lipoprotein Cholesterol ◽  
Employee Wellness ◽  
Wellness Program ◽  
Serum Triglycerides ◽  
Employee Wellness Program ◽  
Pharmacy Chain

Objective: To assess improvement in clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction of a financially incentivized weight loss competition adjunct to a currently established pharmacist-directed employee wellness program. Design: Retrospective, cohort, pilot study Setting: 6 independent community pharmacy chain locations, two long-term care pharmacies, and a pharmacy corporate office in northwest and central Missouri, from January 2013 to April 2013. Participants: 24 benefit-eligible patients employed by the self- insured pharmacy chain. Intervention: A financially incentivized weight loss competition focusing on healthy lifestyle practices was implemented at nine pharmacy locations over an eight week period. Main outcome measure(s): Change from baseline in mean total cholesterol, serum triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), weight, and body mass index (BMI). Patient satisfaction was also assessed after completion. Results:24 patients completed the competition. The average weight loss among all participants was 10 ± 7.3 pounds. A mean decrease in serum triglycerides was significant at 36.9 mg/dL per participant (p Conclusion: The implementation of a financially incentivized weight loss competition provided significant short-term weight loss to a patient population that was already enrolled in an established pharmacist-directed employee wellness program and had not shown clinical improvement prior to the intervention. Overall the patients were satisfied, felt healthier, and agreed to continue following the recommendations of the program.   Type: Original Research

scholarly journals Blockchain and Internet of Things in Higher Education.pdf

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanweer Alam ◽  
Mohamed Benaida
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Mobile Communications ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Wireless Networking ◽  
Research Area ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Iot Platform ◽  
The Internet Of Things

Building the innovative blockchain-based architecture across the Internet of Things (IoT) platform for the education system could be an enticing mechanism to boost communication efficiency within the 5 G network. Wireless networking would have been the main research area allowing people to communicate without using the wires. It was established at the start of the Internet by retrieving the web pages to connect from one computer to another computer Moreover, high-speed, intelligent, powerful networks with numerous contemporary technologies, such as low power consumption, and so on, appear to be available in today's world to connect among each other. The extension of fog features on physical things under IoT is allowed in this situation. One of the complex tasks throughout the area of mobile communications would be to design a new virtualization framework based on blockchain across the Internet of Things architecture. The goal of this research is to connect a new study for an educational system that contains Blockchain to the internet of things or keeping things cryptographically secure on the internet. This research combines with its improved blockchain and IoT to create an efficient interaction system between students, teachers, employers, developers, facilitators and accreditors on the Internet. This specified framework is detailed research's great estimation.

scholarly journals Employee Wellness Program in a Small Rural Industry: Employee Evaluation

AAOHN Journal ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 244-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melondie Carter ◽  
Susan Gaskins ◽  
Lynda Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Health Behavior ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Behavior Changes ◽  
Employee Wellness ◽  
Wellness Program ◽  
Rural Industry ◽  
Group Methods ◽  
Interview Guide ◽  
College Of Nursing ◽  
Health Behavior Changes

The primary purpose of this study was to determine employees' perceptions of a wellness program resulting from collaboration between a small rural industry and a College of Nursing. Focus group methods were used to elicit evaluative data from 27 employees. A semi-structured interview guide of open-ended questions was used to elicit information. The employees readily identified the screenings and information they had received related to hypertension, blood sugar, and cholesterol to be helpful. Health behavior changes the employees identified based on the health promotion activities and screenings included diet changes, different food preparations, and exercise. The screenings were found to be beneficial because they helped them to understand the significance of the results and how they could alter them with health behaviors. The repeated screenings provided an opportunity for them to see how health behavior changes had affected their results.

Abstract 115: Results of a Twelve Month Randomized Trial of an Internet Based Lifestyle Intervention in High Cardio Metabolic Risk Individuals: The Baptist Employee Healthy Heart Study (BEHHS)

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ehimen Aneni ◽  
Lara Arias ◽  
Janisse Post ◽  
Shozab S Ali ◽  
Chukwuemeka U Osondu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Cardiometabolic Risk ◽  
Laboratory Data ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Wellness Program ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Lifestyle Program ◽  
Heart Study ◽  
Diet And Physical Activity

Background: Web-based platforms have been proposed as tools to facilitate lifestyle improvement, however, their efficacy in individuals with high cardiometabolic risk has not been adequately tested. The Baptist Employee Healthy Heart Study (BEHHS) was designed to assess the addition of a personalized, interactive, web-based, lifestyle-management program to the existing health-expertise web platform available to BHSF employees with metabolic syndrome (METS) or type 2 diabetes (DM2) Methods: In this 1:1 randomized, non-blinded trial, the intervention arm was provided access to a web-based personalized and interactive lifestyle program that provided targeted and personalized dietary, weight management and physical activity counseling. The intervention was in addition to access to an online wellness program, a non-interactive website that provided information on healthy diet and physical activity. The control group only had access to the online wellness program. At baseline, each participant had their demographic data collected via questionnaire. At each study visit (baseline, 4 months and 12 months) participants completed questionnaires on lifestyle indices such as diet and physical activity, had their weight, height, waist circumference, body fat (by plethysmography) and blood pressure measured. Laboratory testing was done for traditional lipids and glucose at each visit. Results: Of the 182 participants that were randomized, 163 (82 in the intervention arm and 81 in the control arm) completed the baseline survey and had complete laboratory data at baseline. Loss to follow-up was 12% at 4 months 34% at 12 months. As shown the table, intention to treat analysis using both single imputation (last observation carried forward) and multiple imputation techniques showed no difference in BMI, other measures of adiposity, blood pressure, lipids, physical activity and diet scores. When analyses were restricted to completers alone, no significant change in the results were observed. Conclusion: The addition of web-based, personalized lifestyle program to an already existing lifestyle educational platform did not significantly impact healthy lifestyle promotion and cardiometabolic risk in employees with MetS or DM2.

Energy Harvesting Methods for Internet of Things

2016 ◽  
pp. 51-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasaki Ponnusamy ◽  
Yen Pei Tay ◽  
Lam Hong Lee ◽  
Tang Jung Low ◽  
Cheah Wai Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Energy Scavenging ◽  
Distributed Data ◽  
Full Spectrum ◽  
Current Application ◽  
Future Design ◽  
Iot Devices ◽  
New Research

Internet of Things (IoT) has becoming a central theme in current technology trend whereby objects, people or even animals and plants can exchange information over the Internet. IoT can be referred as a network of interconnected devices such as wearables, sensors and implantables, that has the ability to sense, interact and make collective decisions autonomously. In short, IoT enables a full spectrum of machine-to-machine communications equipped with distributed data collection capabilities and connected through the cloud to facilitate centralized data analysis. Despite its great potential, the reliability of IoT devices is impeded with limited energy supply if these devices were to deploy particularly in energy-scarced locations or where no human intervention is possible. The best possible deployment of IoT technology is directed to cater for unattended situations like structural or environmental health monitoring. This opens up a new research area in IoT energy efficiency domain. A possible alternative to address such energy constraint is to look into re-generating power of IoT devices or more precisely known as energy harvesting or energy scavenging. This chapter presents the review of various energy harvesting mechanisms, current application of energy harvesting in IoT domain and its future design challenges.

scholarly journals Adolescent diet and physical activity in the context of economic, social and nutrition transition in rural Maharashtra, India: a qualitative study

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Kejal Joshi-Reddy ◽  
Veena Kamble ◽  
Pooja Kunte ◽  
Polly Hardy-Johnson ◽  
Caroline HD Fall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Parental Influence ◽  
Activity Patterns ◽  
Nutrition Transition ◽  
Dietary Behaviour ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Adolescent Diet ◽  
Diet And Physical Activity

Abstract Objective: To explore the perceptions of adolescents and their caregivers on drivers of diet and physical activity in rural India in the context of ongoing economic, social and nutrition transition. Design: A qualitative study comprising eight focus group discussions (FGD) on factors affecting eating and physical activity patterns, perceptions of health and decision-making on food preparation. Setting: Villages approximately 40–60 km from the city of Pune in the state of Maharashtra, India. Participants: Two FGD with adolescents aged 10–12 years (n 20), two with 15- to 17- year-olds (n 18) and four with their mothers (n 38). Results: Dietary behaviour and physical activity of adolescents were perceived to be influenced by individual and interpersonal factors including adolescent autonomy, parental influence and negotiations between adolescents and caregivers. The home food environment, street food availability, household food security and exposure to television and digital media were described as influencing behaviour. The lack of facilities and infrastructure was regarded as barriers to physical activity as were insufficient resources for public transport, safe routes for walking and need for cycles, particularly for girls. It was suggested that schools take a lead role in providing healthy foods and that governments invest in facilities for physical activity. Conclusions: In this transitioning environment, that is representative of many parts of India and other Lower Middle Income Countries (LMIC), people perceive a need for interventions to improve adolescent diet and physical activity. Caregivers clearly felt that they had a stake in adolescent health, and so we would recommend the involvement of both adolescents and caregivers in intervention design.

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