Physical Wellness Activities: Engagement and Attitude of School Personnel

A well-being of an employee is an organization occurrence issue and not only a matter of personal fitness. This study aimed to determine the physical wellness attitude and engagement of State College personnel regarding physical fitness activities and create a physical wellness program for the institution. A
descriptive survey method was utilized and the respondents consisting of 79 teaching and non -teaching personnel with permanent status from the total population of 148. Statistical analysis of date which requires the use of descriptive statistics for cross tabulation to determine the proportion of samples, coefficient, and SPSS was utilized in this study. The findings revealed that male group has limited engagement in physical activities than female group. Both groups carry a positive attitude in their health and fitness, appearance, social, competition, feeling good, outdoor enjoyment and challenge. They consider Social Influence, Lack of Time, Lack of Will Power, Lack of Energy, and Lack of Resource as an important barrier that prevents them to engage in wellness activities. The result of the study suggests that Administrators, Deans, Human Resource, Health Services and Sports Office should come up with a long term wellness program that encourages personnel to engage in wellness activities for their mental, physical, occupational, emotional and spiritual well-being that can increase productivity, lessen the cost of health care, and improve inter -personal relationships.
Keywords– Wellness, Physical Activities, School Personnel, Philippines