Exploring success factors influencing the effectiveness of wellness initiatives activities in the university

Abstract

A wellness initiative can be defined as an activity that aims to improve and promote health and fitness that is usually offered in universities or working place. The wellness initiative activities carried out in the university can provide mental and physical relief to students. Issue: At the University Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) City Campus, there was a lack of facilities and equipment, students did not have a proper track to do exercise like running or jogging. Student may experience physical and mental issue of as result of their lack of motivation to engage in structured and regular sporting activities. Method: Cross-sectional study design was applied in the present study. The data were collected among 361students of the University Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) City Campus. Descriptive analysis and Pearson correlation coefficient were used to analyse the data using SPSS version 26.0. Result: The Pearson correlation values for the facilities, leadership support, student awareness, and participant involvement towards the effectiveness level of the wellness initiatives ranged from 0.70 to 0.91. The data also revealed that the factors were significantly correlated with the effectiveness of wellness initiative activities in the university. Conclusion: Effective wellness initiative activities could reduce the prevalence of unhealthy lifestyles among students. The involvement of university students in wellness initiative activities may also improve their mental health, well-being, and academic achievements.