Robust health promotion programs involve all staff, deal with all major health risks, offers options, and target both the staff and the workplace environment; provide periodic evaluation of its results.
Robust wellness programs emphasize follow-up and offers support for the staff member as long as he/she is employed. Studies have shown this approach to be highly successful. Key components are planning, implementation, and analysis.
Planning extensive wellness programs involve performing a needs and interest assessment, appointing a wellness committee, choosing wellness providers, establishing goals/objectives for the wellness program, advertising/promoting the wellness program, and establishing procedures to ensure confidentiality.
Implementation of extensive wellness programs consist of five major tasks –
1 Biometric testing and referral
2 Follow-up and counseling workers
3 Follow-up with physicians
4 Health improvement programs
5 Organizing worksite-wide activities.
Analysis involves monitoring wellness programs to figure out if it’s working and to help you refine it. Measuring success shows what you’ve achieved, assists justify costs, and provides information for senior level management to support continued wellness programming.
Comprehensive health promotion programs involve all workers, deal with all major health risks, offers options, and target both the workers and the worksite environment; provide periodic evaluation of its results.
Extensive wellness programs emphasize follow-up and offers support for the employee since he/she is employed. Studies have shown this approach to be highly successful. Key components are planning, implementation, and evaluation
Planning comprehensive health promotion programs involve performing a needs and interest assessment, appointing a wellness committee, picking wellness providers, establishing goals/objectives for the health promotion program, advertising and marketing/promoting the health promotion program, and establishing procedures to ensure confidentiality
Implementation of robust health promotion programs consist of five major tasks –
• Health screening and health risk appraisal
• Follow-up and counseling employees
• Follow-up with doctors
• Health betterment and illness avoidance programs
• Organizing workplace-wide health promotion program activities.
Evaluation involves monitoring wellness programs to figure out if it’s working and to help you refine it.
Measuring success shows what you’ve achieved, helps justify costs, and provides information for executive management to support continued health promotion programming.
